Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession . |
| 2 | From one angle , it could be merely resting , yet from another , the crushed corpse seems to sum up man 's relationship with flies perfectly . |
| 3 | Len Deighton , an old friend offered to put up £2,000 if I could find three other backers . |
| 4 | That high demand tends to push up prices . |
| 5 | I accept that , at present , they are high — only slightly below unleaded petrol prices — but , as the hon. Gentleman knows , that is because the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of year as it is used for heating and high demand tends to push up prices . |
| 6 | A whole new service industry — office design — has sprung up in the city , and the demand for furniture , secretaries and commercial space has pushed up prices . |
| 7 | The energy and enthusiasm black youth have for certain sports and the disproportionately high number wanting to take up sport as a career provides at least the initial indication that they see in successful black sportsmen models for themselves . |
| 8 | Genetic engineering has opened up possibilities for the introduction of genes which confer the ability to produce either insecticidal toxins or semiochemicals which alter insect behaviour . |
| 9 | Others were not so fortunate , and the Director of the Laban Centre had to give up membership because of the pressure of time . |
| 10 | Ransome kept her on the River Orwell just below Ipswich , at the peaceful little anchorage of Pin Mill where the National Trust has built up holdings of land . |
| 11 | National Grid plans to put up 400kv lines on 150ft pylons across Cleveland and North Yorkshire from Lackenby on Teesside , to Shipton , near York to take electricity from a new power station on Teesside to the south of England . |
| 12 | Once , after a long night spent putting up posters , Paul Simonon heated up the remainder of the flour and water paste on a rusty blade and ate it . |
| 13 | This thoroughly logical arrangement makes setting up levels a doddle . |
| 14 | Consequently , sentences for black youth tend to move up tariff ( receive too severe a sentence for the offence ) in the criminal justice system too early on . |
| 15 | Strong demand helped push up consumer prices by an official 8.6% last year and , because of price increases by utilities , 2.1% in January alone this year . |
| 16 | The European Commission has drawn up proposals for compulsory recovery of 90 per cent of all packaging waste . |
| 17 | In addition , as they go up through the school , pupils , whether visually handicapped or not , will increasingly be required to undertake independent study involving looking up references and using graphic information such as charts and diagrams . |
| 18 | Use the down arrow to kneel to pick up objects |
| 19 | A huge illuminated whale has taken up residence just off Piccadilly — ’ Moby Dick ’ is in town . |
| 20 | A FOREIGN medical company has drawn up plans for a private hospital development in Darlington , it was revealed last night . |
| 21 | For vendors who have had no previous contact with KPMG and who appear not to be totally committed to the proposed transaction , consideration should be given to requesting an up front commitment to cover set up costs of the job ( preliminary buyer research etc ) and as contribution to the costs of preparing any documentation . |
| 22 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 23 | LEASEHOLD restaurants and wine-bars have gained in popularity in recent years ‘ due to the relatively small capital required to set up business , ’ says Chris Day , deputy managing director of Christie & Co . |
| 24 | Her three-hour wrecking spree included ripping up carpets and rugs , throwing raw eggs at the wall , cutting his entire wardrobe to ribbons and destroying his four-poster bed . |
| 25 | The Central Statistical Office has beefed up output figures for the first three quarters of 1992 , as a result of revised figures showing farm production in the first three quarters averaged 5 per cent more than originally estimated . |
| 26 | On Oct. 29 the Soviet Union agreed to speed up oil deliveries to Yugoslavia , expected to total about 6,000,000 tonnes in 1990 . |
| 27 | Two American companies with an eye on available and inexpensive manpower have set up software export units in the southern hill city of Bangalore , India 's own Silicon Valley . |