Example sentences of "by [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch . |
| 2 | We get rid of flies with fly-spray and by hanging up fly-paper . |
| 3 | As sure as Concorde 's nose is pointed , the partners ' governments will have to subsidise this by coughing up so-called ‘ launch aid ’ . |
| 4 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 5 | Feelings of xenophobia — a fear or hatred of the foreigner — can so readily by whipped up , turning friendly sporting occasions when the ‘ hype ’ has been too great , when the passions have run too high and the pervading atmosphere has been too intense . |
| 6 | and people hurrying by raise up their faces |
| 7 | Hence the importance of anchoring Germany securely within Western Europe by speeding up European integration . |
| 8 | Some pessimists have calculated that enormous exercise workouts would be needed in order to achieve even modest weight loss , but it is now recognized that exercise does effectively help to burn up calories by speeding up the body 's metabolic rate for some time afterwards . |
| 9 | It will give your business quicker reflexes by speeding up the whole production process , from planning to delivery . |
| 10 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 11 | By the late 1960s , members were putting down up to 300 questions a day and the Speaker attempted to reach more oral questions by speeding up the exchanges so as to cover forty to fifty questions in fifty or fifty-five minutes . |
| 12 | Answer : by speeding up the processing of applicants to such an extent that the differences are relatively insignificant . |
| 13 | Because of his superior position the capitalist can take advantage of the worker by speeding up the work process , extending the working day , or even displacing him with machinery . |
| 14 | The report urged industrialized countries to assist the developing world by speeding up the completion of the " Uruguay Round " of trade liberalization talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see p. 38411 ] and by reducing the burden of commercial debt . |
| 15 | Its provisions included : enforcing a 20 percent reduction in Californian carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 , with a 40 percent reduction by 2010 ; protecting the earth 's ozone shield by speeding up the internationally agreed phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons and other damaging chemicals ; banning offshore drilling for oil in state waters ; saving the ancient redwood forests ; and requiring that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development . |
| 16 | By dredging up gravel , therefore , river managers were actually de-stabilizing the river bed , thereby contributing to the erosion which they were supposedly trying to prevent . |
| 17 | So Today I brought and there 's an example here Today I brought joy where there was sadness by cheering up a friend who was fed up . |
| 18 | This is made possible by whipping up speed with a continuous pull on the lines by the flyer . |
| 19 | Hezbollah retaliated on Oct. 27 by firing up to 30 Katyusha rockets into Israel , killing an Israeli civilian in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona and two Lebanese civilians in the south of the " security zone " . |
| 20 | The third option will require the TECs to boost their incomes by gobbling up as many government programmes and grants as they can find . |
| 21 | A Martian viewing our race might wonder at our lemming-like ability to self-destruct by gobbling up nasty foods , smoking little chimneys and falling sideways as a result of consuming quantities of amber liquid . |
| 22 | As for investment in public and private research and development , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ If we are going to rival our competitors , we are going to have to start by catching up with them . ’ |
| 23 | The Midland hit back by stepping up its branch opening programme and introducing a string of innovative new products , including personal cheque accounts and personal loans in 1958 . |
| 24 | The most lethal of all electric fish has solved this problem by stepping up the voltage . |
| 25 | The review team has concluded that the main objective must be to reduce the scope for dissatisfaction by stepping up the pressure on those solicitors who are not yet ‘ up-front ’ about charges . |
| 26 | Slow pea harvesting may boost prices by using up stocks that have been depressing the market |
| 27 | At the same time they can interfere with the replication of normal viruses in the cell by using up raw materials . |
| 28 | By using up all the available mineral salts , they compete with the slimes , algae and other primitive forms of plant life , which turn the water thick and green . |
| 29 | Plainly it is futile to make out there is ‘ still no clear road for lead ’ by nailing up sign-posts provided solely by those who make lead alkyls . |
| 30 | By bringing up a puppy in the context of a set routine , the anxiety factor present in dogs ( and humans alike ) will not be brought into play and so lead to an aggressive outburst . |