Example sentences of "[vb infin] up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you count up the French words in italics and see how many you can learn by heart . |
| 2 | The imagery and language help conjure up the bleak picture of death in the two poems . |
| 3 | In fact , they could prop up the Conservative Government for a fifth term , if the need arises ! |
| 4 | Mel will send up the ex-Mirror publisher in his TV show with Griff Rhys Jones , who plays a reporter . |
| 5 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
| 6 | For them , classic clothes no longer have to be fussy or stuffy — an increasing number of British men want classic style , but wo n't give up the comfortable feel of the designer clothes they got used to in the Eighties . |
| 7 | The theory is that the household rubbish will soak up the ill effects of the nasty stuff the not — so accidental practical result is a large cost saving . |
| 8 | The fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage . |
| 9 | Listen , why do n't you ring up the social editor of the Advent , and tell her about your meeting tomorrow . |
| 10 | The more successful Du Pont synthetic rubber factory could never mop up the ever-growing pool of surplus labour . |
| 11 | The local newspapers in Ulster printed our press statements , but did not follow up the Black story on their own despite the clear indications of sinister and dramatic happenings . |
| 12 | Obviously they can not weigh up the comparative cost of some type of credit which is beyond their ken . |
| 13 | Tonight 's AGM will weigh up the relative merits of two businessmen , John Kerr and Robert Fleeting , to assume control at Rugby Park . |
| 14 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps I might see in the rising of that sun some icon quintessentially Pacific , or think some thought which in a flash would sum up the essential message of the great Ocean . |
| 16 | Free pre-school places for those wishing it remains the main plank of Labour 's education policy and would eat up the vast majority of the extra £4 million the party would spend while still staying within Government capping levels . |
| 17 | ‘ I believe we could build up the parliamentary group to more than 100 members . ’ |
| 18 | ln this case , the attributes ‘ name ’ and part' will make up the composite key of the ORDER relation . |
| 19 | But MDHC is optimistic it will make up the lost revenue by increased levels of freight . |
| 20 | The tuna fish swim beneath schools of dolphins , fishermen do not discriminate and scoop up the whole lot in their nets . |
| 21 | Hereford and Worcester Community Council helped draw up the damning report on village amenities . |
| 22 | If you wish to make use of this facility , you should set up the logical name before invoking LIFESPAN ( e.g. you could make the assignment within your login.com ) . |
| 23 | But leading scorer Ferdinand , who 'd set up the only goal for Andy Impey , has been passed fit for the Stamford Bridge derby . |
| 24 | Maybe , it is argued , the Creator does not control the day-to-day succession of evolutionary events ; maybe he did not frame the tiger and the lamb , maybe he did not make a tree , but he did set up the original machinery of replication and replicator power , the original machinery of DNA and protein that made cumulative selection , and hence all of evolution , possible . |
| 25 | When externalities lead to market failure the government could set up the missing market by pricing the externality through taxes or subsidies . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose all the sorting out at the flat will take up the spare time for quite a while . |
| 27 | Secondly , two in-depth case studies ( probably of Birmingham and Manchester ) will take up the central question of why some women 's initiatives are effective while others , with initially similar aims are not . |
| 28 | Presumably Hurd and Baker do not mean by this that Hamas , the Gaza-based fundamentalist movement dedicated to destroying Israel ( unlike the PLO ) , should take up the official torch of Palestinian independence ! |
| 29 | This would , he thought , assist in deterrence because ‘ in crude , vulgar minds , the seductive picture of a particularly advantageous crime should immediately call up the associated idea of punishment ’ ( Beccaria , 1963 : 57 ) . |
| 30 | Selling horses is my living , so it 's my job to try and match up the right horse with the right owner . |