Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With its enhanced ability , the computer should speed up the operation of British Robotic Systems 's main product , the Viking vision unit .
2 In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour .
3 It 's perhaps fitting that the Services and Communication Department should bring up the rear in this group of presentations , because one of its key priorities is to provide a coherent professional support service to the organisation as a whole .
4 To a school librarian , the term might conjour up the image of compiling a computerized catalouge with details of resources held in the school library .
5 If Dave has no joy with the local highway authority , he could try enlisting the help of a local councillor , or a local branch of the Ramblers ' Association might take up the case .
6 SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS .
7 But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so
8 The information centre alternative can speed up the development of applications and maintenance ( as the users should be able to maintain the systems as well as develop them ) .
9 Stirling had not been told that such a unit was operating in the target area , despite the fact that its presence might stir up the enemy .
10 The judge may look up the meaning of a word in a dictionary or technical work ; but this ordinary meaning may be controlled by the particular context .
11 The pact would speed up the privatisation of 4,000 medium-sized and small state enterprises by giving workers a greater say in running them .
12 If there 's any subsidence later on , this make of liner will take up the strain better than Butyl , claims the makers .
13 ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought .
14 Rick hopes this attitude will spread up the school as these pupils grow older .
15 ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name .
16 The judge will sum up the evidence tomorrow before asking the jury to consider a verdict .
17 There is a growing , often unstated , anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services .
18 Exercise can burn up the adrenalin that worry , fear and frustration create , leaving the body relaxed and rested .
19 Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab .
20 If this wife made such an application the husband could set up the fact of desertion as an answer to the claim , but he could not set up clause 3 as a bar to the proceedings .
21 Thus ‘ speculators ’ would buy undervalued currencies and sell overvalued ones , and in so doing would speed up the adjustment process .
22 The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank .
23 Pearl 's new team will back up the company 's national workforce of 4,000 sales representatives .
24 I do not believe that we ever said to anyone in geriatric care or anyone who entered a home for any other reason , ’ Do n't worry — social security will pick up the bill , however reasonable or however high . ’
25 For its part , ICL hopes the initiative will speed up the delivery of system management tools and other components for mission critical Unix applications .
26 The reality has been that our core funding , like that of so many other bodies , has been progressively reduced , by City Hall in our case , and we are constantly threatened with having our funding removed entirely , the premise being that BAT will pick up the bill .
27 The moth can hear the bat from a greater distance than the bat can pick up the echo from a flying moth ; to be precise , a moth can hear a bat about 100 feet away , whereas a bat can detect a moth at a range of less than 8 feet .
28 THE CONCEPT of a Squatters ' Ball might conjure up the image of crusties in black tie and taffeta but this is n't yer average kind of ball .
29 If these gentle whispers are not heard , your Higher Self might turn up the volume a little .
30 ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her .
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