Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good news for developing countries is that change has opened up unforeseen opportunities . |
| 2 | SHELL has passed up potential profits of hundreds of millions of pounds and revenue of about £1 billion over the next few years after deciding not to take up its full rights in a major oil find west of Shetland . |
| 3 | Grampian has drawn up six programmes which they hope will qualify for EC aid , ranging from re-training schemes , tourism development in upland areas and harbour towns , and transport and communications improvements . |
| 4 | and this is compounded by the fact that the executive branch has given up any attempt to control the military-industrial complex . |
| 5 | The reunification of Germany has opened up new opportunities for many in the East , including a group of East German teachers of English who are visiting Oxford this week . |
| 6 | Soon the chewed mass has sponged up any moisture left and your dry tongue is clanging against the side of your mouth like the great bell of Notre Dame . |
| 7 | The Delicatessen & Fine Food Association has set up this telephone service to help you track down your nearest supplier of almost any specialist ingredient . |
| 8 | The number of police officrs in the Thames Valley in relation to the population is still less than it was twenty years ago , yet crime has gone up six times . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Menter Bro Ddyfi has set up new computer courses at the school , which commence next week . |
| 10 | The solo Univel rep and ex-SCO employee has lined up Sydney-based Com Tech Communications as prime distributor and MUA Pty Ltd as associate distributor for UnixWare , matching existing arrangements under which the Santa Cruz Operation Inc has distributed its desktop Unix in Australia . |
| 11 | In return , Sequoia has given up any ambitions it may have had in the telecommunications marketplace , but will sell the thing in competition with HP elsewhere . |
| 12 | The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board . |
| 13 | Over the last 150 years , the world of knowledge and understanding created through research has opened up infinite possibilities for higher education , and so research has become undeniably linked to our modern understanding of higher education . |
| 14 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 15 | A report in the Financial Times of Feb. 19 claimed that ULFA had stepped up violent attacks in February and had proved itself very much intact despite a large Army presence in the state . |
| 16 | The English edition sold out very quickly , and rumour had it that interested parties had bought up large numbers of copies in order to minimise its impact . |
| 17 | THE Yanks have mopped up London-based printing ink company Usher-Walker . |
| 18 | Pru motor premiums have gone up three times this year and house contents insurance rose by 20p in the £1 this July and further increases can not be ruled out . |
| 19 | Despite Graham 's protestations , Arsenal have picked up 23 bookings already this season and a growing injury list has further blighted the Gunners ' bid for a third championship triumph in five seasons . |
| 20 | According to the Nobel Committee which sits in Stockholm , Mr Gorbachov has opened up new possibilities for the World Community to solve its pressing problems . |
| 21 | On the precise matter that he raised regarding Scotland , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has set up working parties to advise on the need for early action on the Cairngorms , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . |
| 22 | Since then safety work has pushed up that capacity and when the ( New Zealand ) All Blacks play there in three weeks it will be helped to 21,000 by a temporary stand erected over the Tanner Bank wall on the outfield of the adjacent cricket field , adding 2,300 spectators who need not be counted in the official figure . |
| 23 | The Children Act has opened up many possibilities and obligations to make the relationship between travellers and social work services more productive . |
| 24 | Once a particular electron has soaked up enough energy from the X-rays for its release it begins to radiate from the parent atom ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ The Institute has built up considerable expertise in the quality control and quality assurance areas both prior to , and since , accreditation by CNAA in September 1989 . |
| 26 | ADVANCED trenching equipment has speeded up this aspect of a project to such an extent , |
| 27 | Frank had signed up Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford — from the original stage show — and Phil Silvers . |
| 28 | Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time . |
| 29 | SASPAC91 for PC 's is being made available under the CHEST deal to academic sites who want to hold it ; the cost of a site licence is just under 3,000 for five years , and about 15 sites have taken up this offer . |
| 30 | The children of some middle-class parents have taken up working-class occupations . |