Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] up in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. L. Smith , chairman of the Adult Education Committee at the Ministry of Reconstruction , also warned : ‘ If industrial moral and social side must be taken up in a way that had hardly been experimented upon as yet … |
| 2 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 3 | But the referendum plan could be swallowed up in a swamp of indifference — a Russian television opinion poll yesterday showed only 34 per cent of those questioned would take part . |
| 4 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 5 | Below was a boot containing a folding camp bed of polished steel ‘ of commodious size with a tester-top and on castors ’ and so constructed that it ‘ could be folded up in a minute . ’ |
| 6 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 7 | They 'd be taken up in a trainer plane by a pilot who had survived the Battle of Britain and , as Len put it , was zonked out with combat . |
| 8 | Then , as he opened the door , she 'd be picked up in a big hug . |
| 9 | In the long term , there has been a gradual but clearly identifiable change in the attitude of British business since the Second World War , which may be summed up in a single word : management . |
| 10 | No links need be set up in a relational database between relations . |
| 11 | Up to 21,000 reservists would be called up in a countrywide security crackdown , he said . |
| 12 | I am sure that my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State must be delighted that she will be summing up in a debate that concerns an area of activity in which expenditure has increased 160 times under this Government . |
| 13 | Deciding on quantities of food can be difficult but following the old and well tried method of restricting the quantity to an amount which will be snapped up in a couple of minutes works very well . |
| 14 | This suggests an important theme which will be taken up in a later discussion of Paisley 's leadership style . |
| 15 | This means that for the first one the doubt is ‘ simple ’ and can be cleared up in a straightforward way , but for the second it is ‘ compound ’ and needs much greater care . |
| 16 | Luckily for the curious , this historical sideline can be followed up in a number of publications , both about individuals and institutions . |
| 17 | ’ A temporary prefabricated structure can be put up in a very short time with manual labour . |
| 18 | We are not sure why the Greeks chose the number 360 but it may have been because 360 can be divided up in a lot of different ways . |
| 19 | Perhaps their attitude can be summed up in a nice little phrase from one of Dally 's patients : ‘ The pleasures of eating are fleeting , but the pleasures of fasting are lasting . ’ |
| 20 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 21 | But that , it appears , would be a far more monstrous solution than anything that can be dreamed up in a laboratory . |