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

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1 It is useful in making preliminary plans showing the relationship of the parts , the sequence of assembly and which groups of parts make up subassemblies .
2 It is useful in making preliminary plans showing the relationship of the parts , the sequence of assembly and which groups of parts make up subassemblies .
3 Boiling water hissed and heaved within dilapidated walls ; whence , also , the glare and roar of flames came issuing forth ; and mounds of ashes blocked up rights of way , and wholly changed the law and custom of the neighbourhood .
4 At Taï , the chimpanzees make use of many other tools , such as long sticks to extract ants from a nest , and bunches of leaves to soak up water from pools in trees .
5 Many foreign governments give grants and incentives to firms to set up manufacturing bases in their country and their purchasing strategy favours goods made at home .
6 Dai Qing 's name was singled out as one of the ‘ tiny handful of people ’ who had ‘ colluded with foreign forces , ganged up among themselves at home and made ideological , public opinion and organisational preparations for years to stir up turmoil in China , overthrow the leadership of the Communist Party and subvert the socialist people 's republic . ’
7 This period saw the beginning of attempts by conferences of representatives of states to draw up treaties or conventions on different aspects of the law of armed conflict , what is referred to as the jus in bello , that is , the rules of how war should be waged if it should break out .
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