Example sentences of "up [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to privatise an entire industry and can not run the risk of the City picking up only the most attractive pieces . |
| 2 | On sites rich in fossils , collectors often become bored with the commoner animals and pick up only the rarer ones . |
| 3 | But the information which was handled in FEMIS made up only the bones of college work and it seems likely that the initial difficulty experienced in FE about translating information into worthwhile knowledge about the improvement in learning would also be experienced at the primary or secondary levels . |
| 4 | Mariana did n't look up so the smile Trent gave her was a waste of time and he could n't think of anything else to say , or nothing that would make any difference . |
| 5 | ‘ Fund raising fatigue ’ soon builds up so the target is best seen in maximum returns for minimum expenditure of energy . |
| 6 | However , the flames were near the petrol tank and the fishing vessel was in danger of being blown up so the skipper had to give the order to abandon ship . |
| 7 | Each bale has to be packed in plastic in case of rain and tied up so the runners can take hold of it . |
| 8 | Cable television : do you want your road dug up so the neighbours can watch pornography ? |
| 9 | We have to clean the boy up so the judge will merely tap his wrist . ’ |
| 10 | A credit for interest owed would not normally have been set up so the interest would be debited to the nominal account shown , which will then merely be transferred into the revenue account : |
| 11 | Yes , I know there 's wind coming up so the sooner the better … |
| 12 | He blows himself up so the snake ca n't get hold of him . ’ |
| 13 | Alternatively as the accounts are being done at the end of the month at that point in time the benefit is used up so the rent could be charged to the profit and loss account directly . |
| 14 | And then very very importantly the last mnemonic ANNA cos that really is belt and braces , it 's tying the whole thing up so the guy knows exactly why you 're gon na come back . |
| 15 | They 're dirty , and so long as you erm fill your paint pots up so the water in the pot is below , below that , if you tip it over it does n't spill |
| 16 | Despite this electoral success for Labour , the years following the 1966 election showed up starkly the inability of this government to hold together a determined support bloc which could accomplish substantial social and economic changes . |
| 17 | ‘ The rest of us had put up much the same , given that we had done it earlier , ’ he assured McLeish . |
| 18 | Then , using a two pronged transfer tool , pick up just the end stitch and put it on the end needle ( 1 ) . |
| 19 | You can put any kind of gauzes in , as fine as you like , they 'll silt up just the same , there 's so much crap in the system . |
| 20 | Though from a much more comfortable background than Burton , Dylan Thomas had been brought up just the other side of Swansea Bay , a few years older than the man who would become his greatest reader . |
| 21 | Tommaso appeared as we came in from the street , hamming it up just the way I remembered . |
| 22 | They ca n't even pick up just the words that are English words only pronounced in the Orcadian way . |
| 23 | His hand went up just the same . |
| 24 | The keen blustery morning summoned up exactly the braced mood she sought to capture . |
| 25 | And even if a miracle somehow happened and he agreed to try again , it would simply end up exactly the same way it did the first time . |
| 26 | Strangely enough Mr Fallon brought up exactly the same example just 12 hours later at a debate in Polam Hall . |
| 27 | Since both individuals consume whatever quantity of the good is produced , we must add up vertically the price each is prepared to pay for the last unit . |
| 28 | Members of the senior management within the health service have The Northern Echo that they believe the merger question will crop up once the purchasing consortiums have begun operating . |
| 29 | David St John Thomas , celebrant of the English country station , has summed up eloquently the multiplicity of functions the country station performed : |
| 30 | But although such classifications may sometimes be useful in guiding empirical research they do not seem to me to take up directly the most important questions , which are those concerning the significance of social movements in the process of reproduction and transformation of total social systems . |