Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings : |
| 2 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 3 | Over the last year an extra 29,000 inpatients and 8,500 day case patients were treated up 6pc on the previous year 's total of 588,000 . |
| 4 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 5 | The French Dragoons had taken up positions in the southern houses , while the Prussian infantry in their dark blue coats and black shakos lined the barricade . |
| 6 | Main guerrilla groups such as the FARC and the ELN , however , continued campaigns of economic sabotage and showed little interest in the government 's offer of peace talks or of following the example of the Maoist Popular Liberation Army ( EPL ) and Revolutionary Workers ' Party ( PRT ) which had demobilized and taken up seats in the National Constituent Assembly [ see p. 37958 ) . |
| 7 | They argued that some groups can consciously or unconsciously put up barriers to the public discussion of issues . |
| 8 | Today a fully paid up member of the Conservative Party . |