In the end the bill was forced into being withdrawn.

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

In the financial world opposition is apparently increasing against the withdrawal of the proposed bill.

Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.

Now that pessimism prevails, the executive will abandon the project.

She gave up her plans against her will.

They abandoned the plan.

He gave up the plan for economic reasons.

He abandoned the plan.

He despaired of establishing his office in Calcutta.

Because of the bad weather, any thought of sight-seeing in the city was abandoned.

There is no reason that I should give up my plan.

Today's paper reports that the premier has given up the idea of visiting America.

The sea got rough, so that we had to give up fishing.

We abandoned the project because of a lack of funds.

We had to abandon our plan.

I gave up the idea of seeing the sights of the city because of the bad weather.

The leader gave up the plan in despair.

If I should fail again, I would give up the plan.

Why did you give up the idea of learning French?