Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the record , too , the Press spokesman said the president only had the haircut because he was assured that doing so would not tie up traffic at the airport . |
| 2 | She must , however , give up work before the start of the sixth week before the EWC if she is to get SMP for the full eighteen weeks . |
| 3 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 4 | Who believes that by working now we can store up security for the future ? |
| 5 | This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting . |
| 6 | What counts in cases such as this is ensuring continued pressure and publicity at national level , while also working with a local group , which can keep up pressure on the spot by stirring up the interest of local authorities and the regional branch of the National Trust . |
| 7 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 8 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 9 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 10 | Some essential and irreplaceable tissues , like the brain , kidney tubules , intestinal mucosa and red blood corpuscles , can take up glucose in the absence of insulin , which other tissues , notably muscles which are normally the largest consumers of glucose , need its presence . |
| 11 | On the morrow or soon after , as our uncle of Gloucester told me , he will take up residence in the Tower . ’ |
| 12 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 13 | I think I 'll go up town in a minute I think . |
| 14 | Therefore , when it comes a cropper , there is a tendency among the rest of us to enjoy a quiet chortle , even if suspecting that all our wallets will end up lighter as a result . |
| 15 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 16 | That will make East Germans feel even more imprisoned and could heat up resentment against the government to explosion point . |
| 17 | The chief minister of Sarawak , Abdul Taib Mahmud , said that the campaigners had " no right to come and stir up trouble in the state " . |
| 18 | I will wake up Corrary in a minute . |
| 19 | If present a mouse will be used and that can speed up operation of the game . |
| 20 | John Major promised that Britain would now speed up ratification of the treaty . |