Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun] [to-vb] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This helped give workers the confidence to stand up to their employers — to quit or strike or be sacked seemed less daunting .
2 The " cooling-off " period in the case where the debtor makes an offer , allows the debtor the opportunity to cancel up to five days from receipt of the second copy of the agreement which must be sent to him ( s68(a) ) .
3 One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea .
4 It also offers users the option to trade up to HP 700/RX stations or to add X terminals to their networks , and is claimed to be the only industry programme to o so .
5 The Health and Safety at Work Act and the singular dedication of engineers and politicians are denying children the right to grow up as children .
6 Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages .
7 At the same time the desire to catch up with more advanced industrial neighbours in Western Europe , to found an overseas empire and to break into the lucrative Atlantic Trade system had led Germany into conflict with the British and French .
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