Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearing society , however , has not taken up this responsibility nor seen that all society 's members have a right of access to society 's knowledge . |
| 2 | Unit has already built up valuable experience in engineering by setting up its own production line for the pallets business with in-house expertise . |
| 3 | The Heritage Run ‘ 92 , which has already signed up top marathoner Steve Brace , will start and finish in the Park . |
| 4 | Ray has also set up High Rise Aquatics to market plants and accessories . |
| 5 | Well today , poll tax has now gone up one pound , but for the old fogies it 's gone down one pound |
| 6 | The government wanted to stop subsidising it by the end of 1991–92 , but has now given up that idea . |
| 7 | Medical immigration from the European Community and elsewhere , which has previously made up any shortage of local graduates , is stable and unlikely to increase . |
| 8 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |
| 9 | Short hypotheses looked more promising than long ones simply because more of their score was an estimate ; they had not picked up actual shortfall . |
| 10 | ‘ The Serious Crime Squad come down , and sometimes I 'm told when they 're on my patch , most times I 'm not , they keep the Manor House under observation , on and off , but they 've not picked up any scent of him . |
| 11 | By the time we reboarded the pavilion , after barely an hour 's play , in deference to the rising tide , we had probably soaked up more liquid than the pitch . |
| 12 | It soon became reasonably certain that I had n't picked up any kind of tails or bugs , and so I could begin to relax . |
| 13 | It was much more , he thought as he moved the boiling pan off the stove and on to the floor , trying to ignore the unholy smell of bleach that came off it as it sloshed against the sides of the vessel , that he had simply woken up one morning and realized , to use a phrase a friend had used about someone else 's wife , ‘ what he had got hold of ’ . |
| 14 | D'Alembord had quite given up any attempt to dance . |
| 15 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 16 | This left the Danzig Nazis in an awkward situation since they had specifically whipped up anti-Polish feeling as part of their election campaign . |
| 17 | I myself have long given up any hope of a more permanent relationship . ’ |
| 18 | The three have only taken up American pool , which uses larger pockets and larger balls than the British version , a matter of eight months ago . |
| 19 | Most managers have already used up that leeway since share option schemes took off in 1985 . |
| 20 | We have not given up that demand . |
| 21 | Since the height of the crisis in the early 1980s , living standards have risen again but many of those living on the margins have not made up lost ground . |
| 22 | Finally , I have just picked up another item on railway laws : — |
| 23 | Later theoretical developments of psychoanalysis have been by analysts who have largely given up this second requirement of a theoretical conceptualization , yet it was a fundamental one for Freud himself . |
| 24 | Very dodgy position , but your the one that 's just taken up full time post |
| 25 | As well as those who have deliberately given up all idea of marriage for the sake of their Christian calling , there are others who fail to find a marriage partner and accept that situation as part of God 's plan for their life . |
| 26 | Li said the Qinshan nuclear plant , opened last year , and the Daya Bay plant , due to open this year , have both set up complete waste disposal systems . |
| 27 | Some councils have also set up local enterprise boards ( many of which are now organized on a regional basis ) which operate at an arms-length from the councils and are separate legal entities with a commitment to working with financial and commercial agencies to encourage local investment . |
| 28 | And far fewer have actually taken up that option . |