Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event of non-compliance , in English law , an action can be brought for breach of contract or tort up to six years after the date of the event , as laid down in the Limitation Act 1980. [ 1 ] Documents that originate through the existence of the contract and evidence the events arising under the contract should therefore be maintained for that six year period . |
| 2 | Fix the doctor or nurse up with white coats , stethoscope and little lights of the kind used for looking in ears . |
| 3 | The statute laid down that measures ‘ for the estate of the king and his heirs and for the estate of the realm and people should be granted only by the king in parliament , the implication being no doubt that such measures should not be forced upon the king by his subjects or drawn up by non-parliamentary assemblies . |
| 4 | You may replant in the old containers or pot up in individual pots for replanting later . |
| 5 | If this is done , then the work of individual teachers within the school contributes to the general pattern of pupils ' development , rather than being wasted because it is not adequately prepared for , or followed up by other teachers . |
| 6 | Feelings do not have to be ‘ justified ’ ; they do not have to be rational ; they should never be judged as OK or not-OK , or covered up with positive thoughts and affirmations . |
| 7 | The Greater London Enterprise Board ( renamed Greater London Enterprises in 1986 ) can claim some considerable success in saving or creating up to 4000 jobs between 1982 and 1985 , but London had lost over 250000 jobs between 1978 and 1982 alone ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1985 , p. 81 ) . |
| 8 | There is considerable evidence that people only remember or absorb up to seven points in any communication situation . |
| 9 | Before sunset ( and particularly if a shower is expected ) each row can be raked into a large number of small cocks , or rowed up into narrow swathes . |
| 10 | Class sizes are generally larger than PTRs , because not all teachers actually teach ( heads , for instance , spend most of their time on administrative work ) , because marking and preparation duties restrict direct contact hours with pupils , and because sometimes classes are combined or split up for various periods . |
| 11 | First , problems are so complex that they are normally factored , or split up into separate problems , each of which can potentially be tackled by a sub-organization . |
| 12 | We are told that Russia will disintegrate , or split up into separate republics , but we have no reason to fear this . |
| 13 | Crusader castles cling to jagged crests or rise up from barren plains . |
| 14 | Together , these developments are expected to create or safeguard up to 1,200 jobs . |
| 15 | On the day , it 's who handles any emergencies that crop up like blown fuses and late deliveries . |
| 16 | Previously they used corn-cob husks and bits of walnut shell to remove the carbon dust and oil that build up in large motors and cause them to short circuit . |
| 17 | I shall suggest that caught up in those practices are in fact two different answers to this central question , each with its own implications for support work and criteria for evaluation , with the result that support teachers often feel themselves pulled in two directions at once . |
| 18 | Similarly both the Rathenau Advisory Group in the Netherlands and the Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research in Stockholm , carried out simulations which indicated that slow introduction of microelectronic technology would have a worse effect on employment than keeping up with other countries . |
| 19 | Unfortunately for them Palace injuries prevented the other two players from making any more than token contributions to our promotion hopes of the late 1920s and early 1930s , but Tom Crilly , a full-back by profession , more than made up for those disappointments . |
| 20 | Just connect it to your hi-fi , walkman or electric guitar and it will interpret the sounds into colour , patterns and beams that project up to 30 feet , bouncing off ceilings and walls . |
| 21 | The only form of giving that shows up in formal accounts is cash . |
| 22 | The tendency is to press for covered shopping malls , but there are many examples of attractive small courtyards and squares that open up behind existing streets and that are busy and popular spaces . |
| 23 | Then is love some luxury that sprang up in peaceful times , like quilt-making ? |
| 24 | Of all the shapes my favourite is penne — medium-sized tubes of pasta that fill up with large amounts of sauce . |
| 25 | For the most part , the PC 's central processor is used to perform the calculations that end up as pretty pictures on your monitor , but there is a way to take some of the load off the CPU . |
| 26 | IF THE TRAUMA and problems involving the Great Warbirds Air Display ( GWAD ) from its established site at West Malling in Kent to Wroughton in Wiltshire were not enough , Elly Sallingboe , her airshow team and all the pilots involved in the show had to contend with low cloud , torrential rain and wind that gusted up to 65 knots on the first day of the show . |
| 27 | From Pokrovsk railway lines ran in three directions through famine areas , but in January 1922 there were only one locomotive in the yards , and that took up to seventeen days to cover less than 150 miles . |
| 28 | In the same piece of country , for example , we read of ‘ the wood way ’ in Saxon charters : these are the lanes that grew up between certain villages and the distant woods in which they had rights or pickings . |
| 29 | So-called commuter planes that carry up to 150 passengers whisper rather than roar because they use the latest propeller technology . |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that many companies find that the loyalty given to them by disabled people more than makes up for any days that they may have to take off work to undergo treatment ? |