Example sentences of "be passed up the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The noise thus created is thought to be passed up the animal 's windpipe and into the sinus cavities of the skull , where it resonates to produce the purring sound .
2 And the dolphins high-protein diet makes them especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants which become increasingly concentrated as they are passed up the food chain .
3 The most toxic residues from industrial society are rarely successfully neutralised or excreted by living organisms , and they tend to be increasingly concentrated in animal tissues as they are passed up the food chain .
4 Employee criticisms and concerns are passed up the line to department and directorate management .
5 And the introduction about about care is passed up the three tiers , like a triangular system 's
  Next page