Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His remarks follow a media campaign to build up the prestige of Mr Jiang , who was party boss in Shanghai before moving to Peking to replace his disgraced predecessor , Zhao Ziyang . |
| 2 | The military and large corporations control Congress and the president while the American people have to pick up the tax bill to finance it all . |
| 3 | Enticed by a 2 per cent incentive payment on top of the National Insurance rebate , some five million people have taken up the option since it was introduced in July 1988 . |
| 4 | She added : ‘ A lot of people have walked up the Eiffel Tower so I thought it would be something different to go backwards . |
| 5 | Many people have summed up the effect of a minimum wage . |