Example sentences of "[verb] up the [num] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far more controversial is the CHA proposal to open up the 1984 Canada Health Act . |
| 2 | He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell . |
| 3 | More recent biochemical studies demonstrate that many more inorganic elements occur in the body than those which make up the twelve tissue salts . |
| 4 | But they do not believe the solution lies in taking up the 15,000 tonne haddock quota available off the west of Scotland . |
| 5 | He has already put up the four corner posts . |
| 6 | Hill sums up the 1992 housing market in one word — ‘ weird ’ . |
| 7 | The impression of ‘ busyness ’ was achieved by setting up the 1953 Beaver Committee . |
| 8 | Environment ministers from 32 European countries plus Canada and the United States , which together produced 70 per cent of the world 's CO2 emissions , met in Bergen , Norway , on May 8-16 to follow up the 1987 Brundtland report on improving the global environment [ see pp. 35227-29 ] . |
| 9 | The Belgrade conference on security and co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) of 1977–8 , designed to follow up the 1975 Helsinki decisions , proved how difficult it would be to break down East-West suspicions . |