Example sentences of "[verb] up the [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters . |
| 2 | Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters . |
| 3 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 4 | An official of the Association of British Insurers , which drew up the new insurance ratings , conceded that the structure , which is due to be introduced on July 1 , is being revised ‘ almost daily . ’ |
| 5 | Thus David Reynolds and Christopher Thorne have resorted to such phrases as " competitive co-operation " or " allies of a kind " in their attempts to sum up the famous wartime partnership . |
| 6 | We will lighten up the dreary Brighton sky and dim the fluorescent pier . ’ |
| 7 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
| 8 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 9 | Even if this were n't so , there would probably be good economic reasons for not keeping up the maximum pulse rate all the time . |
| 10 | Managing director , George Sneddon heads up the regional management team of 24 UK staff who are supported by 123 Omani , Indian and Sri Lankan staff and a labour force of 1500 men . |
| 11 | The route this year will once again start from Bournemouth Pier , run along the promenade up to Hengistbury Head , before leaving the line of the sea as it heads up the scenic cliff tops and down to Boscombe Pier . |
| 12 | First-time guests peered up the dark oak staircase to the gallery murmuring , ‘ Mrs Danvers , ’ under their breath . |
| 13 | GLAZING machine supervisor Steve Wilmore starts up the new glazing machine . |
| 14 | The changes were more a reflection of her anti-establishment outlook and determination to shake up the civil service hierarchy . |
| 15 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 16 | He built up the Agricultural Training School of Pyinmana , spoke Burmese like a Burman , and was an out-and-out evangelist . |
| 17 | Gary Shandling , host of the ceremony in Los Angeles , warned the audience after Clapton had picked up the Best Album Grammy : ‘ If you are up in any other categories against Eric Clapton , I would go home now . ’ |
| 18 | Earlier , holidaying in the less exotic Yorkshire resort of Filey she had picked up the American Beat anthology Protest , one of the volumes triggered by the ‘ on the road ’ boom after 1957 . |
| 19 | The police had picked up the red sports car nine miles south of Ashford in Kent . |
| 20 | Surprisingly , only Roger E Bryan tried to conjure up the real Neil Kinnock , now unsuppressed by his minders and able to give full rein to his natural prolixity : ‘ I am full of hate , spite , yes malice and rage/Or even loathing , disgust , rancour , venom and wrath … |
| 21 | What plans are there to tighten up the foster service vetting which , in this case , allowed a known homosexual to adopt a child ? |
| 22 | The intentions behind the important reforms of 1988 were to tighten up the social security system in order to reduce the disincentives to work recognized as inherent in the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ ( see Tables 16.7 and 16 . |
| 23 | The 1992 programme seeks to tighten up the public purchasing process so as to provide businesses with the prospect that in practice , rather than theory , the whole of the EC market is truly open to their competitive offers . |
| 24 | Last year Mexico blocked agreement to tighten up the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , which polices world trade in nuclear fuel , because others refused to commit themselves to a test ban . |
| 25 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 26 | Below the sober exterior , though , one suspects that there 's a bit of an animal lurking — and switching in the graphic equaliser and voice filter ( after having connected up the sub-woofer extension cabinet ) opens the cage door fairly wide . |
| 27 | No fish should be kept in this tank , as they will snap up the fragile-shelled baby snails . |
| 28 | At the same time you bleep the missing swimming pool attendant who responds by picking up the nearest intercom substation handset allowing you to issue instructions directly , all within a matter of seconds rather than minutes . |
| 29 | Your camcorder 's microphone will no doubt do a first-rate job of picking up the general sound atmosphere , or ambience . |
| 30 | The program proceeds by incrementing POINTER , picking up the next delay value from the acceleration table and waiting until the step interval is complete , before generating the next excitation change . |