Example sentences of "up [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages . |
| 2 | The reform of the national insurance system advocated here will also lead to all workers building up entitlement to national insurance benefits . |
| 3 | But , whatever type of regime is decided upon , locking up 12- to 15-year-olds on the scale likely to result from the Government 's present proposals is an excessive reaction . |
| 4 | The one thing that these , and other applications have in common , is a measurement of the Hall effect , in which , in certain circumstances , a voltage is set up perpendicular to a magnetic field and a current passing through a material . |
| 5 | There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields . |
| 6 | Finally , the Yugoslav government held up payment to the construction enterprises for several more months , and then paid them in dinars at the current rate of exchange , which was considerably worse than the rate applicable at the time when payment was originally due . |
| 7 | Longer-term economic reforms to boost foreign investment included the loosening of environmental and Aboriginal heritage controls in planning procedures for mining projects , the completion of deregulation of the aviation market , and further relaxation of rules to open up banking to foreign competition . |
| 8 | ‘ Go up West to Mickey 's and tell him what's.happened . |
| 9 | Open up plea to sex clinics |
| 10 | WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 . |
| 11 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 12 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 13 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 14 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 15 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 16 | Marshall does n't quite know what to do with Geena Davis ' study in female renunciation as star player Dottie , a woman who gives up baseball to be a good wife . |
| 17 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 18 | What many fear is that , despite negotiated settlements ’ being fashionable in other parts of the world , the US will be more than happy to leave El Salvador to Arena , freeing it to step up aid to the Nicaraguan contras and removing , once and for all , any chance of success for the peace plan being negotiated by the five Central American presidents , which has never been supported by the US . |
| 19 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 20 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 21 | A working party is to be formed to draw up opposition to the plan , for presentation to the Welsh Office . |
| 22 | Tinka presented a course of work for backpain control , which not only got us ‘ tightening our tummies ’ and protecting our backs , but opened up Medau to a new and very large community of back-pain sufferers . |
| 23 | Follow up work to the study of original sources might include elements of reconstruction or re-creation , often drawing on and synthesising information from a range of sources . |
| 24 | In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output . |
| 25 | But he blew his chances when he said that giving up sovereignty to the European Commission was like giving in to Hitler . |
| 26 | He was one of the pioneers in opening up archaeology to everyone , both through his books and through radio and television appearances . |
| 27 | The first extensive studies of Romano-British pottery were by Thomas May , who died on 28 October , 1931 at Stratford-upon-Avon , where he had taken up residence to be able to work on the nearby site at Tiddington , ( Fieldhouse , May and Wellstood , 1931 ) . |
| 28 | ( Perhaps there are analogies here with occupations which open up membership to women and subsequently decline in status and pay . ) |
| 29 | It is seen on its way out of Victoria with the afternoon up service to Kings Cross . |
| 30 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |