Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] up the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we could precisely specify and conclusively verify every member of the set of observation statements which together make up the meaning of a non-observation statement , that non-observation statement would , in accordance with the verification principle , have its own determinate meaning and in certain circumstances be determinately true or determinately false . |
| 2 | As a matter of policy , the tutors seldom intervene , so pass up the opportunity of helping the students learn ; also ( critics say ) much time is wasted in interminable discussion over semantic niceties . |
| 3 | If you use drugs , you will need to consider that drugs can deplete your immune system and so speed up the progression of the illness . |
| 4 | So keep up the heat in your compost heap by covering it with black plastic sheets , old carpets or sacking . |
| 5 | And she 'd away back up the way to bed again . |
| 6 | You could easily find out : just ring up the Standesamt at … ah , Bad Schwarzendorn , and — Hold on a minute ! |
| 7 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
| 8 | Dusting your hands with icing sugar or cornflour to prevent sticking , carefully pick up the fondant by sliding your hands underneath it . |
| 9 | Scramblers probably make up the majority of Munro-baggers , since to do them all you ca n't avoid scrambling , and will also be obliged to dangle once on the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye . |
| 10 | I dashed straight back up the road to my own house , rang Paul and told him I 'd definitely have one , and maybe two . |
| 11 | This will drive down the price and hence drive up the rate of rediscount ( r ) . |
| 12 | The results also point up the problem of maintaining the standards reached in the new services . |
| 13 | By selling more bills or buying back fewer , it can force down their price and hence force up the rate of discount . |
| 14 | Jenny Maxwell and Dawn Gill both take up the challenge of the presumed cultural and political neutrality of mathematics and , by means of an examination of the common ( and therefore frequently invisible ) setting for mathematical problems , bring to light many ( contentious ) presumptions about acceptable , appropriate and valued uses for mathematics . |
| 15 | Would it not be very short sighted of the western democracies — not simply Britain — to allow the countries which now make up the Commonwealth of Independent States to drift into such a state of anarchy that a dictatorship could well return ? |
| 16 | I have a wide vocabulary , which I am continually expanding , so I often look up the meaning of words to use |
| 17 | Once the group is there , simply pick up the icon of each of the programs you want to come up automatically , and drop it in the Startup group . |
| 18 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 19 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 20 | Then pick up the pace to within 20 to 30 seconds per mile of your 10K race pace and hold that for seven minutes . |
| 21 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 22 | These act as an unnatural fertilizer for algae which then use up the oxygen in the water during their rapid growth . |
| 23 | So the organisation of personnel , budget , physical specifications of buildings , office equipment , etc. take up the rest of the project document and its appendices . |
| 24 | ( ii ) Again make up the volume to 1 nil with MEM , expel into a conical glass centrifuge tube , and centrifuge for 5 min at about 150 g at room temperature . |
| 25 | Women actually make up the bulk of underground workers in many countries . |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't even have a separation because I know what damage that does to the children and I would never , never , never break up the home for their sake . ’ |
| 27 | They are men who rationally weigh up the advantage of conformity to criminal demands or staying on the path of righteousness ; for the most part they choose the former simply because it does not weigh on their conscience and because it seems more likely to secure economic and career advancement within the corporation . |