Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] up the [noun] " 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 | Even the small boat used to collect up the bottles had to be destroyed . |
| 7 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If there 's any subsidence later on , this make of liner will take up the strain better than Butyl , claims the makers . |
| 15 | ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought . |
| 16 | Rick hopes this attitude will spread up the school as these pupils grow older . |
| 17 | ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name . |
| 18 | The judge will sum up the evidence tomorrow before asking the jury to consider a verdict . |
| 19 | There is a growing , often unstated , anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services . |
| 20 | Exercise can burn up the adrenalin that worry , fear and frustration create , leaving the body relaxed and rested . |
| 21 | Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Thus ‘ speculators ’ would buy undervalued currencies and sell overvalued ones , and in so doing would speed up the adjustment process . |
| 24 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 25 | Pearl 's new team will back up the company 's national workforce of 4,000 sales representatives . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | With my colleague , the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) , in mind , I say that such a process will break up the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | For its part , ICL hopes the initiative will speed up the delivery of system management tools and other components for mission critical Unix applications . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope the chemist will send up the things tonight , ’ Breeze said , to change the subject . |