Example sentences of "[art] [v-ing] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glen Lyons , consultant trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic , says : ‘ In the last five years I 've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of women suffering from hair and scalp conditions , particularly the speeding up of genetic hair loss . |
| 2 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 3 | In the last few years these problems have also been intensified by the housing changes described in chapter 7 , namely the accelerated contraction of the private-rented sector , the winding up of New Town Development Corporations and other official overspill schemes , the cutback in Treasury funds for new public-sector house-building in general , and the sale of council houses to tenants with ‘ Right To Buy ’ discounts ( Brittan , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | Does the growing up on fragile ice create , if you like , metaphorical value in your cancer work ? |
| 5 | Other stunts included the breaking up of Labour party meetings and vandalizing a Daily Herald van by driving it into the railings of a London church . |
| 6 | In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the ‘ thirst for new land ’ , as in the past , resulted in the breaking up of marginal scrub for wheat . |
| 7 | The giving up of all hope . |
| 8 | The structure of dialogue , moreover , disallows the taking up of any position beyond the interlocutors from which they can be integrated into a larger totality . |
| 9 | More subtle but equally important changes were the cleaning and straightening of water courses , the ploughing up of herb-rich grassland , and the construction of modern farm buildings , out of scale and out of character with the traditional landscape . |
| 10 | The source of nitrate pollution is now undisputed : changes in agricultural practices , including the ploughing up of permanent pasture but , most importantly , the enormous growth in the use of artificial fertilisers . |
| 11 | Routine care consists of keeping weeds and pests under control , and the tidying up of superfluous foliage immediately the frost has cut it back in order to deprive aquatic insect pests of a winter refuge . |
| 12 | Through their series of public meetings and the springing up of local action groups , the campaign returned to each individual farmer and landowner the decision as to whether the companies could even prospect . |
| 13 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 14 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |