Example sentences of "to open up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If there were only six stetches in the field and eight ploughs working , the first baiter then put the second baiter and another to open up the furrows and lay the tops , so all the ploughs were employed . |
| 2 | His other principal concern was using steam power to open up the interior of Africa to trade . |
| 3 | It was a lovely sight to see all the sleeping hens on their perch and exciting to open up the door in the morning to find they had laid eggs for our breakfast in the three nest boxes on the floor . |
| 4 | It is against this background of restricted choice that one should initially view what was really a middle-class pressure group for women 's rights : the campaign to open up the compositor 's trade to women . |
| 5 | The Ethiopian government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) guerrillas , responding to an Oct. 4 request from 30 international aid agencies , reportedly reached an agreement on Nov. 23 to open up the Red Sea port of Massawa to UN relief vessels . |
| 6 | The criterion-basis of the new examination seemed to open up the possibility of an assessment system that would be public , open , and uniform , yet applicable to virtually all pupils in school , whatever their ability . |
| 7 | ‘ To open up the possibility of independence there 's only one party that is interested in independence , and that 's the Scottish National Party , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Secondly , to open up the possibility for modern society of a rational discourse , freed from artificial domination , in which participants share equally in the conversation . |
| 9 | It was argued that it would be undesirable to open up the possibility of private prosecution , and that the sensitivity of the area was such that it was imperative that prosecution policy be consistent . |
| 10 | But to regard such [ cultural ] forms as ‘ saying something of something ’ , and saying it to somebody , is at least to open up the possibility of an analysis which attends to their substance rather than to reductive formulas professing to account for them . |
| 11 | A few jokes would help to open up the absurdity of the way things are . ’ |
| 12 | Any attempt to open up the convolutions of farm policy to public scrutiny is bound to be seen as a threat to those with an interest in the status quo . |
| 13 | The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am . |
| 14 | The EC also agreed to phase out limitations on their steel imports by March 31 , 1992 , in order to open up the EC to Third-World steel imports which flooded the US market . |
| 15 | The Commission aims to open up the £60billion telecoms industry as part of the 1992 single European market . |
| 16 | Robert had tried to open up the subject of Hasan several times , but Mr Malik seemed far less concerned about him than he had been . |
| 17 | Installation is a fairly simple matter , the scanner plugs into the Complete Communicator card , so you do n't need to open up the computer . |
| 18 | Installation is a fairly simple matter , the scanner plugs into the Complete Communicator card , so you do n't need to open up the computer . |
| 19 | The next writer , Erica De'Ath , begins to open up the field in which child care needs arise , families and children , and the many changing patterns of family life which characterize the latter half of the twentieth century . |
| 20 | The remainder of the chapter begins to open up the question of what impact new technology is having on whatever jobs may remain . |
| 21 | In doing so we shall begin to explore the ways people respond to and cope with high levels of uncertainty and demand , and to open up the question of whether some of these ways are misguided . |
| 22 | Despite its limitations , the project has done something to open up the question of study skills , develop inservice structures and practices , create a core of schools where good practice has been established and from which it might be disseminated , and has clearly improved secondary school library provision through ( amongst other things ) the quality of book selection . |
| 23 | We certainly would not wish to open up the question of need within that area . |
| 24 | These measures would help to open up the UDC area , and encourage more people to live and work in the area . |
| 25 | It plans to fell some of the older trees alongside the lakes to open up the views down the valley . |
| 26 | The exploration stage helps the client to open up the problem for review and then narrow down by focusing on issues that need immediate attention . |
| 27 | To open up the darkness . |
| 28 | Motorola 's current role is to open up the merchant market for PowerPCs , selling to those who wo n't buy from IBM , the chip 's originator . |
| 29 | Motorola 's current role is to open up the merchant market for PowerPCs , selling to those that wo n't buy from IBM , the chip 's originator . |
| 30 | ‘ Mill then launched several excellent moves to open up the Hammer defence . |