1.   As you cut on it, the surface gives, making it easier on your arms as well as your knife blade.

2.   If the surface gives under slight pressure, it may mean that the plaster has broken loose from the lath keys behind.

3.   If the surface gives, the staple will not penetrate fully.

4.   Like the river, the play winds and bends, its placid surface giving no indication of the force within.

5.   Plain flat surfaces gave way to textured surfaces with raised designs, usually in high relief.

6.   So the sandy surface may give him an advantage here.

7.   The hard landing surfaces will give way to sand, soft tar, or wood fiber.

8.   Austria entered the tie confident that experience, the home court advantage and clay-court surface gave it the advantage.

9.   Austria entered the tie confident that experience, the home court advantage and clay court surface gave it the advantage.

10.   The fast surface at Bercy gives an advantage to big servers like Rafter and Rusedski, who battled in the U.S. Open final that Rafter won.