Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 2 | In 1628 , now established as chief minister , he drew up proposals for the systematic preservation of official papers of all kinds , including those relating to foreign affairs ; but nothing came of this . |
| 3 | The family drew up plans for the four-bedroom house after their previous home on the same site in the village of Meopham , Kent , was destroyed by fire . |
| 4 | Interestingly , Cassoni was recruited because Bill Lowe , who headed up development of the original IBM personal computer , left to join Gulfstream . |
| 5 | Even in his own troubled mind , Vologsky dredged up sympathy for the old man . |
| 6 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |
| 7 | They are the Brockman River 1990 Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon and the 1991 Chardonnay , products of the Chittering Estate Winemaker Steve Scapera learned his art in California and last year built up exports to the American market to 41 million . |
| 8 | FROM Graham White come more photographs of Tamiami Airport , taken during the expensive mopping up operation after the terrible night of August 24 . |
| 9 | There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields . |
| 10 | Once it was finished we went outside and swept round the entire barrack block in an extended line , picking up litter from the damp grass . |
| 11 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 12 | She thought she saw the Germans still working in the fields , and now they were picking up potatoes from the muddy ground . |
| 13 | The recession has clearly presented good buying opportunities to Prospect Industries though Philip Wilbraham denies he is a vulture purchaser who has been picking up bargains on the cheap . |
| 14 | The carrying of hand coils is only appropriate on snow arêtes ( as explained above ) , or on rock ridges of uneven difficulty , where party speed is increased by members picking up coils on the easy sections . |
| 15 | As the Oliver Sachs figure , he was awkward , introverted , Chaplinesque and observant , picking up clues on the mental state of his patients , which had been overlooked by worldlier colleagues . |
| 16 | Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . |
| 17 | So if you 're picking up children from the Primary School in Lane Derby , there 's cable-laying going on in Street , Lane and Street . |
| 18 | It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society . |
| 19 | ARABLE farmers seeking to optimise returns from their crops will be able to pick up tips at the two-day Cereal ‘ 93 National Cereals and Combinable Crops Event , which gets under way tomorrow . |
| 20 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 21 | In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output . |
| 22 | Even after Khrushchev announced , at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) in 1956 , that the Soviet Union had abandoned its strictly bipolar view of the world and was ready to open up relations with the developing nations , there was little change in Moscow 's attitude towards Latin America , which had recently been ‘ vindicated ’ by US covert involvement in the 1954 overthrow of the Arbenz government in Guatemala . |
| 23 | Example 2:16 Exceptions and reservations Excepting and reserving to the landlord : ( 1 ) Easement rights and privileges over the demised property corresponding to those expressly granted to the tenant over the other parts of the building ( 2 ) The right to build on develop deal with use any adjoining or neighbouring property retained by the landlord in such manner as he thinks fit even though the amenity of the demised property or the access of light or air thereto may be lessened thereby and without making any compensation to the tenant ( 3 ) The right at reasonable times and on reasonable notice ( except in emergency ) to enter the demised property for the purposes of ( i ) inspecting the condition and state of repair thereof ; ( ii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) for which the landlord or the tenant is liable under this lease ( iii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) to any property adjoining the demised property or to any party structure sewer drain or other thing used by the tenant in common with others ( iv ) measuring testing or valuing the demised property ( including the right to take samples of materials and to open up parts of the demised property which would otherwise be inaccessible ) but making good any damage caused by such an entry ( 4 ) The right for the landlord and the other tenants of the building to pass through the demised property in case of fire or other emergency Example 2:17 Definition of service pipes ' " service pipe " means any pipe , drain , sewer , flue , duct , gutter , wire , cable , optic fibre , conduit , channel or other means of passage or transmission of water , soil , gas , air , smoke , electricity , light , information or other matter and all ancillary equipment or structures |
| 24 | It should begin to open up negotiations with the statutory services which come under the SAD umbrella to see what sort of progress should be made on this . |
| 25 | Captain Margaret is the owner of the privateer The Broken Heart with which he intends to open up trade in the Spanish Main with the Indians whom he hopes to rescue from the harsh exploitation of Spanish settlers . |
| 26 | Put up lengths in the usual way , smoothing with a sponge , then flatten seams with a seam roller . |
| 27 | With Sir John Leveson , he was ordered to set up provision for the poor and to enforce the order of Privy Council of 1598 , and by this order they were both assessed in the Parish of Halling , Sir John for 7s 4d and Lambarde 6s and the whole total for Halling being £4 5s 8d . |
| 28 | A clever employee would be able to set up business outside the restricted area and be able to serve former customers from there if ( a ) did not exist . |
| 29 | With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings : |
| 30 | For example , if there were a sudden selling of sterling ( due , say , to bad trade figures and a resulting fear that the pound would depreciate ) , the Bank of England could help to prevent the pound from falling by using reserves to buy up pounds on the foreign exchange market . |