Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would build up a fund from which they could afford to bid for new discoveries at fair market prices . |
| 2 | This would throw up a host of attendant problems . |
| 3 | If the population happens to be already rich in genes for B1 and C1 , this will set up a climate favouring the A1 gene rather than the A2 gene . |
| 4 | Conversely , if the population is already rich in genes for B2 and C2 this will set up a climate in which the A2 gene is favoured by selection rather than the A1 gene . |
| 5 | This can dam up a pore until eventually there is leakage into surrounding skin tissue , producing the familiar red bumps , pimples , and in the worst acne cases , cysts and infected abscesses . |
| 6 | You 'd go in and have to queue up , wait for the chance to get the frying pan to put bacon and egg in it , and your hands so cold you could hardly hold it , and that would take up a quarter of an hour . |