Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank 's sales of Ecus for pounds were intended to shore up the pound against the mark , without resorting to outright sales of the German currency . |
| 2 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
| 3 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
| 4 | On the German side a few bombs were dropped to keep up the pretence , but they were left strictly alone by fighter aircraft , of course . |
| 5 | English names were adopted to speed up the process of assimilation . |
| 6 | They would be in favour of it if it could be worked out in a practical form : but it did not mean they were going to give up the freedom of the seas . |
| 7 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 8 | These days women were allowed to take up the running , but she had n't and now it was too late . |
| 9 | Eventually , as much for hygienic reasons as out of a desire to conform with Moscow 's example of de-Stalinization , the Czechs were forced to give up the battle to keep Gottwald 's corpse from going green and bury him instead . |
| 10 | Tessa could hear him breathing on the threshold outside for several minutes more , as if he were trying to summon up the courage to return and say something . |
| 11 | A gang of youths threw stones and missiles at officers who were trying to break up the display . |
| 12 | Our conference , which Delamothe said was attended by ‘ political activists and pensioners , ’ was intended to open up the debate to the public and to inform people using the service . |
| 13 | It was about six o'clock and Carrie was helping to wash up the tea things when she heard Mr Evans 's bellow of rage . |
| 14 | Commentators suggested that the shipment was designed to shore up the confidence of the international community in the face of India 's precarious foreign exchange position . |
| 15 | The reaction was to try to speed up the reallocation of those remaining at Barham House ( a process which was unintentionally assisted by the activation of the internment laws ) , to provide the best possible reason for closing the place down . |
| 16 | It was decided to set up the PMIS as part of an " on-line " system ( directly connected to the computer ) using a computer terminal for input and output . |
| 17 | A unanimous March 1990 decision to return the headquarters of the League from Tunis to Cairo [ see p. 37334 ] led , however , to a serious dispute in September when it was decided to speed up the transfer , which was largely completed by the end of October [ see p. 37726 ] . |
| 18 | An effort was made to clean up the water supplies , thereby helping to reduce the transmission of water-borne agents of disease : between 1972 and 1990 , almost 1 million handpump tubewells were installed in Bangladesh . |
| 19 | An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris . |
| 20 | Indeed , he was selected to carry up the bill of settlement to the Lords , and in 1702 piloted through Parliament a measure to attaint the pretender . |
| 21 | But the funding fell through , and she was told to give up the project . |
| 22 | ‘ Because , ’ said Riley through gritted teeth , ‘ I was told to keep up the pressure on him . ’ |
| 23 | Calcium chloride was used to speed up the hardening of ordinary Portland cement and to allow concreting to continue through cold weather without the threat of damage from frost . |
| 24 | I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch . |
| 25 | Chamberlain 's cabinet was obsessed by the fear that if taxpayers ' money was used to shore up the refugee organisations , other countries , not least Germany , would be encouraged to hand on to Britain yet more of their unwanted citizens . |
| 26 | More space was needed to keep up the increase in numbers . |
| 27 | I had no doubts that he was going to pick up the package . |
| 28 | She was terrified that Brian was going to bring up the word all the baby manuals kept using and which she had come to hate : bonding . |
| 29 | Still a device was invented to cover up the disappearance of an old landmark ; and at the accession of Her present gracious Majesty , she was unlawfully proclaimed by a new title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , subsequently legalised by the Royal Titles Act 1953 , against which I am proud to recall that I protested in my place in the House of Commons . |
| 30 | Mr Thomas Russell was asked to board up the back part of he building to keep out the rain . |