Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good catalogue , therefore , makes life easy for its user , and so builds up the supplier 's reputation . |
| 2 | Vendelin Gajdusek flicked one last look at her , leaving her with no idea whether he approved or disapproved , and , pausing only to pick up the dog 's lead , he went to the kitchen door with her . |
| 3 | Carrie had already gathered up the baby 's toiletries in her arms and she left the room without answering him . |
| 4 | Many of the botanists who studied the adaptation of species to extreme environments became convinced that the effect of the climate upon an individual plant could be transmitted to its offspring , thus building up the species ' level of adaptation through a Lamarckian process . |
| 5 | The Construction Ministry estimates that $5.3 billion will be needed over the next five years just to clean up the country 's water supply . |
| 6 | Annie Lennox 's first solo LP Diva ( an ironic title , she claims ) will comfortably pick up the Eurythmics ' many fans , but to me its high-quality designer soul has a sterile scent . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State sought earlier today to suggest that this comparative survey ’ Youth and work : transition to employment in England and Germany ’ somehow backed up the Government 's record . |
| 8 | Besides cleaning up the city 's litter , he was determined to cure its chronic pollution problem , and duly went to war on public and private traffic , proposing a total ban from some areas . |
| 9 | The Conservatives relied more on monetary policy , and , with R. A. Butler as Chancellor of the Exchequer , interest rates fluctuated around a rising trend , and gradually forced up the BEA 's borrowing costs . |
| 10 | BRITISH STEEL yesterday snapped up the country 's biggest steel stockholding company in a £330m deal which gives it control of 20 per cent of the UK market and turns two Lancashire businessmen into millionaires many times over . |
| 11 | He also built up the railway 's fleet of passenger and cargo ships sailing to Ireland and the Continent from Goole , Fleetwood , and Liverpool ; by 1914 it was the largest of any of the British railway companies . |
| 12 | He also built up the island 's banana trade . |
| 13 | They also smashed up the peasants ' illicit vodka stills . |
| 14 | No one can dispute that Sinead 's behaviour of late — particularly tearing up the Pope 's picture — has been outrageous but many feel that her protest statements are at least based on strong personal beliefs . |
| 15 | Surely tearing up the Pope 's picture was meant as a symbolic gesture , not a personal affront . |
| 16 | He will surely end up the county 's player of the year . |
| 17 | The pieces were put into ten different bags and driven away by Laing after he meticulously cleaned up the Manwarings ' house in Aldersley Gardens , Barking , east London , the jury was told . |
| 18 | Do n't let this dishearten you , the little greenies are there to soak up the enemy 's attention after all . |
| 19 | François Guizot , an archetypal representative of the political élite , neatly summed up the Prince 's appeal : ‘ It means a great deal to be at one and the same time a national glory , a revolutionary guarantee , and a principle of authority . ’ |
| 20 | If the latter option is taken , it is better to spread the intake throughout the day so as to continually top up the body 's supply . |