Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slick as a whole is too large to be broken up with chemical dispersal agents , which in any case can have damaging effects on marine life , particularly fish . |
| 2 | They must never be broken up for short-term gain . |
| 3 | ‘ We have a divorce law which allows marriages to be broken up after less time than the run of an average HP agreement , ’ Mr Field said . |
| 4 | Was it possible for the corpse to have been so treated , with the ‘ hollownesse ’ of every bone to be filled up with solid lead ? |
| 5 | Er , scrap timber can be stacked up at one side , and used as firewood . |
| 6 | In that case the net must be gathered up with extreme care , since care taken now will mean the net can be set that much more easily at the next site . |
| 7 | ‘ So your next natural thought was that the only short fat man who could be mixed up in this shooting was me ? |
| 8 | • Fruit that 's sharp can be sweetened up with artificial sweetener or sprinkle cinnamon on grapefruit instead of sugar . |
| 9 | What monstrous vanity makes them conclude the memory wants to be clogged up with this sort of rubbish ? |
| 10 | Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness . |
| 11 | BCCI to be wound up by High Court |
| 12 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 13 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 14 | This gives time for water to drain away or to be picked up by wet vacuum . |
| 15 | An RS232 interface is provided so that output can be picked up by another device such as a BBC micro with a disc drive . |
| 16 | Linnaeus devised a kind of Latin suitable for concise descriptions : animals and plants were not to be written up in flowery language , but in sentences containing many adjectives and few verbs . |
| 17 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 18 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 19 | By the use of one-way valves , air pressure can be built up in each chamber in turn by moving the piston back and forth . |
| 20 | Political power can be built up in this way , with the result that many Latin American leaders owe their position to a network of clientelist relationships . |
| 21 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
| 22 | VXM says PowerTools can be used to create networked processing systems — not necessarily parallel in nature — which could be made up of heterogeneous Unix workstations and servers , including those from DEC , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems . |
| 23 | Four one three , the C E C agrees with the movements of motion four one three that European Works Councils should as far as possible be made up of elected trade union representatives , but the European directive needs to take account of different industrial relations traditions in different countries . |
| 24 | The regional council says the Scottish Office is cutting £17 million from its £88 million capital allowance for each of the next two financial years under the mistaken belief that the money will be made up by European funding . |
| 25 | Was this erm differences in quality to be made up by more land ? |
| 26 | Losses are reduced by insulation and behaviour , but must ultimately be made up from metabolic energy sources , mostly by cellular oxidation of fuels derived from food . |
| 27 | Subject to availability of accommodation , bookings can be accepted up to one working day prior to your intended date or arrival at your hotel . |
| 28 | The computer will point you in the right direction of a fuel pod which can be scooped up at close range . |
| 29 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 30 | This swash bar may be pushed up above high tide level and is obviously not destroyed by a falling tide as would be a break point bar . |