Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] that [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accident , in the sense that it could have been the ancestors of lions that took up grass-eating , and the ancestors of antelopes that took up meat-eating . |
| 2 | Briefly summarised , these are first , that photosynthesis may be ‘ switched ’ on and off reversibly : and second , that its behaviour is highly modular in that the complex series of reactions that make up photosynthesis can be reviewed as going on inside a number of ‘ boxes ’ , each fairly distinct and separable from each other — the light-harvesting mechanisms , the conversion of the light energy to ATP , the use of ATP to make carbohydrates and so on . |
| 3 | Graham Greene fairly remarked of the amorphous string of sequences that made up Rembrandt that ‘ no amount of money spent on expensive sets , on careful photography , will atone for the lack of a storyline , the continuity and drive of a well-constructed plot . ’ |
| 4 | An accident , in the sense that it could have been the ancestors of lions that took up grass-eating , and the ancestors of antelopes that took up meat-eating . |
| 5 | The advert for grandparents that came up trumps . |
| 6 | Third , a federal provision gives tax credits to firms that set up manufacturing operations in US possessions , most notably Puerto Rico . |
| 7 | Contaminated soils can be cleaned by plants that take up metals as nutrients , a process known as green remediation , according to scientists from the Institute of Arable Crops Research . |