Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 2 | During the time which elapsed after his initial registration ( and the then delayed approval of his proposals ) , in line with Council 's determination to raise entry standards and tighten up membership requirements overall , the thesis content expected was increased to 10,000 words . |
| 3 | While there are some differences in the cell types that make up fish , frogs , birds , and ourselves , the main difference lies in the spatial organization of the cells . |
| 4 | Students were expected to be ‘ hardworking and thrifty ’ , only earning small amounts to help meet their study expenses or setting up shops to improve business practice and skills . |
| 5 | Higher education is also expected to rely more heavily on private sources of finance with polytechnics and universities competing for commercial , foundation and research council contracts and building up relationships with industry through consultancy and science parks . |
| 6 | The artwork costs and set up costs and so on . |
| 7 | Nearby in Coire an Lochain , Brian Davison and I started up Daddy Longlegs and finished up Ventricle for a very hard route called Big Daddy ( VI ) . |
| 8 | This will involve either freezing income tax allowances or putting up VAT . |
| 9 | The Killing Fields , made in 1984 , was nominated for six Academy Awards and picked up honours for best supporting actor , photography and editing . |
| 10 | One of the few draw-backs of computer faxes is that they treat all faxes as bitmap files and gobble up memory at an alarming rate . |
| 11 | by no means all of the large reptiles that are found in the Mesozoic rocks are dinosaurs — the reptile groups that took up life in the sea or the air were only distantly related . |
| 12 | They built timber groynes and constructed chalk banks and patched up breaches as they occurred . |
| 13 | What should have happened , perhaps , was for all the actors in this particular drama to have realised the rival groups ' strengths and weaknesses and for senior management to have developed control procedures that divided up responsibilities for the production process in an equitable way . |
| 14 | Persuade them to eliminate privilege parking , abolish executive dining facilities and open up directors ' toilets to everyone . |
| 15 | Police say the group has murdered more than 37 Escobar associates and blown up buildings belonging to his family since announcing its formation at the start of February . |
| 16 | To test the appropriateness of the model by empirical study of data from leading international companies in the same or related manufacturing sectors and set up comparisons with consumer-orientated companies ( e.g. electronics , electrical goods ) . |
| 17 | What should make the situation even more galling for you , is the fact that a great deal of Scottish money has recently been invested in Scotland 's salmon streams in buying-off river nets and setting up fish hatcheries . |
| 18 | We also see great opportunity get into pension funds to help people manage their pension funds and set up pension funds er for clients and and other targets . |
| 19 | The National Children 's Home wants the government to re-think the provision it makes for young people , increasing benefits for those on training courses and setting up grants for those leaving care . |
| 20 | Even if the workers themselves made no contribution to the scheme it was argued that the cost of family allowance schemes to the employers would be used by them as an excuse to reduce wages or at least hold back wage increases or to put up prices . |
| 21 | In Robinson 's own words , this seven-track album represents the sum of the component parts that make up Robinson 's musical education : pop , funk , reggae , African music , jazz … and much more of the true originality besides . |
| 22 | Labs which for years had worked on more classical memory tasks found themselves funded to purchase morris mazes and set up LTP facilities . |
| 23 | not to use the copy masters or back up copies for reproducing any copies outside the terms and conditions of this agreement , |
| 24 | Indeed , City analysts reckon that in the first six months of 1992 listed companies ' dividends only increased by 2% as companies tried to improve their balance sheets and build up dividend cover . |