Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] the [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees . |
| 2 | Thanks primarily to Francois Mitterrand , a regulatory body , independent of the state , was set up in the 1980S to overview public service and other communications sectors and to protect broadcasters from pressures exercised by governments , politicians and lobbies of all kinds . |
| 3 | In recession large firms concentrate more output within their own plant where economies of scale yield lower average costs compared to labour intensive subcontractors The advantages of a flexible industrial structure was greatly assisted up to the 1970s by a protected home market which gave companies a secure domestic base . |
| 4 | Geoff 's greased up to the nines after putting on a eig eight tonne of Oil of Ulay |
| 5 | So I guess I owe you an apology , ’ he said ruefully , ‘ although when you walked in through the kitchen door , all dressed up to the nines after being with Ryan , I wanted anything but to forgive you . ’ |
| 6 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |