Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That development entailed a recognition that the concentration upon language by the school of logical positivism , within which Ayer 's dismissal of religious belief emerged , might not so much show up the meaninglessness of theology as elicit its own particular logic Wittgenstein 's thought appears to show a progression from concentrating upon language in order to exclude certain forms of thought — as in Ayer 's exclusion of metaphysics — towards concentrating upon language in order to make sense of those different forms in a way that was sensitive to their particular nature . |
| 2 | ‘ The alternative proposal would only show up a handful of sites , not the 100,000 contaminated sites which we estimate exist in Britain . |
| 3 | If you read again the sections covered by the mnemonic MACRO , you will appreciate that the best effects are produced when you do not merely soak up the words of the textbook author , like some print-absorbing sponge . |
| 4 | But the Anglicans , like the Lutherans , did not suddenly give up the composition of Latin texts . |
| 5 | So you can , so if you feel that you 're a bit , you need a bit of practice in a certain area , you can literally look up the type of course that would benefit you the most . |
| 6 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 7 | It is no use just heating things up ; that would again only speed up the reaction in the wrong direction . |
| 8 | A friend in the office of collector of supply could greatly speed up the processing of the claims of allies , while at the same time delaying the completion of the titles of opponents . |
| 9 | The inspiring influence behind an automatic promotion triumph is determined Boro will not just make up the numbers in the top flight . |
| 10 | You can just count up the number of rooms that you 're planning to do , ca n't you ? |
| 11 | The lads will soon zip up the League with some of that stuff , know what I mean ? |
| 12 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 13 | Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size . |
| 14 | I would normally set up an area to the right of the input range but for ease of taking screen dumps I have here gone lower down — do not copy my example in a real database that is going to grow bigger ! |
| 15 | I 'm pretty warm so I do n't need a blanket or nothing and I can just bunch up the pavement into a pillow if I need one . |
| 16 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 17 | John Hartley will shortly take up the position of Deputy Secretary General following a restructuring of responsibilities within CHQ . |
| 18 | I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice |
| 19 | ‘ Thanks , but … if you could just print up the photos for me … ’ |
| 20 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 21 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 22 | A major advantage of deck shoes is their price — you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver . |
| 23 | Once the tank is more mature I would gradually build up the stocking over several months aiming for shoals of fish , rather than odd pairs and trios . |
| 24 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 25 | If judges consistently award damages for a particular type of injury at the top of the range , then that type of injury may gradually move up the scale of relative seriousness . |
| 26 | But a publicans ' spokesman said : ‘ A landlord will always top up a pint with too much froth . ’ |
| 27 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 28 | He 's got this little kit , but there are hardly any mics there , and the low-decibel La 's style means that you can directly pick up every collision between muscle and wood and steel . |
| 29 | It was stated above that full indexing — knowing the position of a record on a track — is seldom useful , because it does not usually speed up the search for that record . |
| 30 | You can also make up a book of spells and write spells on a piece of paper , or even a menu for witches ' stew . |