Example sentences of "be [verb] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proponents of the scheme believe the fans would form artificial tornadoes of polluted air , which would be propelled up through the thermal inversion " cap " . |
| 2 | Instead , the mechanism inside the cylinder allows the ‘ primary ’ circuit to be filled up from the cold water supply to the hot water cylinder When it is full , a large air bubble prevents the two mixing — provided the water in the boiler circuit is never allowed to boil . |
| 3 | ( The printed sheets were ‘ signed ’ with a letter of the alphabet , so they could be gathered up in the right order — one of each , B , C , D , etc . |
| 4 | The food will then be heated up by the elderly and disabled clients themselves . |
| 5 | Everyone seemed to be caught up in the general euphoria except the bride . |
| 6 | Finally , by the time that the early group of tutors was appointed , there was a strong concern not to be caught up in the academic drift that , we felt , had tugged Ruskin away from its labour movement roots . |
| 7 | Addresses do n't have to be mentioned , they can easily be looked up in the electoral roll just from a name . |
| 8 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 9 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 10 | As I arrived a tractor pulled up with sacks of freshly-picked hops that would be carried up to the main floor of the building to be dried . |
| 11 | Both are liable to be wound up by the English court . |
| 12 | Hambros Jersey 's contention , if correct , would mean that the jurisdiction of the English court under the sections would be much more restricted than the circumstances in which an individual may be adjudged bankrupt or a company may be wound up by the English court . |
| 13 | The returning echoes are believed to be picked up through the fatty interior of the lower jaw . |
| 14 | Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years . |
| 15 | It stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road to Bowes and it was there that merchants and farmers would leave butter eggs and other foodstuffs to be picked up by the afflicted . |
| 16 | This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres . |
| 17 | Any ferret can carry the transmitting device that provides the signal to be picked up by the hand-held locator . |
| 18 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |
| 19 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |
| 20 | This possibility can only occur if the masses are generally speaking apolitical and acquiescent , or ready to defer to authority ; or if patron — client relations can be pyramided up to the national level so as to bind mass support very firmly and unconditionally to national elites ; or if mass parties with extensive organizational capabilities can be created and continuously sustained by major political leaderships . |
| 21 | Previously Venturous had been a noteworthy arrival to be written up in the local press . |
| 22 | Drainage : what needs to be done before a good soil structure can be built up over the whole farm ? |
| 23 | One alternative would be that history may be made up of the multiple meanings of specific , particular histories — without their necessarily being in turn part of a larger meaning of an underlying Idea or force . |
| 24 | The crew of the train will be made up of the following people : Keith Dawson ( organiser of ‘ Vintage Train ’ ) ; . |
| 25 | In any given case the decision of the court will be made up of the following elements : |
| 26 | With a low-start , low-cost with-profits endowment , payments are reduced in the first few years , and the difference has to be made up in the remaining period . |
| 27 | It was a shrug the shoulders , sink the hands deep in the pockets and be fed up about the running nose cold . |
| 28 | Kevin Coley was rumoured to be fed up with the dreadful Napiers and looking for a new senior professional . |
| 29 | These have to be matched up with the mounting holes in the new motherboard . |
| 30 | But verily , for that lawless coronation that she made , she shall be most firmly enclosed in a dwelling of stone and iron , made like a crown , and at Berwick be hung up in the open air , that she may be given , in life and after death , for a gazing-stock and an everlasting scorn to those who pass by . ’ |