Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 2 | The different definitions open up the possibility of divergent interpretations . |
| 3 | French retailers hike up the prices of their mature stocks with even more frequency and gusto than their British counterparts , and this can make ready-to-drink claret and burgundy très cher indeed . |
| 4 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 5 | Please do not think that only suicidal people ring up the Samaritans . |
| 6 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 7 | Once you have gained the groove line the climb unfolds in a quite compelling way : superb bridging , solid locking finger jams and perfect protection lead up the plum vertical line . |
| 8 | This is because the dark scales soak up the sunlight , to warm the butterfly . |
| 9 | Augmented by informal photographs , the contemporary words conjure up the feel of life in the 1930s , when cricket seems somehow to have been more wholesome and felicitous . |
| 10 | In Guyana 's interior , forest-dwelling Indians make up the majority of the population . |
| 11 | From your time sheet covering three typical days add up the amount of time you 've spent on all these activities/jobs . |
| 12 | Composite work method — oncoming men take up the cycle at the point left by the previous shift . |
| 13 | When it had gone she turned to watch the white waves roll up the beach then roll back . |
| 14 | Domestic Workers Keep up the Pressure |
| 15 | The humble people bring up the hero as their own child , eventually the hero realizes through a dream , through a prophecy , a visitation or something that he is not the child of his humble parents , but the find out who his real parents were , and then returns and arduous struggles and eventually gains his rightful place . |
| 16 | A full remission was maintained by avoidance of dairy products but in long term follow up the sensitivity was not persistent . |
| 17 | I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared . |
| 18 | Together , then , the public services and the transport and distributive industries make up the bulk of service sector employment . |
| 19 | None of the fish in any of his tanks are what you could call unusual — Corydoras , Barbs , Livebearers , a couple of splendid wild Angels , and a Red Tailed Black Shark make up the majority of the stock . |
| 20 | Ships flying the Greek flag make up the world 's third-biggest merchant fleet , after Liberia 's and Panama 's ( having recently beaten an uppity Japan back into fourth place ) , and account for 40% of the European Community 's total tonnage . |
| 21 | Alleys lead from sophisticated yachting harbours or strands where near-naked bodies soak up the sun , to carefully preserved old quarters where the houses have medieval frescoes , a sudden adventure in baroque here , a touch of Renaissance there , an unexpected quiet square with a decorated fountain somewhere else . |
| 22 | Both manual and non-manual occupations make up the labour force in service industries . |
| 23 | As we approach the van door , the photocell triggers and the orange bulbs light up the cross on the roof . |
| 24 | The voice possesses neither sufficient depth nor weight , and the technique is often found wanting — literally hundreds of interfering aspirates break up the continuity between sound and text . |
| 25 | the shifting legs prop up the hundredweights of dark . |
| 26 | Alcohol-soaked cherries sum up the bouquet of this unusual Dornfelder . |
| 27 | Small explosive charges break up the mixture , which is then washed and centrifuged to leave pure titanium in the form of granules . |
| 28 | The Chandleresque tones on the promotional tape take up the tale : ‘ … downtown Cheltenham , gee , what a place . ’ |
| 29 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 30 | The larvae of red worms crawl up the blades of grass and are eaten by horses . |