Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another good way of obtaining animals from a pond is to scoop up the surface layers of soft mud from the bottom-use the net ( carefully ! ) , a small shovel or a large spoon . |
| 2 | The purpose of critical appraisal is to show up the effects of a proposal before time and effort are invested in putting an idea into action . |
| 3 | The intention is to speed up the taking of kick-offs and to stop the time wasting practice of kicking the ball dead instead of keeping it in play from the kick-off . |
| 4 | Another effect of the flare is to wind up the blade speed which helps to give a greater safety margin . |
| 5 | The Rogich plan is to sharpen up the focus , as well as the pace . |
| 6 | ‘ My job is to back up the man with the ball and I always try to do that to the best of my ability . |
| 7 | ‘ Their central aim is to split up the railway pension fund under the cover of privatisation and take half of it — more than £4 billion — straight into the Treasury . ’ |
| 8 | The campaign is up and running-the aim is to link up the campaigns already flourishing in different districts . |
| 9 | The announcement was made at the opening of the ‘ Spassenje ’ ( Rescue ) charity appeal , whose aim is to make up the shortfall of $15 million dollars still needed to complete the gallery 's reconstruction . |
| 10 | When reclaiming such land , it may be necessary to provide the first pioneer crops with a direct injection of nutrients through chemical fertilizers but it should always be remembered that the aim is to build up the life in the soil so that it can provide its own fertility within the land potential . |
| 11 | Cable & Wireless Plc has cut its stake in Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc to 25% from 40% because of problems at another local affiliate : the company recently won a contract to operate a state-run telephone system in Luzon island ; an unidentified foreign group is to take up the stake . |
| 12 | Motorola 's current role is to open up the merchant market for PowerPCs , selling to those who wo n't buy from IBM , the chip 's originator . |
| 13 | Motorola 's current role is to open up the merchant market for PowerPCs , selling to those that wo n't buy from IBM , the chip 's originator . |
| 14 | Her new brief is to build up the NCB 's department . |
| 15 | But not everyone here thinks the answer is to dig up the fields and destroy the character of the community . |
| 16 | The effect of removing noise is to clean up the image while the effect of removing local variability is to smooth the boundaries and emphasize the regional pattern present in the image . |
| 17 | One way is to crawl up the staircase of preferment on your belly ; the other way is to kick them in the teeth . |
| 18 | I hope that the hon. Lady will vote for the Bill , because its purpose is to speed up the process . |
| 19 | One of the main tasks of the lymphatic system is to top up the blood with fluid and proteins lost at the capillaries ( arteriovenous junction ) . |
| 20 | If the threat is to beat up the victim later , the facts do not constitute robbery because the victim was not put in fear of being " then and there subjected to force " . |
| 21 | As expected , the main thrust of the release is to tidy up the way that the system will work in large enterprises by presenting the network as a single system rather than a collection of individual servers needing separate logins . |
| 22 | ‘ The idea is to give up the day job and retreat to darkest Suffolk , ’ he said wistfully . |
| 23 | In this , the scene is divided into three sections both horizontally and vertically , and the idea is to line up the shot so that the main features are made to come at the intersections of the imaginary dividing lines . |
| 24 | The first step is to make up the templates of all the shaped parts of the chair . |
| 25 | In this case , your only option is to lift up the glass , remove the offending items and try again . |