Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strong enough to whip a 1 50-kilogramme seal out of the water with one paw , able to swim many kilometres in freezing seas and quite capable of climbing up almost vertical ice-faces , they represent one of nature 's supreme examples of adaptation to an inhospitable environment . |
| 2 | However , the practical problems of matching up hugely varying exams , at different levels , in a vast variety of subjects , while also paying due respect to the inevitable sectional interests and sensitivities , seem almost insurmountable . |
| 3 | In an industrialized urban area the job , especially in the northern authority , is essentially one of cleaning up heavily polluted rivers , but in rural areas , where there are fewer sources of pollution , field officers are more concerned with preserving high standards of water quality . |
| 4 | Bukharin specifically warned against tying up too many resources in long-term capital projects , and argued for a balanced approach which would actually yield a greater product : |
| 5 | THERE is a face that pops up on TV screens that is the most instantly dislikeable I 've ever seen on the tube ; a medium that sets Olympic standards in throwing up instantly dislikeable mugs . |
| 6 | They knew he spent his weekends at the flying club , but had n't got around to totting up how many hours of blind flying instruction in a twin-engined Cessna he was buying , nor how much each such hour cost . |
| 7 | He took to picking up pretty young girls just so that he could complain about her . |
| 8 | In general , in the authority 's industrialized areas the emphasis in pollution control is on cleaning up heavily polluted rivers . |
| 9 | Any advantage bestowed on KGDC by its peculiar structure remains a mystery — but one possibility is that a molecule with 24 separate binding sites will be much more effective at picking up very small quantities of substrate . |
| 10 | At the same time , for quite different reasons , animals have evolved sensory systems that are particularly good at picking up biologically important features of the environment . |
| 11 | Great for livening up otherwise boring presentations . |