Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was to force up the price both of renting and of buying land . |
| 2 | The overall effect was to speed up the disintegration of the larger estates , but to leave the smallholdings virtually untouched but constantly threatened . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 . |
| 5 | We might note the irony at this point : the purpose of experimentation was to clear up the confusions , contradictions , and conflicting advice of common sense . |
| 6 | His only answer was to pick up the knife and hand it to me . |
| 7 | In general the effect of the Commission 's inflated purchasing ability was to drive up the price of land in the borders . |
| 8 | Another favourite pastime was to chat up the girls from Directory Enquiries while they were getting phone numbers . |
| 9 | The task was to set up the office , get a system going to deal with the fan mail , gifts and general correspondence , liaise with dress designers and process the requests for patronages as they came in . |