Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A slight alteration to the course this year — work going on around the River Mersey means that the runners now have the luxury of running through the elegant Marina Complex , which should speed up the proceedings . |
| 2 | The Indian government has been strongly criticized for its slow response , but a bill has now been introduced in parliament which should speed up the processing of claims . |
| 3 | Apart from legislation which might break up the unity of imperial law , some colonial legislation was likely to affect the interests of people in Britain directly . |
| 4 | Moreover many farm workers still find it difficult to meet the cost of private transport which might open up the range of alternatives . |
| 5 | How would Niger and Nigeria react to the plans of upstream nations for barrages and irrigation schemes which might dry up the Niger ? |
| 6 | They scanned the misty water , keeping a watch-out for driftwood which might foul up the engine . |
| 7 | The problem was , however , that the ink often obscured the watermark as well as large sections of the paper which could show up the idiosyncrasies of the particular mould used ( the point being that the hundreds of paper mills in existence at the time not only had their own watermarks but that each particular paper mould had its own variations in the structure of its wires ) . |
| 8 | But there is the problem of oxygen ‘ sinks ’ existing as well , which could use up the oxygen produced by recombining with any of the CHON molecules . |
| 9 | The texture of the sounds , the little ant-bear funnels , the twittering of the water sprinklers , the unnamed but instantly familiar birds , the patient devotions of the gardeners , the numberless frogs ( now in caviare-eyed repose on water lilies and ledges ) , the huge , lazy tadpoles , the dragonflies on their biplane wings skimming the water , the busy red ants returning with baguettes of grass ( the same ants which used to run up the shorts of children and sink their vicious fangs into unwary little scrota ) and now the distant thwack of tennis bails and the inevitable muted cries of anguish — all these impressions play so strongly on my memory because they leap thirty-five years of my life in one bound . |
| 10 | Carl Sagan , the distinguished astrophysicist , suggested in 1961 that Venus could be made habitable to earthlings if it were seeded with blue-green algae , which would split up the carbon and oxygen molecules to glean the carbon necessary for the glucose and carbohydrate diets they would need . |
| 11 | The three principal tasks of the proposed congress would be ( i ) to set out the broad principles within which the detailed constitutional work could be carried out ; ( ii ) to determine the make-up of the body which would draw up the constitution ; and ( iii ) to establish an interim government to oversee the transition process until a new government was in place . |
| 12 | During the summer of 1716 , a sensitive time since i August marked the anniversary of King George 's alleged usurpation of the throne , considerable unrest occurred in London where taverns associated with the Whigs were attacked by mobs which would break up the premises but leave enough of the stock undamaged to drink the health of ‘ James III ’ . |
| 13 | Using our description above ( pp. 11 – 12 ) , construct a brief summary of the main points which would make up an instance of each of the following TYPES of argument about the book : |
| 14 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 15 | , director of the SFO , said that the introduction of plea bargaining would be ‘ the single most important reform ’ which would speed up the disposal of cases . |
| 16 | Should the prevailing interest rate be greater than Oi l , there would be an excess supply of money ( or excess demand for bonds ) which would push up the price of bonds and push down interest rates , back towards the equilibrium . |
| 17 | The Government , however , is likely to press ahead with legislation this autumn which will tighten up the law on secondary action . |
| 18 | Members of staff will be issued with a ‘ lift card ’ which will clock up the number of times staff use the lift . |
| 19 | If you force his limbs into clothes , the same effect follows : in the arm this can cause severe shoulder pain which will hold up the patient 's rehabilitation . |
| 20 | The TGV Nord will be linked to the rest of the high speed network by a new line skirting Paris which will open up the possibility of a five hour journey from London to Lyons and a seven hour journey to Marseilles . |
| 21 | During the consultation process , we discovered considerable support for a general SVQ at level I. There is also a clear demand for awards at a preliminary level which will open up the SVQ and general SVQ frameworks to those for whom mainstream training is not appropriate , including those with special needs . |
| 22 | At this stage the author uses the light box to see through the paper , and by turning over the paper it is possible to drawn in with pencil on the reverse , a rough copper track layout which will link up the components in accordance with the circuit diagram . |
| 23 | The need for the Bill , which will tidy up the law on the legality of traffic-calming measures , is easy to see throughout the country . |
| 24 | Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young declared the Herculaneum Dock has been earmarked for Private Finance Initiative cash , which will speed up the hunt for a private sector developer . |
| 25 | In particular , the collation of brief reports which can make up an evaluation at the end of each planning cycle should enable the head with both colleagues and governors to create a bridge between good management and good learning . |
| 26 | Of course , a sensible diet and exercise plan is very important but there are also specialist treatments which can speed up the slimming and rejuvenating programme . |
| 27 | Representatives of Athenian local states purposively seek to nurture popular campaigns and public initiatives which can take up the welfare services ‘ action space ’ . |
| 28 | The apostle Paul , while encouraging the Corinthians earnestly to desire spiritual gifts , especially that they might prophesy , has another conviction about what will build up the church , namely , the preaching and teaching of scripture . |