Is this a reason for giving up the idea of studying them?

He had given up the idea of trying to get any other servants.

It is better to give up the idea of war.

If so, they gave up the idea and began to run away as their companions had done.

But many families in the 1980s were giving up the idea of ever buying a house.

But after long minutes of trying to free himself, he was forced to give up the idea.

I might very well have given up the idea of going to Town that day.

And it was in a way because, you see, they gave up the idea of bringing the case.

That's why he gave up the idea of working it alone.

It's got to look as though we've given up the idea of getting in.