Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [noun] [to-vb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another is the sawfly , which lays its eggs always along the midrib of the leaf , and with them a hormone that causes the leaves to roll up from the edges in to enclose and protect the emerging larvae in a neat tubular hideaway . |
| 2 | This in turn causes the protein to fold up in an incorrect way , which results in the haemoglobin molecules sticking to each other . |
| 3 | Jaguar has the ability to issue up to 40 million new shares — more than enough to take GM 's stake up to 29.9 per cent — though such a move would require the approval of Jaguar shareholders . |
| 4 | This crying , this wailing , this mass of thick air gathered from thousand upon thousand square miles of nothingness , scooped up , pushed and banked against every object which has the temerity to stand up from the surface of the earth ; this was weird , oppressive , invasive . |
| 5 | who has the courage to live up to his ideals , |
| 6 | I am sitting in my office after the Assessment Group meeting , looking at a draft position paper on the assessment of the assessment process itself that David Poole , in the European Secretariat , wants the Group to put up to the Secretary of the Cabinet . |
| 7 | The upward flow tank , usually conical or pyramidal in shape , with its widest part at the top , allows the water to flow up with diminishing speed , the solid matter falling to the base , from which it can be removed as a sludge by the hydrostatic head in the tank , scraping gear being unnecessary . |
| 8 | Keyword Search : This allows the user to list up to five terms which can then be inter-related in order to combine the meanings of the word . |
| 9 | In this case , it has been fitted to an HMV Gramophone ; it controls the rotational speed of the disc so it runs slowly when the soundbox is at the outside edge , and allows the record to speed up towards the inner radius . |
| 10 | In a similar way , his When the wind blows enables the reader to face up to some of the appalling possibilities and realities of nuclear warfare in a way that is just bearable . |