Example sentences of "[v-ing] up information " in BNC.

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1 In them it is concerned with picking up information about the timing and length of daylight .
2 It may well be that children younger than nine years have difficulty picking up information about intentions from pictures .
3 Again one of the essential elements picking up information is that if you enjoy you will then learn more .
4 But whose real job is picking up information . ’
5 A Sechem 's mind was like a sponge , soaking up information until a connection could be made between apparently unrelated areas of scientific fact .
6 The language was incorporated into a program called Filetab , which was designed for looking up information held on file in mainframe computers .
7 We also talk of ‘ doing research ’ when we investigate the history of a place we intend to visit , looking up information in travel guides and brochures , finding out how best to get there , what to avoid and how to get value for money .
8 Piling up information for the sake of it can reveal a lack of understanding .
9 Through archaeological and other studies , buildings and other remains are yielding up information of centuries which were not , as thought by our grandfathers , representative solely of barbarianism and the negation of culture .
10 Detectives are now following up information given to them .
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