Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In every way possible preachers and troubadours stirred up enthusiasm . |
2 | In all over 60 parties and groups put up candidates . |
3 | In the weeks leading up to the elections , there had been numerous scenes of near-anarchy as food was looted from factories and warehouses and robbers held up cars on country roads . |
4 | Press with the thumbs and fingers to scoop up flesh , squeeze gently but firmly , and slowly release . |
5 | The first of these involved grassroots campaigning , the setting up of local groups , farmers and landowners putting up notices stating ‘ No Uranium Prospecting ’ . |
6 | In Gabon , the prosimian Euoticus elegantulus , by contrast , has gums from trees and lianes making up 75% of food intake . |
7 | The royal household cost £56,000 in 1550/51 , compared with only £25,000 in 1538 /39 ; pensions and annuities ate up £20,000 ; and permanent garrisons , the navy , and the ordnance absorbed £80,000 . |
8 | Assuming that the organ is likely to remain the most common instrument for worship , the Commission urges parishes and dioceses to set up schemes to encourage people to learn the organ . |
9 | The all-embracing AD/Cycle combines a set of standards and interfaces to speed up application development . |
10 | The all-embracing AD/Cycle combines a set of standards and interfaces to speed up application development . |
11 | WITH so many western companies , consultants , bankers , venture capitalists and others setting up offices there , Budapest 's telephone directory can not keep up . |
12 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |