Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small ‘ balance ’ tank is provided in the roof space for topping up the evaporation losses in the radiator circuits . |
| 2 | He explained that in 1886 he was making enquiries about the possibilities of opening up the canal routes to the south and was put in touch with a syndicate in London which was proposing to improve and develop these navigations . |
| 3 | Other insects hear through clumps of hairs or special antennae which work by detecting the movement of the vibrating air molecules instead of picking up the pressure waves of sound . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the cost to the French Treasury of making up the budget deficits of its African friends is mounting . |
| 5 | Wonderful ! — like tearing up the ration books . |
| 6 | If you want to help , perhaps you 'd give Victorine a hand with washing up the breakfast things ? |
| 7 | Aware of German determination to maintain control over the currency , the Commission gave Pöhl a decisive say in drawing up the draft statutes of the proposed European Central Bank . |
| 8 | The plea bargain agreed between Exxon , the Justice Department and the state of Alaska had set the company 's total liability at $1 billion : $900m of this was a civil settlement to meet costs incurred by the government in cleaning up the 11m gallons of oil spilt into Prince William Sound ; the other $100m was a fine , payable to the Treasury , to settle the four criminal charges . |
| 9 | However , the firm made a mistake in buying up the Laker Holidays label and trying to revive it in an effort to diversify its operating base . |
| 10 | His contributions included his work with Scripture Union , his long association with Cambridge University Mission , and his leading role with Andy Pierssene in setting up the Oxford Boys ' Club Trust . |
| 11 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 12 | A DDL for setting up the user views or external schemas and a DML for the processing of hierarchies ( applications using the data ) is described in Section 7.2 , in the context of IMS . |
| 13 | TEC directors have already persuaded the Home Office to hand them responsibility for smartening up the employment prospects of black and brown Britons . |
| 14 | Dr. Tolba , widely respected for the critical role played by UNIP in achieving the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion , is looking forward to the London Conference on Climate next June aimed at toughening up the Montreal guidelines . |
| 15 | On our descent we began by setting up our own abseils but quickly accepted an offer from the Germans to share abseils , taking turns at setting up the anchor points . |
| 16 | To sum up , Henry VII had restored royal revenues to a thoroughly adequate level by exploiting traditional sources and by building up the Crown estates . |
| 17 | One strategy for implementing information systems would proceed by breaking up the information systems project according to the departmental structure of the organisation . |
| 18 | First , by coupling up the battery resources of our two vessels we have ample electric power to lift this wreck . |
| 19 | Unlike most other filarial worms ( some of which cause , among other things , tropical elephantiasis , by blocking up the lymph glands ) , this one lives within the skin . |
| 20 | His somewhat thankless task was to attempt to introduce private-sector techniques into the Civil Service by setting up the Property Services Agency . |