Example sentences of "up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Yanks have mopped up London-based printing ink company Usher-Walker . |
| 2 | Thus if the engine fails or the guidance system has a brainstorm , the risk of blowing up friendly forces is minimised . |
| 3 | Those seeking a central role for the state will doubtless query the advantages of setting up friendly societies competing for members , when a universal service is provided by the state . |
| 4 | Through their researches , I know that many of these events are the result of creatures picking up subtle cues from the environment which we , with all our " hi-tech " equipment , are quite unable to detect . |
| 5 | The new test depends on picking up subtle differences in the way that DNA is distributed around the nuclei of cancerous cells . |
| 6 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 7 | Are there any exercises I can do to tighten up facial skin and muscles ? |
| 8 | Loosen up facial muscles by stretching your whole face and trying to move the muscles up and down and from side to side . |
| 9 | The irony was that many would soon end up owner-occupied thanks to a central part of Thatcherism — the right to buy scheme . |
| 10 | The only beneficiaries of the stock withdrawals were Britain 's independent steam lines , who eagerly snapped up ready-to-run coaches from around £1,000 a time . |
| 11 | Sheep farmer Hare , 39 , who yesterday was out lambing at South Clifton , near Newark , will take up full-time duties in June and , initially , has a two-year contract worth around £25,000 per annum . |
| 12 | However , in 1851 his health again gave cause for serious anxiety and he was compelled to give up full-time activity at the early age of forty-two . |
| 13 | They want the Government to abolish Child Benefit and all tax allowances for parents and use the money to set up full-time Community Homes for everyone under the age of sixteen . |
| 14 | When Hannah declared her ambition to be a teacher , Bloomsbury House replied that it was doubtful ‘ if she could be released from essential work to take up full-time study ’ . |
| 15 | Ever since she gave up full-time employment where everyone touched their cap to her , she 's found the loss of identity difficult to cope with . |
| 16 | The study is a small-scale exploratory study which will involve intensive interviews with 54 married women whose children are old enough not to require that degree of care and attention which makes it difficult for a married woman to take up full-time employment . |
| 17 | Most researchers complete a Ph D and then go on to take up full-time employment . |
| 18 | Most researchers complete a Ph D and then go on to take up full-time employment . |
| 19 | The disadvantages are that informants are less likely to respond , or to respond seriously , and that the investigator is not able to follow up unanticipated developments . |
| 20 | Nearly one million people have now had to claim mean-tested benefits in order to top up low pay . |
| 21 | Middlesbrough showed their battling qualities as they soaked up strong second-half pressure , and even survived a hotly disputed penalty . |
| 22 | Pilger was certain that Sutton 's accent dropped several social degrees and ended up strong south London . |
| 23 | Kaiser William II had built up strong forces in Germany and enlarged its naval power to counter the power of the British navy , and it was Germany 's declaration of war on Russia which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy . |
| 24 | The US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , giving the first account of the fighting that started shortly after 9am , said he had no figures of casualties among ‘ a large number ’ of gunmen who appeared to have put up strong resistance . |
| 25 | Feed dahlias fortnightly to build up strong tubers |
| 26 | The Liberal Democrats have built up strong support and expect to win . |
| 27 | When planners put forward proposals to build a road right through a beautiful stretch of country or to quarry an unspoiled area of a national park , The Ramblers ' Association puts up strong opposition . |
| 28 | a great share of the blame for military clashes lies with the tsarist voevody who organized campaigns deep into [ native ] lands to set up strong points , to search out new ‘ lands ’ and to return ‘ traitors and unruly elements ’ to subjection . |
| 29 | The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board . |
| 30 | When we mix up strange horses in this way , it is not surprising that some should display aggression , as the horses have not had the opportunity to work out their social positions in relation to each other . |