Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example Bergmann et al , 1978 found that 38 per cent of a sample of 83 patients with organic mental disorder referred to a day hospital assessment unit lived alone ; and the authors concluded , after following up the sample for 12 months , that those who lived alone were least likely to be maintained at home for that period of time even with substantial support from social services , and recommended that resources should be concentrated on those who lived with their families . |
| 2 | It is easy to see why : the track is only six lanes wide so that the crowd is closer to the action than usual , and the organizers have the knack of building up the anticipation for the big event so that once it gets under way , emotion bubbles over . |
| 3 | Third , if the crude mechanism of totting up the votes for different parties is to be employed for the purpose of supporting a specific contention , there is the inconvenient fact that 79 per cent of those who voted in Scotland backed parties that wish to maintain the Union . |
| 4 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 5 | Then , feeling utterly defeated , she went mechanically through the routine of locking up the cottage for the night and plodded upstairs . |
| 6 | Remember opportunity costs : in coughing up the money for one project , investors are still comparing it with other possible projects . |
| 7 | Under the Act the Secretary of State can differentiate between authorities in drawing up the timetable for tendering and has powers to extend tendering to other services . |
| 8 | Moreover , the obvious success of MDC in opening up the docklands for mass market consumption has also effectively restrained local opposition . |
| 9 | He switched on the light before holding up the picture for Wycliffe 's inspection . |
| 10 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 11 | For the present let me put it on record that the main hold-up has been with me , in setting up the Journal for printing . |
| 12 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 13 | But a major difficulty remains : SSDs will be reluctant to commit themselves to picking up the bill for several months ' residential rehabilitation for someone who may have arrived in the area the previous week . |
| 14 | The directions for making up the solutions for patient use are defined quite clearly in the 6th edition 248 footnote . |
| 15 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 16 | The probability of going from A to B is found by adding up the waves for all the paths . |