Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Q. So how would you sum up progress in the last two to three years ? |
| 4 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 5 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 6 | Outflanking Imelda Marcos , Cojuangco emerged as the leading right-wing opposition contender , continuing his campaign to build up support in the former Marcos bastions of northern Ilocos province and the Cagayan valley , and in the Mindanao and the crucial Visayas , estimated to represent some 21 per cent of the total vote . |
| 7 | The dog curled a lip at me but made no sound , then took up position in the front room doorway . |
| 8 | Dr Ottokar Proctor , ‘ The Tasmanian Devil , ’ today took up residence in the high-security wing of this semi-private mental hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ The Myrcans , when they were first created out of Dwarf-hewn and Giant-riven stone , took up residence in the broad Dale of Glen-arric , and in time that place became known as Merkadale , as it still is called today . |
| 10 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 11 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 12 | She picks up speed in the late evening , after most of the passengers have eaten . |
| 13 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 14 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 15 | Brooklyn born , he gave up academia in the 70 's to work in theatre and write plays . |
| 16 | What little the authors can say , however , should stir up debate in the palaeoanthropological world . |
| 17 | Mark Ainger read from the roughly chalked up notice in the steamy window . |
| 18 | the mean ( SD ) number of symptomatic recurrences per patient month during the total follow up period in the corrosive group was significantly higher than that in the peptic group ( 0.27 ( 0.04 ) v 0.07 ( 0.02 ) , p<0.001 ) . |
| 19 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 20 | Peter Halley 's recent works take up residence in the cool vast spaces of the Gagosian garage on Wooster Street while down the street , at Louver , ‘ Studies for the Iliad ’ - new paintings by Charles Garabedian are on view from 6 until 11 July . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the Government has stepped in to underwrite the cost of bomb damage to shore up confidence in the British insurance industry and the reputation of the City of London as a world financial centre although that , ironically , may encourage just as much as it may discourage the IRA . |