Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] up [art] [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 | Observers predict that industry may set up an equivalent to Duales System Deutschland ( DSD — the national waste collecting company established in the wake of the consumer packaging law ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Then , on April 9 , he commended a group , none of whose names was included in the Press release , called who suggested that the industry should set up a body to be more pro-active and dynamic in the promotion of food products . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Even the small boat used to collect up the bottles had to be destroyed . |
| 9 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | The New Historicists ' 'reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts and the textuality of history' would set up an exchange which might be assumed to be awkward . |
| 12 | And the mind can conjure up no end of devils alone in the night . ’ |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Chapter 6 formalises a decision-making model in which a household may take up a number of different income opportunities according to its capability and the ‘ entry costs ’ of such opportunities . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He suggests that parents and child should draw up a contract between them , with both making promises which can not be altered without joint agreement . |
| 18 | Councillor Seamus Rogers of the Workers Party felt that the County Council should set up a sub-committee to look into the issue , while Councillor Brian Gallagher said they should get experts down to the area quickly to issue a ‘ statement that this will not be detrimental in the long term ’ . |
| 19 | We 're sure that machine knitters will think of other uses — perhaps those who can use a sewing machine could run up a fabric tool and accessory holder which could be suspended off the side of the knitting table ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | According to the Petr Aven , who on Feb. 24 became minister of the newly created Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations , the committee would draw up a list of prohibited types of armaments and of countries to which arms sales were prohibited . |
| 22 | The management would put up a screen in front of them and provide the audience with bad eggs and moldy tomatoes to pelt them with . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If there 's any subsidence later on , this make of liner will take up the strain better than Butyl , claims the makers . |
| 25 | The committee will set up a counselling centre for ‘ victims ’ of incorrect media reports . |
| 26 | ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought . |
| 27 | The bill also says the Broadcasting Standards Council will draw up a code ‘ giving guidance ’ on violence , sex and ‘ standards of taste and decency ’ . |
| 28 | Rick hopes this attitude will spread up the school as these pupils grow older . |
| 29 | ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name . |
| 30 | Alabama must hope that somehow , some day , fate will throw up a candidate like Georgia 's Zell Miller or Arkansas 's Bill Clinton . |