Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] up [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 2 | The paper could be pasted up by amateurs , and set on a typewriter . |
| 3 | The Institute of the future could be made up of groups of chartered accountants , with their own specialist designatory letters , if proposals unanimously endorsed by the Institute 's Council , are approved . |
| 4 | The Ashleys annexed Number 25 , to be used only for selling fabric ( at thirty-five pence per yard ) as the factory was still producing far more than could be made up into garments , while Number 23 was used just for children 's clothes . |
| 5 | It seems not unlikely that human beings — and other living organisms — are surrounded by electromagnetic fields that could be picked up by cameras , assuming the circumstances were favourable . |