Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] [prep] [art] [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 | Interestingly , Cassoni was recruited because Bill Lowe , who headed up development of the original IBM personal computer , left to join Gulfstream . |
| 3 | Even in his own troubled mind , Vologsky dredged up sympathy for the old man . |
| 4 | FROM Graham White come more photographs of Tamiami Airport , taken during the expensive mopping up operation after the terrible night of August 24 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even picking up litter on a regular basis is a positive , life-affirming act . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Conversion of NO 2 to HNO 3 therefore effectively removes NO x from the atmosphere and thus its potential to lock up chlorine in a nonreactive form . |
| 10 | Instead , he wholeheartedly takes them over : they show up materialism as an inadequate position and leave the way open for his spiritual immaterialism , with God at its centre . |
| 11 | Although official prices rose only 2 per cent , unsatisfied consumer demand ( estimated at a value of 165,000 million roubles ) drove up inflation to an annualized rate of 7.5 per cent . |
| 12 | It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | To find out what potential customers think of Foodbase , we asked Steve to set up stall in a local health food shop . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Tinka presented a course of work for backpain control , which not only got us ‘ tightening our tummies ’ and protecting our backs , but opened up Medau to a new and very large community of back-pain sufferers . |
| 20 | One of the few draw-backs of computer faxes is that they treat all faxes as bitmap files and gobble up memory at an alarming rate . |
| 21 | From his home in Worcester , Phil Ride says he 'll keep up pressure on the British Government to work for his brother 's release . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ I am concerned at the whole idea of trying to whip up custom with a free deal which automatically converts into a pay-as-you-go service charged on your phone bill — unless you contract out . |
| 23 | By a curious paradox , the nuclear lobby has a vested interest in ensuring maximum coal burn in UK power plant as an alternative to stepping up output from the new generation of gas-fired power plant . |
| 24 | Yet it is intriguing that on that day , he cut between Mary in the redoubt of her fells , puzzling over this ominous invasion of her feelings , and John-Augustus on the lake , drawing up char from the deep and cold lake , re-experiencing the failed innocence of his life . |
| 25 | Paul 's family in Swindon have given up hope of an early release . |
| 26 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 27 | This is made possible by whipping up speed with a continuous pull on the lines by the flyer . |
| 28 | Alien is primarily a mood piece as well as a visual display — there are slow passages in which little happens , building up suspense for the main action scenes , the deaths of six crew members . |
| 29 | Type 3 shows that elite competition can be stable , with democratic arrangements building up support for the political system in a ‘ centripetal ’ fashion , so long as the political culture of the country is relatively homogeneous . |
| 30 | Pigs and poultry , sensibly managed , can be a rapid means of building up fertility on a run-down holding . |