Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) . |
| 2 | So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home : |
| 3 | Today most of these assemblages are broken up by human activity but , for example , on the great plains of Serengeti in East Africa the relationships between seasonal vegetation , nomadic herbivores , and dependent beasts of prey can still be discerned and studied in detail . |
| 4 | As more animals have been brought inside by the introduction of intensive feeding systems , so more land has been given up to arable production . |
| 5 | Free sparring accustoms beginners to being attacked and teaches them how to handle certain situations using the techniques they have been taught up to that stage . |
| 6 | Sometimes you shout out the names of hon. Members who are caught up in British Rail delays . |
| 7 | A government spokesman confirmed on May 22 that China had conducted an underground nuclear test ; evidence of a major nuclear explosion had been picked up by several monitoring stations the previous day . |
| 8 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 9 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 10 | Aircraft parks are arranged in themes , warbirds all park together , homebuilts are parked up in another area , antiques and classics have a section all to themselves and so on . |
| 11 | In terms of the way the issue had been considered up to this point there could have been no other answer . |
| 12 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 13 | In 1977 Richard Roll 5 published an article which cast doubt on the validity and methodology of the CAPM tests which had been done up to that time . |
| 14 | A great deal of confidence has been built up in this system and NASA regularly publish reports of incidents notified to them , though of course without any reference to the individuals involved . |
| 15 | ‘ Visible forms ’ , he wrote , ‘ are to edify , either by understanding , or when by affection the minds of the congregation are stirred up with that reverence , devotion , attention and due regard which in that case seemeth requisite , especially means which make a deep and strong impression on the eye . ’ |
| 16 | Each turkey , fresh from the taxidermist , has been tarted up in one sort of drag or another from Parlour maid to Kabuki actor and , who knows ? maybe even Uncle Sam . |
| 17 | ‘ I think Darlington fans are fed up with that policy . ’ |
| 18 | Once again , we shall win marginal seats in Lambeth , Haringey , Lewisham and Waltham Forest , where people are fed up with Labour government . |
| 19 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 20 | In Latin America , relationships are built up in this way not just for personal support but , also , to promote commercial and political ends . |
| 21 | Expectations are built up by past experience of an author 's books , by a title , by the book 's dust jacket , and by its illustrations . |
| 22 | Selected titles in Grades 1–4 have been made up into sturdy Reader Packs , each containing a Reader , a Cassette , and Notes for the Parent/Teacher in English , Italian , Spanish , Arabic , Greek , Japanese , and Portuguese . |
| 23 | Nationalization 's successors on the Tyne are made up of two management buy-outs and Smiths , which is the fag-end of the original Swan Hunter empire . |
| 24 | The slopes themselves are made up of tough diamond shapes of bristles not unlike giant toothbrushes . |
| 25 | The stomach muscles are made up of several muscle groups , the most important being the rectus abdominis and the external oblique . |
| 26 | Possibly more champions are made up in one year in Australia than the total achieved in the UK since the breed 's first introduction . |
| 27 | You like to confuse people , and then you suddenly charge at them and trample them underfoot while they 're caught up in that confusion . |
| 28 | If you 're fed up with poor food , consult The Good Food Guide 1991 , by Tom Jaine ( Consumers ' Association/Hodder & Stoughton , £12.95 ) , giving details of the best value restaurants . |
| 29 | We 're stocked up with pink rock and postcards , |
| 30 | The salt has high levels of calcium to buffer the water and additional quantities of the elements that are used up by marine life . |