Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] up [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Portadown midfielder is expected to link up with the Glens following agreement on a fee between managers Ronnie McFall and Robert Strain . |
| 2 | Just think what we have struggled to build up over the years , for what we call job security . |
| 3 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 4 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 5 | The translations were not the only technical difficulty : there were only two shorthand writers in the court and they were hard pressed to keep up with the proceedings , causing the court to be adjourned more than once so that they could transcribe their notes . |
| 6 | All teams , though , have much ground to make up on the Samoans , who in the course of their four ties at the weekend , scored 23 tries . |
| 7 | As water engineers have begun to face up to the problems of crumbling sewers , they have become concerned too , with the effect of holes in their other , parallel supply system , the water mains . |
| 8 | Its report , Fit for the Future says that in many respects the Parks have failed to live up to the expectations of their founders , as enshrined in the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act . |