Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have good discussions , ’ he wrote , ‘ but there are none of the snide comments about ‘ my Russian mates carving up Poland ’ or ‘ my Commie friends getting more than they bargained for ’ when Russia invaded Finland , that I had on the building job . ’ |
| 2 | In a pilot scheme carried out from September to November last year , the Japan fisheries Information Centre combined data from the US NOAA-7 satellite with information from its usual sources to draw up charts predicting the whereabouts of fish . |
| 3 | THE GOVERNMENT is ready to abandon its controversial plans to set up registers of land which may be contaminated . |
| 4 | Forbes says nurses have a role in motivating their elderly clients to take up exercise by reassuring them of its safety — as long as proper precautions are taken and an appropriate activity is selected . |
| 5 | Nurses should encourage their elderly clients to take up sports and activities that develop skill and coordination , rather than strength , speed and endurance . |
| 6 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 7 | The ARA used its good offices to speed up railway agreements between Latvia and Poland on the one hand , and Russia on the other , so that relief supplies could flow in more easily from Western Europe . |
| 8 | They have been using their artistic talents to brighten up hoardings around the site of the resort 's new £4m arts , leisure and convention centre complex . |
| 9 | However , the success of recent policy initiatives can only be fully met if farmers find it their own interests to plant up pieces of land in such a way as to achieve both timber production and environmental improvement . |
| 10 | He felt around inside , his long fingers picking up scraps of parchment . |