Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like Jennifer you 've got to look at it she 's got ta keep up now all the time , honours . |
| 2 | But this increase was minuscule when set against the potential gain from an improvement in industrial productivity which would make up only half the gap between Britain and its competitors . |
| 3 | As it is , women hold barely more than a quarter of all managerial and administrative posts , yet make up nearly half the workforce . |
| 4 | For , whereas women make up over half the members of society at large , in higher education they are very definitely in a minority . |
| 5 | In detail , about 3000 young males join the adult breeding population each year , and thus make up about half the total of breeding males . |
| 6 | Participants in the Youth Training Scheme ( YTS ) make up the largest share of these , accounting for nearly nine per cent of all temporary workers , and participants in the Community Programme ( CP ) together with a small number in the Community Industry programme make up almost all the remainder , accounting for just over four per cent . |
| 7 | He dismisses the women who make up almost half the workers in the textile industry he studied as ‘ a major safety valve against the consequences of alienating work conditions ’ . |
| 8 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |
| 9 | When I got out of prison again I went to a hostel in Manchester and he was coming up there all the time . |
| 10 | You edit each line separately , once you 've set up how high the banner will be , and have no control over how long the banner will stretch . |
| 11 | they put everything do n't you at first when you go up there all the family there . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's a German one , ’ he said pointing to a large drawing that took up nearly all the page . |
| 13 | There seemed nowhere to take discussions of these dilemmas except to the conferences ' lesbian workshops , where they took up almost all the time . |
| 14 | The quite steep steps up to the doors took up almost half the pavement . |
| 15 | Buildings use up around half the energy consumed in the UK ; an ordinary semi-detached house uses , on average , 22,000kWh of energy per year . |
| 16 | Table 5.1 Occupations of Unionist MPs and Liberals , 1914 Unionist Liberal Land Large landowners 32 9 Small landowners 19 3 Heirs to estates 16 4 67(23%) 16(6%) Official services Army 53 15 Navy 2 1 Diplomatic 5 4 Civil Service 3 4 63(22%) 24(9%) Professions Barristers 79 59 Solicitors 12 12 Authors/Journalists 7 13 Printers/Publishers 2 10 Lecturers/Teachers 3 10 Others — 7 103(36%) 111(43%) Commerce Merchants 14 24 Stockbrokers 6 3 Bankers 7 4 Insurance 1 3 Accountants 3 1 Others 9 6 40(14%) 41(16%) Industry Manufacture 7 18 Shipowners 2 8 Textiles 2 14 Iron 6 8 Coal 1 8 Engineering 3 5 Building — 2 Brewing 9 1 Working men — 8 30(10%) 72(27%) Land no longer dominated the party , the bulk of which was now made up of officers and lawyers , with army officers and lawyers between them making up almost half the total . |
| 17 | Maybe he thought men , making up roughly half the population , would reckon that the poor , wretched girl , labelled so cruelly ‘ The Big ‘ Un ’ , got what she asked for , exactly what she deserved , when 13 soldiers indecently assaulted her . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) But because Newco has paid only £900 instead of £1,000 for Target , and because the managers have put up only half the cost but acquired a controlling interest in , and consequently more than half the value of , Newco , can management be liable for Schedule E income tax on the difference between what they have paid ( £450 ) and the value of what they have acquired ( £600 ) ? |
| 19 | ‘ You wo n't believe it , but my dear mother-in-law has shoved me permanently up in the attic with the children , and we 're expected to stay up there all the time . |