Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [verb] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , with virtually all its 19th century industry cleared , Teesside apparently still needs to gobble up green fields . |
| 2 | SoVam Teleport , now part-owned by Cable & Wireless Plc here in London , has established a new packet switching node in Ufa , Bashkirria : the new facility will enable the company to market dedicated communications lines between the city and Moscow , with connections to the rest of the public network ; Ufa is a centre of oil industry enterprises and it is at these customers that SoVam is targeting its new service ; the company also aims to set up new nodes in the cities of Chelyabinsk , Salavat and Sterlitomak in the near future . |
| 3 | It also helps to build up better intelligence on our targets . ’ |
| 4 | Motherhood today often involves giving up paid employment ( although nowadays for shorter periods than in the past ) , and with it the sense of identity and community that work affords . |
| 5 | Describes , among others , an impoverished frequenter of the Reading Room of the British Museum who pathetically tries to keep up some sort of genteel appearance . |
| 6 | He is like a runner in the 5000 metres who walks all the way to the bell and then tries to make up lost time by running the last lap like a 100 metre sprint finalist — not a good technique , as you can imagine . |