Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan . |
| 2 | The wind is coming up the valley — quite slowly , like an army that will win . |
| 3 | It is currently 35 degrees Fahrenheit out and the wind is blowing up the canyon at 87 mph hour which gives us a wind chill factor of — just a moment while I look at the chart — says ‘ Should not be skiing ’ which is good because we are n't . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The JD Tele is jangly and promisingly loud ; the Signature model sounds subdued to the point of inertia , almost as if the basswood is sucking up the sound — not a good start . |
| 8 | The check is forced down by the underside of the wrestplank as the action is pushed up the ramps , thus flexing the spring . |
| 9 | The result was to force up the price both of renting and of buying land . |
| 10 | The overall effect was to speed up the disintegration of the larger estates , but to leave the smallholdings virtually untouched but constantly threatened . |
| 11 | Tony sat it out — in my tent I feel obliged to tell him — listening for the noise of a train , a noise that meant the wind was coming up the defile between him and the sea . |
| 12 | Another effect of the flare is to wind up the blade speed which helps to give a greater safety margin . |
| 13 | The Rogich plan is to sharpen up the focus , as well as the pace . |
| 14 | The sun was burning up the mist as we drove on . |
| 15 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 16 | An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village , probably over No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 17 | The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman . |
| 18 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 19 | ‘ My job is to back up the man with the ball and I always try to do that to the best of my ability . |
| 20 | For example , in messages like : Your coat 's on fire The wing 's breaking up The radio 's gone wrong Your uncle 's died probably the majority of English speakers would place the tonic stress on the subject noun , though it is difficult to see how this is more important than the last lexical word in each of the sentences . |
| 21 | Is not the truth that practically everyone was told , ’ Do n't worry — social security is picking up the bill . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | The campaign is up and running-the aim is to link up the campaigns already flourishing in different districts . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The group is taking up the case of Christine Byers from Airdrie whose husband died only weeks before the July cut-off date . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | it 's a very sad day for me with my last test flight , I started here in nineteen eighty three and my first job was to clean up the station after the air show |
| 29 | Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 . |
| 30 | Water is sucked up the suction tube ( 1 ) into the pump ( 2 ) . |