Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] of 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 | Interestingly , Cassoni was recruited because Bill Lowe , who headed up development of the original IBM personal computer , left to join Gulfstream . |
| 3 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 4 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 5 | The mean follow up interval of the remaining 73 ( 25 men ; 48 women ) was 6.1 years ( range 4 to 12 ) . |
| 6 | Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business . |
| 7 | Today a fully paid up member of the Conservative Party . |