Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutting off the supply of nutrition to tissues in any part of the body has a further consequence — new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit . |
| 2 | In 1812 Cuvier used this technique to break up the chain of being . |
| 3 | A more gentle upbringing means that the animal has more time to build up the reserves of fat necessary to lubricate the meat . |
| 4 | This will help prevent freezing air blowing up the open ends of the waste pipes . |
| 5 | As the cold winter gave way to early spring more shipping sailed up the Thames , bringing some extra work for the struggling rivermen , but there was still much unemployment in the riverside borough . |
| 6 | It does not take much imagination to conjure up the kinds of arguments that EDF will introduce should it wish to inhibit serious competition to itself . |
| 7 | We did not have much time to smarten up the old girl and it took much hard work to soften the ravages of time . |
| 8 | She poured the coffee down the sink , then started running hot water to wash up the supper dishes . |
| 9 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 10 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 11 | As the Leader of the Opposition has joined us , perhaps he will use his influence on the four members of his party who voted last week to cover up the truth by refusing to permit the Select Committee on Employment to conduct an investigation into the true consequences of a national minimum wage . |
| 12 | ‘ And what 's to stop this dame tanking up the deal later ? |
| 13 | Or does this example point up the absurdity of the assumption ‘ keep everything ’ ? |
| 14 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 15 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |
| 16 | It was only a matter of time before somebody thought of seeding Antarctic atmosphere to plug up the ozone hole . |
| 17 | If , on the other hand , a small but well-distributed population already exists , it will respond on its own as environmental conditions improve , although even here it might well be sensible to import new stock to speed up the process . |