Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] up the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the West : Fast Icelander set to speed up the Bush image |
| 2 | Footpath work has opened up the Rosslyn Castle to Hewan right of way |
| 3 | Former Senator Goodell tried to cheer up the Shah . |
| 4 | Customs have set up the Dover Customs Yacht Team to deal with queries on yachts under temporary importation arrangements in an EC country on 31 December 1992 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She added : ‘ A lot of people have walked up the Eiffel Tower so I thought it would be something different to go backwards . |
| 7 | Brazil 's Environment Secretary , Flavio Perri , has announced that the government intends to open up the Amazon to economic exploitation in a " sustainable , nondestructive way " and that cattle-raising , mining and agriculture would all be considered . |
| 8 | Now Beverley and Peter have set up the Thomas Appeal . |
| 9 | ‘ Some Americans wanted to open up the Spurling yard , and offered big money to the Borough Council , but that useless lot — that bunch of pen-pushers — they turned down the offer in favour of the Japanese . |
| 10 | KRAFT General Foods has snapped up the US and Canadian businesses of breakfast cereal giant R J R Nabisco . |
| 11 | The US Congress has dreamed up the Mary Whitehouse chip , a circuit that the television industry would be required to build into television sets , enabling parents to block out programmes coded for violent content : according to Associated Press , the chip was thought up by Representative Edward Markey , a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications — the parent could just push the v-block button on the remote control and keep violent programming out of the home , ’ he said reckoning that if only 10% or 15% of all homes started blocking programmes , broadcasters and advertisers would soon get the message . |
| 12 | And ethical investors in the City have taken up the SAS cause — some actually turning up to the SAS summer ball and joining in the dancing to Dezzman Devan 's reggae band and London funksters Push . |
| 13 | The evening was cold and misty , the fog beginning to creep up the Thames and to sneak into the alleyways on either side of the river . |
| 14 | Church leaders and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have set up the Yorkshire Living Churchyard project which has seen extensive environmental and conservation work . |