Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] up [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individuals on current salaries of £75,000 or more who are thinking of changing jobs and either joining a new scheme or transferring their existing pension to one will need to weigh up the financial consequences . |
| 2 | If the pension funds and insurance companies had waited they could have picked up the same properties at a far lower price . |
| 3 | Emil , who must have picked up the same signals , spoke with a true leader 's decisiveness . |
| 4 | I much regret that such a new Member of Parliament should have picked up the churlish habits of other Labour Members . |
| 5 | It was all right for her , she did n't have to clean up the sodding confetti . |
| 6 | In making these decisions , people will have to weigh up the relative advantages and disadvantages of the various alternative assets . |
| 7 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 8 | Here the examiner will probably have divided up the possible marks in his mind among the component parts , and an answer to one part , be it ever so brilliant , can earn only the appropriate total for that part . |
| 9 | 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) . |
| 10 | The voice said , ‘ Your people will want to tie up the loose ends . |
| 11 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |
| 12 | They will also help to set up a Turkish sites and species database . |
| 13 | Sharing these points with pupils will help to build up the appropriate attitudes and skills in a relatively safe way , as well as increasing understanding of the great world religions . |