Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] up the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates . |
| 2 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 3 | IN 1930 at the height of the great depression , in an attempt to cheer up the citizens and stimulate trade and industry , many towns throughout Northern Ireland organised shopping weeks which took the form of festivals . |
| 4 | ( Serve with plenty of Greek or pitta bread to mop up the sauces and a green salad . ) |
| 5 | If necessary use the decision-making exercise to weigh up the pros and cons of closely competing options as described previously . |
| 6 | ‘ But I followed orders , did all the work to build up the muscles and feel great . |
| 7 | She watched him fight his way across the room to hang up the coats and then to the bar . |
| 8 | Thread nylon cord through the neckband on a safety pin and give a good tug to close up the stitches and make the curve . |
| 9 | ‘ Nibs McGovern met that train every day with his trolley to pick up the papers and the Boland loaves that the shops got for special customers . |
| 10 | It could only be left to each Group Organiser to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation . |
| 11 | Well you mix up er you mix up some colours , black and er and black and wh i stuff Bismarck brown which Mix them together and you make a colour to match up the rest and maybe bring in darker streaks and make a pat You know what I mean ? |
| 12 | During the summer months hordes of visitors regularly congregate there to eat and drink at their leisure on the paved terrace between the mellow sandstone walls of the inn itself and the river 's edge , where many sit on the low stone parapet and look below them through the clear , greenish water at the mottled dark-brown and silvery backs of the carp that rise to the surface to snap up the crisps and the crusts thrown down to them . |
| 13 | Bring to the boil , chopping through the mixture with a spoon to break up the tomatoes and pears . |
| 14 | Gaunt had used the strength of his position as the representative of the king to break up the opposition and to reassert the authority of the crown . |
| 15 | Four days previously we had arrived on the glacier to set up the tent and learned a lot during that long , cold night , when temperatures plummeted to 25 deg C below . |
| 16 | It took a crew of sixty a week to set up the stage and seating in front of the ruined tithe barn in the grounds of Sudeley Castle for the four day festival . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) Does the patient have the manual dexterity to draw up the insulin and inject it ? |
| 18 | Both machines should have cue/review to speed up the location and setting of edit-points , this being the most time-consuming part of the process . |
| 19 | We 're hoping to put pressure on the Government to top up the kitty and guarentee pensions . |
| 20 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 21 | There was still an urgent need for an international effort to clean up the Gulf and to study the long-term effects of the spills and the burning , the organization said . |
| 22 | They need to have a reason to give up the abuse and want to live . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed as friend , colleague or relation , the listener has a choice of responses which were not available to her had the task merely instructed her to listen : she could , for instance , adopt a cool intellectual probing , helping the talker to weigh up the pros and cons , or she could set up emotional resistance to the idea . |
| 24 | There were no stray leaves on the line to hold up the train and service in the first class was near-faultless . |
| 25 | At this meeting the creditors will be asked to endorse the resolution to wind up the company and to approve the choice of a liquidator . |
| 26 | It follows therefore that the trustees can make a claim on the employer to make up the deficiency and claim a share in the company 's assets if the employer goes into liquidation . |
| 27 | Leading his daughter , he reiterated his promise to come in after morning surgery to pick up the squirrel and return the cage later , and when the door closed Sophie turned to Joanna . |
| 28 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 29 | I challenged the Minister to pick up the telephone and ask the Secretary of State for Defence to say that those houses in Naylor road , Swindon , must now be transferred to the ownership or management of a housing association or the local authority . |
| 30 | A UN General Assembly resolution on Oct. 15 called on the Cambodian leaders to co-operate and to exercise self-restraint , and welcomed the agreement to set up the SNC and to send an SNC representative to occupy Cambodia 's seat . |