Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This quantity is sufficient for 125 litres of compost , enough to plant up a considerable number of hanging baskets , pots and window boxes . |
| 2 | Because of this , it can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power , stopping only to pick up a new coal pack . |
| 3 | She kicked aside some of the mess , bent down to pick up a crisp packet , dropped it again and leaned against a wall , overwhelmed . |
| 4 | Sixty seconds before the interval , Smith restored Hadleigh 's lead in a goalmouth scramble after a succession of shots had been charged down to set up a thrilling second-half . |
| 5 | After the 1990 floods , when farmland was submerged , many sheep were lost and Perth was inundated , the engineers Babtie Shaw and Morton were called in to draw up a preliminary study . |
| 6 | It is not necessary to like a client personally to build up a constructive relationship , but obviously it helps . |
| 7 | One way round this problem that has been suggested is to complement our village-centred studies of micro-process with studies of institutional or bureaucratic micro-process ; to do , for example , ethnographies of the planners as well as the planned , and so to build up a composite picture of the social realities of people in different social niches . |
| 8 | As in most dances there is advance and apparent retreat , only to take up a fresh position for the next advance . |
| 9 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 10 | It might only postpone the day , but even one day is breathing space , and I fancy he 's sharp enough to make up a plausible story , once he knows the odds , or to persuade this witness to a different tale . |
| 11 | We loaded the first two into the trailer , and were heading a few yards further on to pick up a third canister when we noticed that the enemy fire was now being directed at our part of the cornfield . |
| 12 | Leigh Environmental now had six months to lodge an appeal with the Minister of the Environment , who would decide whether or not to set up a Public Enquiry . |
| 13 | He is dressing it up as a concession , but , without amendment ( a ) , if there is a Conservative Government post election — I do not think that will happen , but we should explore the fantasies in case there is — the Secretary of State could decide not to set up a further education council in Scotland . |
| 14 | Our other research has shown that some adults would prefer not to take up a full-time course and so lose the income from a full-time job . |
| 15 | Leeds should have gone on to pile up a big score but after Wallace had seen a close-range shot blocked by Coton and Gary McAllister 's lob was cleared off the line by Kernaghan , the tide turned . |
| 16 | They decided at a meeting of the Labour group of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane yesterday to set up a working group to prepare for a referendum . |
| 17 | As the JMU random visit programme goes into its second year we need to find better ways of isolating the representative results from those of the reactive , com-plaint-led , visits , and learn to interpret them statistically to build up a reliable picture of the auditing profession , its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 18 | Insurance firm Minet stepped in yesterday to take up a last-minute offer to sponsor the event , while BSkyB will provide satellite coverage . |
| 19 | ‘ There is now a big push on to build up a healthy youth policy . |
| 20 | They had to come up with a plan of action on how to set up a Tyrolean Traverse to safety cross the 80 foot wide gorge — and come back again . |
| 21 | We had been taught how to set up a simple charge with detonator and fuse . |
| 22 | In September we showed you how to set up a simple tank as we continued our beginners ' series . |
| 23 | Mace declined to comment , other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 24 | Mace declined to comment other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 25 | Section 2 describes how to set up a new LIFESPAN process . |
| 26 | This section describes how to set up a new LIFESPAN Process . |
| 27 | Miller never did find out how to set up a covert operation . |
| 28 | Executives need to know how to lay on services that are outside normal agency routine : how to set up a direct marketing operation ; organize an effective exhibition ; or lay on a cabaret at a salesmen 's conference . |
| 29 | NEXT MONTH How to brighten up a dark hallway and give it a new lease of life |
| 30 | Me I know how to put up a four tent six tent . |