Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun sg] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information technology is playing , and will increasingly continue to play , a major role in opening up the curriculum to people with disabilities . |
| 2 | ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’ |
| 3 | It took two years for the Bureau of the Census to draw up the list of 106m households to which , on March 23rd , it posted its questionnaires . |
| 4 | The shame of watching a video of herself wobbling up the aisle at 16st 4lb had Amanda in tears . |
| 5 | So many people rush to Minsmere Reserve , the deservedly popular showpiece owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ; they tot up the number of species seen on the delectable lagoons and marshes — and forget other habitats in the county which also shelter rather special birds . |
| 6 | He traced Maldom Bada 's dissent back to March 1991 when he declined to give up the post of MPS vice-president on being appointed Minister of the Interior . |
| 7 | in 1971 , giving up the title of c.e.o . |
| 8 | Silvertone are seeking a court declaration that four members of the band and their manager Gareth Evans are bound to their contract , among unconfirmed rumours that Geffen are ready to move in to snap up the band for £2.2 million . |
| 9 | While the men were training and getting their eye back for archery and broadsword fighting , Lugh would be creeping up on Tara , studying the Bright Palace to find out its weaknesses ; he would be charting the movements of the guards and sentries , and counting up the number of people on watch at the Western Gate . |
| 10 | You mark up the price by 50% . |
| 11 | A BRIDGE could open up the route to sales success in France for a new product marketed by the protective coatings division of Celomer . |
| 12 | IN Monday 's paper ( Echo March 9 ) I read that the Darlington council poll tax will be £300 this year , this includes £19 to make up the shortfall for people who refuse to pay . |
| 13 | The announcement was made at the opening of the ‘ Spassenje ’ ( Rescue ) charity appeal , whose aim is to make up the shortfall of $15 million dollars still needed to complete the gallery 's reconstruction . |
| 14 | In the next few years there will be fewer young people and these tend to make up the majority of staff in many outlets , so caterers — and particularly the large chains — will come to rely more on automation in the near future . ’ |
| 15 | On the day the portrait was to be exported to a private gallery in the United States , an Englishwoman telegraphed from a resort in Germany offering to make up the balance of £40,000 . |
| 16 | But a council report claims BT then jacked up the cost to £3 million and refused to finish the job unless they were paid . |