Example sentences of "tend [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
| 2 | This is partly because the word itself tends to conjure up the picture of performing some type of vigorous sport . |
| 3 | Now this will affect a vast area of atmosphere , because the air moving over that sea surface tends to take up the characteristics and if the temperature 's higher on the sea surface than normal , the air becomes warmer than normal , and this sets up all sorts of reactions , it will probably produce a lot more clouds , for instance , and erm this in turn will cut off the sun 's rays from that area of atmosphere , and this will have an effect on the whole erm heat engine of the atmosphere as we know it so erm we 're now studying how far afield this is affecting the weather . |
| 4 | The water hyacinth grows in profusion and tends to choke up the local rivers . |
| 5 | The prevalent westerly winds on the Norfolk coast are probably of considerable importance in this connection , as once the end of the island starts to recurve , they will tend to build up the laterals roughly at right angles to the main ridge . |
| 6 | A wet or juicy ball will tend to skid up the face of the club at impact , causing it to fly slightly higher and will much less backspin — a ‘ flyer ’ . |
| 7 | Then , with a given volume of consumption goods being produced and a relatively stable demand by capitalists for consumer goods , the increased demand in the form of extra wages being paid in Dept 1 , will tend to push up the price of these consumer goods , produced by Dept . |
| 8 | Erm so that 's fine , to have a harsher lighting on his face is fine cos it does tend to show up the er the wrinkles in his forehead , under his eyes and his whiskers which is fine because when erm my old portraits of this nature , that 's the sort of thing you 're trying to emphasize . |
| 9 | The latter tend to swallow up the former . ’ |
| 10 | In the next few years there will be fewer young people and these tend to make up the majority of staff in many outlets , so caterers — and particularly the large chains — will come to rely more on automation in the near future . ’ |
| 11 | Thus ‘ the Soviet police ’ tended to conjure up the KGB . |
| 12 | These groups tended to divide up the different parts of the state machinery , with the Falangists , for example , controlling the ministry of labour , while the technocrats were in charge of economic policy from the 1960s . |
| 13 | The heat tended to dry up the gum on stamps and getting them to stick on was the very devil . |
| 14 | The tremendous build-up of soot on the tunnel roof tended to clog up the apertures of the brick ventilators so a ‘ blow back ’ effect was often experienced by footplate crews . |