Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With neither the political crisis that Labour 's resignation from the Government would have caused , nor the industrial explosion , which — however much pacifists might fear it — would undoubtedly have created new possibilities for their politics , the momentum that had been building up since the Russian Revolution nearly a year earlier was sharply checked . |
| 2 | The four types are the foundations of the modern phyla , the most basic subdivisions of the animal kingdom , although the articulates and radiates have been broken up as the true range of diversity has become apparent . |
| 3 | All too frequently heads of agreement alone are drawn up and the full agreement left for later long delayed execution . |
| 4 | The waistline on bikini bottoms has been pulled up while the usual high leg cut has fallen to something less severe . |
| 5 | A framework for governing the colonies across the Atlantic had been set up but the British government of the early eighteenth century was not at all energetic in handling problems inside Britain and was most unlikely to exert itself about things further afield . |
| 6 | From here you can look at the menu that has been set up and the vast flexibility that 3DMenu offers . |
| 7 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 8 | However , in the poorer upland areas old ways persisted and long houses continued to be built up until the early 19th century . |
| 9 | Much of the expected boost in revenue is tied to a financial-transactions tax , which has yet to win final approval from Congress , and to fiscal reform , which is unlikely to be taken up until the constitutional revision due later this year . |
| 10 | On the top of this wall stood Harry Dunstaple , shouting and waving his sabre as if conducting an orchestra , shouting for the men to hasten , for the Cutcherry must be blown up before the charging enemy could reach it and disturb the train . |
| 11 | Once they dominated the countryside , but intensive farming led to many being ripped up and the sheer cost of maintaining them has seen many fall into neglect . |
| 12 | Dent has been called a " chocolate-box village " by some writers who have assumed that the preservation of the village is due to the action of the green welly and Barbour jacket brigade ( 2.4 children called Timon and Amarintha , Range Rover with macramé or tie-dye seatcovers and this year 's Booker Prize winner on the back seat ) , but the fight to prevent the cobbles being ripped up and the narrow bridges widened was led , not by middle-class " off-comed-uns " , but by the Dalesfolk , the farmers , joiners and builders , the ordinary people who cared about their dale . |
| 13 | It is very probable that these windows were built up when the Old School was converted into the Stockport Assembly Rooms . |
| 14 | Early on the morning of March 4th , the remnants of the 33rd were mopped up and the fragmented stones that had once been Douaumont village fell to the Germans . |
| 15 | The original version was in Latin but later editions were in English , and numerous reprints were published up until the early 18th century . |
| 16 | As a result , the first edition of Annex 13 was drawn up and the basic principle of one State ( the State of registry ) being able to participate in the investigation conducted by another State ( the State of occurrence ) was established . |
| 17 | When an illustration or photograph was to be used the appropriate area was opened up and the relevant item stuck in . |
| 18 | In September agreement was held up when the then Chancellor , Mr Nigel Lawson , seemed reluctant to allow any change in the IMF 's structure which resulted in a drop in Britain 's position as the second largest shareholder within the Fund , even though it is now the sixth largest market economy . |