Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles is hotly tipped to pick up the creative account for St Ivel 's Shape and Gold brands , currently handled by J Walter Thompson . |
| 2 | With the change in wording necessitated by the inclusion of ‘ disorderly , ’ this is in virtually identical terms to the provision in relation to section 4 , and would therefore seem to open up the same possibilities for argument that that section does through section 6(3) . |
| 3 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 4 | King Edward 's unpopularity was not enhanced by close relatives being created Earls , so Isabella went to Paris in 1325 to consult with her brother , by then King of France , and with the help of the Earl of March , troops were sent from France to round up the royal favourites for execution , and to depose and imprison Edward II , who was murdered by one of the Earl of March 's agents in September 1327 . |
| 5 | Since the imperial poet Da Ponte had fallen out of favour at the Viennese court , and had left in disgrace , his temporary successor Caterino Mazzolà was asked to freshen up the old warhorse for a new setting , while Guardasoni rushed to Italy to find suitable singers . |
| 6 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 7 | It might be better for them to prop up the Ottoman empire for a while longer , but at the same time to keep their options open by maintaining contact with the various factions amongst the Serbs . |