Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
| 2 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 3 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
| 4 | For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission . |
| 5 | The local newspapers in Ulster printed our press statements , but did not follow up the Black story on their own despite the clear indications of sinister and dramatic happenings . |
| 6 | Obviously they can not weigh up the comparative cost of some type of credit which is beyond their ken . |
| 7 | However , the likelihood is that processing and seeking will be entirely overlapped so this will not hold up the overall run very seriously . |
| 8 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 9 | A young , green horse will be weak but if worked correctly will gradually build up the necessary muscle to enable him to perform the required movements . |
| 10 | I could hardly walk up the front door . |
| 11 | A quarter of a century later , it is a moment she can still picture in her mind 's eye and she can still summon up the painful feelings of rejection , breach of trust and isolation that the break-up of her parents ’ marriage signified to her . |
| 12 | On such capital-intensive projects , any over-runs can rapidly push up the overall costings . |
| 13 | ( The reader is advised to temporarily cover up the remaining nodes . ) |
| 14 | Co-location of staffs would help to break down barriers between the Services , and the development of tri-Service staffs at lower levels would also build up the necessary expertise . |
| 15 | You can also step up the feeding rate , but do so gradually and keep a check on your water . |
| 16 | The student must also write up the medical history and examination findings and discuss the psychosocial , ethical , legal , and nursing considerations of the patient 's case . |
| 17 | ‘ It will probably open up the whole issue again , ’ he commented . |
| 18 | This will often clear up the particular concern . |
| 19 | That would just about sum up the general South African reaction to the record 26–3 defeat by Australia . |
| 20 | It will selectively build up the thinned fibres , across which osmotic diffusion will be most rapid . |
| 21 | For them , classic clothes no longer have to be fussy or stuffy — an increasing number of British men want classic style , but wo n't give up the comfortable feel of the designer clothes they got used to in the Eighties . |
| 22 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 23 | This would , he thought , assist in deterrence because ‘ in crude , vulgar minds , the seductive picture of a particularly advantageous crime should immediately call up the associated idea of punishment ’ ( Beccaria , 1963 : 57 ) . |
| 24 | Realizing that I may well end up the whipping boy if things go wrong , I attempt , in bankers ' parlance , to ‘ cover my ass ’ . |
| 25 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 26 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 27 | When you when archaeologists carry out the dig they do n't dig up the whole site . |
| 28 | My father ca n't climb up the narrow ladder from the top floor ; and , even if he could , I know he would n't be able to negotiate the twist you have to make to get from the top of the ladder , round the brickwork of the chimney flues , and into the loft proper . |
| 29 | The spring can then push up the treble end of the check , so that the middle of the check meets the underside of the gap — spacer . |
| 30 | The more successful Du Pont synthetic rubber factory could never mop up the ever-growing pool of surplus labour . |