Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London conference in June 1990 agreed to tighten up the protocol and phase out production and consumption of CFCs by not later than the year 2000 . |
| 2 | Maybe JTR helped pick up the pieces or did he watch the poor man 's agony from afar ? |
| 3 | This involved costing up the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed courses of action and selecting the preferred option on the basis of the balance of each calculation . |
| 4 | But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible . |
| 5 | However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help . |
| 6 | Anyone want to pick up the ball and run with it and would question whether it is considered necessary and does it give you sufficient guidance at strategic level ? |
| 7 | The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford has to weigh up the risks and the costs of each convoy . |
| 8 | Undaunted by suggestions that some things may simply be beyond quantifying , the MCI has set up the Knowledge and Understanding project to investigate . |
| 9 | It has set up the Highlands and Islands Development Board . |
| 10 | The favourite explanation , however , was ‘ speculative hoarding ’ , and it was this which became the target for government action ( in addition to a series of measures designed to speed up the release and development of land ) . |
| 11 | Quite often David has stepped up the tempo and provided tries for someone else . |
| 12 | Occasionally , you may need to top up the water and to water the compost to keep it just damp . |
| 13 | Taylor has taken up the fight and is tackling small business worries over banks charges head . |
| 14 | Well , does n't seem as if anyone else has put up the score but it was Tottenham 1 — Leeds 1 . |
| 15 | Yeah I think it just depends whether the local group want to take up the option or not . |
| 16 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 17 | KRAFT General Foods has snapped up the US and Canadian businesses of breakfast cereal giant R J R Nabisco . |
| 18 | Harvesting of clean white worm simply involves picking up the pebbles and dipping them in a small container of cold water . |
| 19 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 20 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 21 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 22 | She had put an old cardigan over the top , and she 'd rolled up the sleeves and she was shaking that bucket . |
| 23 | Ludens hastened to pick up the jacket and helped Marcus into it . |
| 24 | Tindal C.J. in that case gave as examples of permissible retaking by A from the land of an innocent person , C , ( a ) where the goods have come there by accident ; ( b ) where they have been feloniously taken by B and A follows them to C's land ; ( c ) where C refuses to deliver up the goods or to make any answer to A's demand for them . |
| 25 | we happened to go up the stair and er , the door was answered |
| 26 | I would very much like to pick up the ball and run with it as to whether this policy is necessary or not . |
| 27 | The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide . |
| 28 | In his programme article for that Leicester v England match , Tony Russ of Leicester predicted that the new law , which intends to free up the game and lessen the effect of kicking , would have the opposite effect . |
| 29 | Mr Richard says : ‘ It was more cost effective to use consultants to help draw up the ITT and provide quality assurance for our questions and requirements . |
| 30 | They are shown moving up the figure and their RNR increases . |