give the business
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“Any time you blur the lines on what is already a tricky process to navigate, it’s going to give the business community some degree of heartburn.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2018
Some Bedminster residents are hoping that the presidential visits will give the business community a boost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2017
DUP MP Sammy Wilson said the prime minister's statement would give the business community "more certainty".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2017
“If they miraculously agree to pay for it, they are not then going to want to give the business to American suppliers,” he said in an interview this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2016
I had either to give the business over and lose caste with Maea, or light up, take my chance, and get through the thing the smartest I was able.
From Island Nights' Entertainments by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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