Example sentences of "it [vb -s] up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem ! |
| 2 | The programme does not apportion blame , or claim a conclusive link , but it points up the lack of long-term monitoring on people working with the chemicals , and suggests warning labels on the products do not always make clear what type of protective clothing is suitable . |
| 3 | It points up the importance of admissions , and suggests that the assessment of a course may ‘ wash back ’ on its content and aims . |
| 4 | It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level . |
| 5 | An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force . |
| 6 | Sometimes a mass of viscous lava gets intruded near the surface , but does n't actually manage to break through ; instead it forces up the surface of the ground on top , forming a considerable hill where there was no hill before . |
| 7 | For it cuts up the grass like farmyard manure , it chops it up you see and it rots quick and makes the grass grow quicker . |
| 8 | And it cuts up the grass in wee bits and instead of er making the roads better it makes them worse . |
| 9 | The natural way to interpret the EPR experiment is not that it shows up the incompleteness of quantum theory but that it manifests the falsity of naive locality . |
| 10 | It conjures up the picture of an omnipotent and independent sovereign — the image actively cultivated by the ideology of Tsarism . |
| 11 | It gathers up the movement of the house as we pass from kitchen to living room or dining room , or kitchen to bedrooms . |
| 12 | Larkin 's poem complains in concert ; it takes up the question of what it is to be sexually debarred . |
| 13 | It takes up the concept of ‘ covenant ’ already familiar in the ancient world . |
| 14 | That itself should n't er impose er any greater cost on auditors , but it should , and this is the crucial point I think , it should bolster the ability of auditors to insist that their client companies er are forthcoming and open and where necessary correct if they can er problems which might otherwise bring their authorised status er into question and therefore it is a welcome enhancement of the law , it toughens up the law without imp imposing the costs about which he 's rightly concerned . |
| 15 | It opens up the possibility for a male to come along and displace or remove the sperm stored from a previous mating . |
| 16 | Its value lies in the way it opens up the issue for reasoned discussion . |
| 17 | Pursued further , as a form of enlightenment and emancipation , it opens up the possibilities of critical self-reflection , of seeing one 's central pursuits in a new perspective . |
| 18 | He goes in , he trips the toggle , the toggle jiggers the trapeze , the trapeze lets go the springy pole , it whips back , it pulls up the door to the basket … the big fish is the prisoner now . |
| 19 | The second problem with knitting too many rows of tuck is that if a needle is n't knitting ( and , when tucking , it is n't ) it pulls up the knitting on the needles either side of it and can prevent them knitting off correctly . |
| 20 | The glass stands silent in the gallery , he wrote , but it burns up the lies of the gallery . |
| 21 | There was a low murmur of consternation round the bus and , encouraged by it , he went on , ‘ Yes , it just takes one little ting loik dat and it snarls up the traffic for da whole day ! ’ |
| 22 | cos it makes a fun funny humming or buzzing noise because it picks up the vibrations through the table otherwise . |
| 23 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 24 | That er goes on in relation to er criminal matters again and er er paragraph three hundred and thi , thirty three forty one er it picks up the subject of expert testament , namely er science , art , trade , technical terms , handwriting , foreign law er the ensuing pages in fact deal with that and then at paragraph thirty two fifty one er in the er section of subjects which experts may not testify on . |
| 25 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 26 | It stokes up the pressure for the two teams ' clash in East Anglia on 5 April . |
| 27 | Three rounds after combat begins , the forest catches up with the adventurers , and then it spreads up the hillside at a rate of 16 yards per round . |
| 28 | Secondly , it gives up the distinction between sovereign and the executive in the sense that the people are not restricted only to making laws , but they can also get involved in decisions about particular acts of will . |
| 29 | Place a greaseband round the trunk of apple trees to catch the wingless female winter moth as it crawls up the tree from the soil in an attempt to lay its eggs . |
| 30 | Furthermore , this pattern of decisions is recognized as of very special interest because it makes up the state of equilibrium . |