Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other recommendations include the need for policies to speed up the exploitation of renewable energy technologies ( such as wind , wave , solar and geothermal power ) which do not Produce carbon dioxide , the most important greenhouse gas . |
| 2 | As Lord Wilberforce said in Anisminic : ‘ Although , in theory perhaps , it may be possible for Parliament to set up a tribunal which has full and autonomous powers to fix its own area of operation , that has , so far , not been done in this country . ’ |
| 3 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 4 | Waiting for Scott to pick up the telephone , Annabel could visualize the scene at the TV station . |
| 5 | Our transsexual flatmate was one of the main organisers of the campaign , and we were all active supporters — not least by paying the rent for LAMBDA to set up an office in our squat . |
| 6 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 7 | This demonstrates once again the sensitivity of the conclusions to the choice of taxes to make up the rest of the package . |
| 8 | He proposed a follow-up meeting to assess progress on January 1 next year , and a conference of experts to draw up a world programme on conserving biodiversity . |
| 9 | It is difficult to see this changing dramatically in spite of attempts to build up the position of the NHS Management Executive and timely clarifications of its role and relationships with the Policy Board , chaired by the Secretary of State . |
| 10 | Summerbee struck right on the stroke of half-time to set up a clash with France impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal in the final tomorrow . |
| 11 | It took the squadron all the remaining hours of daylight to clean up the airfield . |
| 12 | As a result of the work of the Working Party , the Council decided to establish a Work Organisation Research Centre at the University of Aston Management Centre , and awarded a grant of £278,371 to set up a programme of research . |
| 13 | The prehistory of Islay is not easily understood and one must use a great deal of imagination to build up a picture from what has been learnt by Investigation and excavation , bearing in mind that isolated pieces of evidence may be entirely unrepresentative of the normal life of the community . |
| 14 | No doubt it would not be beyond the wit of nature to join up the cellulose molecules sideways with primary chemical bonds so that it would be thoroughly tied together and would have much the same strength in every direction . |
| 15 | His premature death opened the way for John Fothergill , an engineer and the first of five generations of Fothergills to head up the Tilery Bank business , to take over . |
| 16 | Lanarkshire Development Agency intends to bring together experts from a range of professions to draw up a redevelopment plan for the 1,000-acre site . |
| 17 | In permitting the bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne to set up a mint in 864 , the king acknowledged difficulties in suppling the new currency . |
| 18 | In spite of efforts to speed up the operation — the planned four-week courses run by Portuguese and British training officers for soldiers in the new army were , for example , cut to two weeks — by Sept. 28 only 8,800 soldiers had received training and were ready to be sworn in as members of the new force . |
| 19 | Authorises the Accountant of Court to deliver up the petitioner 's Bond of Caution . |
| 20 | It requested him " to direct the Board of Education to set up an inquiry into the present state of the education of the deaf or to direct that a combined system of oral and manual instruction should be adopted in the schools for the deaf " . |
| 21 | It costs thousands of pounds to draw up the documentation . |
| 22 | With no cushion of bodies to soak up the sound , Garvey 's voice ricocheted off the house and chapel walls , and added an eerie aftermath to every sentence . |
| 23 | ‘ The lack of authority to build up a network of trans-Atlantic routes from Stansted was another factor in this decision , ’ said Mr Mirka . |
| 24 | When Parliament sat again , the government announced that there would not be a ballot for Private Members ' Bills in the first session , and therefore there was no possibility of homosexual law reform , a decision which prompted the Earl of Arran to reintroduce his Sexual Offences Bill into the House of Lords to keep up the pressure . |
| 25 | Moreover , within just eleven years he had been elevated to the honorific status of ‘ Dom ’ and sent to the abbey of Hautvillers to take up the post of cellarmaster , a position second only to that of abbot . |
| 26 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
| 27 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
| 28 | The Minister confirms what we are saying , that there is no commitment on behalf of the Secretary of State to set up a funding council . |
| 29 | Similarly Michael Allaby and James Lovelock suggest that living organisms could.be introduced into the sterile environment of Mars to warm up the atmosphere . |
| 30 | The B M A wants tougher controls on the use of pesticides ; Sir Christopher Booth , the Chairman of the working party which produced the report , also wants the Department of Health to set up a pesticide incident monitoring unit , in addition to a reduction in the use of chemicals . |