Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 2 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |
| 3 | It is a lot easier these days , so make up a little cocktail of compatible systemic insecticide and fungicide , plus a drip or two of washing-up detergent to achieve a good wetting , in a small bowl , and swish the two leaves of each cutting in the solution so that they get a good wetting and protective coating . |
| 4 | Start with black powder eyeshadow on a fine brush , gently build up a fine line close to lashes and out as far as is flattering . |
| 5 | Clearly such references are not merely longwinded substitutes for a name : they draw attention now to this , now to that aspect of the same person , and so build up a many-sided picture of each character . |
| 6 | All these -isms together set up a serious fact/belief divide whereby facts are regarded as objective , reliable and unbiased , and values , principles and beliefs as subjective , unreliable and probably biased . |
| 7 | A piece of upholstered furniture is one of the most expensive items to replace — so freshen up a tired sofa by draping it with interesting fabric . |
| 8 | They not only brighten up a faded border , but provide essential nectar and pollen for beneficial insects going into hibernation . |
| 9 | The Hatfield study found an uncritical expectation that returning women workers — women already make up a substantial part of small firm employment — would fill the gap left by young people . |
| 10 | I would dearly like to do what one friend I know does , and that is buy one beautiful piece of furniture , or exquisite porcelain , each year from Partridge , who always have the very best , and thus build up a fine collection . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought perhaps this year , if I just rustle up a few quiches , buy some French bread — ’ |
| 12 | Molecules thus take up a specific shape , and this shape is particularly important in the complex organic molecules formed by living systems . |
| 13 | The packaging and product name usually make up a hefty part of that cost . |
| 14 | There is no magic exemption from error because its members collectively make up a respected US institution . |
| 15 | The Bulgarian Communist Party politburo yesterday set up a top-level investigation into corruption under the deposed leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , and fired his son as head of a party department . |
| 16 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 17 | As indicated above , we have now set up a Validated Courses Section within the Assessment Department and ( ) is heading this . |
| 18 | He has now set up a British company , Flyda Ltd , to exploit his invention . |
| 19 | We have now set up a Human Rights Committee , properly structured and managed , with a defined budget . |
| 20 | Now offer up a suitable length of cove with square ends and mark it on the wall edge where the walls meet and on the ceiling edge where the lines drawn on the ceiling intersect . |
| 21 | Danny McCann , Mairead Farrell and Sean Savage were shot dead after the SAS was called into Gibraltar in 1988 to help police there round up a suspected IRA unit thought to be preparing an attack on British troops . |
| 22 | He watched her drape a folded sheet and towel over one arm , then pick up a covered tea-tray and step from the bright kitchen to the gloomy corridor . |
| 23 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 24 | And we used to do thirty-six holes a day ; caddie for one player in the morning and then pick up a fresh bag for the afternoon . |
| 25 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 26 | Lay the blind out flat with wrong side uppermost and form the lath channel by turning 1cm ( ⅜in ) up to the wrong side along the bottom edge , then turn up a further 4cm ( 1 ½in ) . |
| 27 | Then boil up a big pan of water . ’ |
| 28 | Never take up a new sport when you are pregnant , and be careful not to overdo it , especially around the dates then your first few periods would have been due . |