Example sentences of "[vb infin] up on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
| 2 | This is a CMOS technology device and , to some extent , prone to damage from static electricity which can build up on the human body . |
| 3 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 4 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 5 | Fearing that Greece and Turkey would end up on the other side of that iron curtain the American President Truman declared that their security was vital to the Western powers and began a substantial programme of aid . |
| 6 | The recent history of educational innovation , from Nuffield and mixed ability onwards , shows that unless change is generated and/or wholeheartedly appropriated by teachers it will end up on the mounting scrap-heap of ‘ good ideas that never quite took off ’ . |
| 7 | In response to this BFI Wastecare has produced a leaflet , Do n't end up on the wrong side of the law , which outlines what will be required of these companies under the new regulations . |
| 8 | Dan 's questions were annoying Kate and if he was n't careful he just might end up on the receiving end of her tongue . |
| 9 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |
| 10 | Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something . |
| 11 | Saturday 's 2-1 win was Sunderland 's third in succession and Crosby said : ‘ We can still come up on the blind side . |
| 12 | Paulos is admirable on the nature of coincidence — the inevitability of improbable events — on the logic of gambling in its various forms from coin-tossing to the Stock Exchange ; the Gambler 's Fallacy ( the belief that when a coin has landed heads several times over , there is an increased probability that tails will turn up on the next throw ) ; Pascal 's wager ; Condorcet 's paradox ; the prisoner 's dilemma . |