Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Petty sessions throw up a few cases , but not many .
2 Attempts to set up a national printers " union in Scotland date from 1836 , but both the General Typographical Association of Scotland and its successor , the Northern District Board of the National Typographical Association , came to grief after only a few years .
3 The home secretary announced plans to set up a special police unit to investigate suspects .
4 Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction .
5 This is , however , a revealing case study in that disagreements show up the different modes of explanation clearly .
6 ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said .
7 Their very presence , however , unsettled the enemy and forced their commanders to detach valuable troops to round up the raiding parties .
8 Troops mopped up the last pockets of resistance by men loyal to the former rebel movement , Unita .
9 The problem is that foreign scouts snap up the talented ones to work abroad .
10 Such cropmarks occur because soil moisture deficiency in gravel subsoils shows up the earlier features .
11 At one point , the official , irrelevant , birthday fireworks lit up the marching protesters , to the accompaniment of deafening explosions .
12 Following this brief , Whitaker had gone ahead commissioning a crop of four part stories to make up the twelve shows needed to keep Doctor Who on air for forty-eight weeks — one year in BBC terms , allowing for Christmas , sports events and other potential breaks .
13 Short response items made up the initial sections of these tests .
14 You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way .
15 The general appearance of the area is a drab one : there are few green spaces and few trees break up the uniform lines of terraced and semi-detached housing .
16 We we we 're empowered er by these orders to set up the new constituencies , er they do not actually come into effect to enable the elections to be held upon them er until all the countries of the E E C have agreed the changes that are necessary to accommodate the new numbers that er they will be having , er so the act , the ninety three act , has a commencement hour within it .
17 In many ways these two opinions sum up the different preconceptions , experiences , attitudes and priorities of the two sides .
18 Already he 's spent more than £100 on chicken wire and spent hours collecting up the various fillings .
19 British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies .
20 The young mothers take up the local authorities ' slack stock .
21 Seen from a distance at night , the dimly lit vehicles resembled ‘ the folds of some gigantic and luminous serpent which never stopped and never ended ’ On either side of the road their headlamps lit up the bowed backs of the endless columns of marching men .
22 There are many occurrences of volcanic activity in areas remote from plate margins ; the volcanoes of the East African Rift system , such as Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya , the volcanic and associated hydrothermal activity of the Yellowstone region in Wyoming , U S A ( Fig. 4.3 ) , and the chain of volcanic peaks making up the Hawaiian Islands are examples from both continental and oceanic regions .
23 The trust contemplates many benefits for patients , including continuing the systematic assessments and the reductions in institutional accommodation , and has plans to break up the large wards and to increase the staff-patient ratio .
24 Comprising three tiers of small chambers rising up the steep slopes of the Quirinal Hill , the markets were completed by Emperor Trajan in 112 AD and formed the commercial centre of ancient Rome .
25 The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations .
26 The English archers broke up the Scottish positions and the Earl of Dunbar and Robert the Steward fled with their troops .
27 Men gave up the very linings of their greatcoats to provide the little creatures with fur .
28 One of the two batallions making up the Scots Guards is disbanded next month .
29 Meanwhile , the Magistrate had ordered the native pensioners to collect up the vernacular records and documents which lay in shallow drifts in the new trenches … all that now remained of the experimental greenhouse in which he had observed the progress and ubiquity of the Company 's stupidity .
30 Wolsey 's clerks drew up the necessary letters of accreditation , warrants and bills for the exchequer .
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