Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wimbledon followed suit a little later by opening up competition to professional tennis players . |
| 2 | Longer-term economic reforms to boost foreign investment included the loosening of environmental and Aboriginal heritage controls in planning procedures for mining projects , the completion of deregulation of the aviation market , and further relaxation of rules to open up banking to foreign competition . |
| 3 | In August 1988 the CME and Reuters agreed to open up Globex to other exchanges , MATIF , etc . |
| 4 | His vision broke frontiers and opened up travel to ordinary people . |
| 5 | Somewhere about this time the squadron we had at Bourn was shifted up north to another Group . |
| 6 | Many drivers were thinking twice about carrying out risky manoeuvres such as doing 90 miles an hour down the motorway even though such speeds benefited society in speeding up access to distant parts . |
| 7 | WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 . |
| 8 | The reform of the national insurance system advocated here will also lead to all workers building up entitlement to national insurance benefits . |
| 9 | The most common of these is the high incidence of arthritic and rheumatic problems ; other specific examples include blindness and neurological problems associated with long-term diabetes ; chronic pain resulting from building up immunity to certain drugs , such as morphine ( various groups ) ; chronic respiratory problems caused by spinal deformity ( scoliosis ) ; and a variety of physiological problems coming under the heading of ‘ post-polio syndrome ’ . |
| 10 | Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages . |
| 11 | ‘ It caused some anxious moments as we worked out how to keep up supply to this project approximately 1,200 kilometres from our manufacturing centre in Rabaul , ’ said PNG general manager . |
| 12 | Blend orange juice and wine , making up volume to 225 ml with water . |