Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that the British Council will give its fullest support to ventures of this kind in the future , and will encourage the group which met at Jaipur in their plan to hold a second Workshop to follow up the work of this one . |
| 2 | The first attempt to drive up the cost of travelling by road brought down the government . |
| 3 | We leaned on the railing , and peered down through the littered lattice of cross-angled trees , their backs broken in their last attempt to scramble up the cliff . |
| 4 | As the Leader of the Opposition has joined us , perhaps he will use his influence on the four members of his party who voted last week to cover up the truth by refusing to permit the Select Committee on Employment to conduct an investigation into the true consequences of a national minimum wage . |
| 5 | Maybe his mother would have organized a dinner party , invited the girl next door to make up the numbers . |
| 6 | In a statement the RJO said that it had decided to free Mann because of the " immense efforts " of the UN Secretary-General , and that his release would " be the prelude for the next stage to speed up the closure of the file of the prisoners and the hostages " . |
| 7 | Once one has established a ‘ profile ’ of theatre-goers it is then an obvious next step to follow up the question ‘ Who ? ’ with the question ‘ Why ? ’ and the research then begins to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 8 | There is a facility in that for people who choose a home that has a higher charge , to arrange a third party to make up the difference , and we have a number of those , those type of contracts . |