Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Her husband was due to retire then and they had decided that they would both give up work at the same time . |
| 3 | It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society . |
| 4 | From his home in Worcester , Phil Ride says he 'll keep up pressure on the British Government to work for his brother 's release . |
| 5 | Q. So how would you sum up progress in the last two to three years ? |
| 6 | Our job is to help build up trust between the smaller companies and their banks . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 8 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 9 | He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair . |
| 10 | What little the authors can say , however , should stir up debate in the palaeoanthropological world . |