Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the soil has been dug , it should be broken up with a fork , hoe , back of a rake , by hand , with a hand fork , or whatever you find most convenient , until it reaches the stage at which raking it backwards and forwards , and then crossways , reduces it to the fine tilth described . |
| 2 | Once this point has been reached there will be a rapid reduction in the number of non-reproductive males , and the large units will be broken up into a number of smaller ones , in part through takeovers and in part through fission of units containing followers . |
| 3 | Anxious that his client might be mixed up with a terrorist organisation . |
| 4 | But final-stage rockets had misfired before , and at a time when people were whispering about a change of prime Minister and the shake-out that would bring , the very last thing Sladen must want was to be caught up in a brawl between Number 10 , the Foreign Office , Defence and the secret services . |
| 5 | Every step is a chance to meet people , to give them the idea , the experience that can change their living and thinking ; to be caught up in an effort to bring a fundamental change to Rhodesia — and that means , of course , matching one 's own life to it . |
| 6 | Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner , totally absorbed in a book . |
| 7 | Time spent on this may be looked up as an investment in that if essential job elements are identified , then the people involved in the recruitment process will be less inclined to develop the criteria as they go along . |
| 8 | They would use incendiary-cum-explosive bombs to disable the aircraft and then retire to a pre-arranged rendezvous point in the desert where they could be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group ( LRDG ) . |
| 9 | Once this had been accomplished , the various parties would proceed on foot to an agreed rendezvous in the desert , about forty-five miles inland , where they would be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group . |
| 10 | It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula . |
| 11 | The acoustic device , a ‘ pinger ’ , is attached to fishing nets and emits a signal which can be picked up by a submarine . |
| 12 | So ‘ Hammer ’ , a tempestuous saga of death by lustful adventure should be picked up by a Channel 4 researcher and used on an equally graphic AIDS documentary . |
| 13 | The bang as it bounces may be picked up by a hearing-aid or by a vibrator , thus avoiding that sticky mess on top of the stove . |
| 14 | Article 16 allows extension to arbitrations and ‘ other matters within the jurisdiction of special courts ’ ; it is not at all clear how this latter phrase is to be picked up in a declaration , as different states ( of origin and of destination ) may establish specialist courts for a variety of purposes , including adjudication on matters plainly civil or commercial in nature . |
| 15 | And just as everybody who looked to that serpent on the pole was healed , so I am gon na be lifted up on a cross and everybody who looks in faith to me , and in obedience receives my gift of forgiveness , they will be saved ! |
| 16 | KENNY MILNE today looked ahead to Scotland 's vital Triple Crown duel with England at Twickenham on Saturday week and declared : ‘ This fixture must never be built up into a war . ’ |
| 17 | it is n't necessary , well it is the same as saying it is n't true , it is n't necessary er because this will be built up over a period and it will be for er the Government in all the normal ways in the public expenditure round to decide how much goes into the passenger franchises and through that therefore into the Briti the Rail Track investment . |
| 18 | A lengthier , yet structured project can be built up around a category keyword ( the first keyword field ) such as TRANSPORT leading the pupil to four or five records containing tasks and references on different aspects or " items " of TRANSPORT . |
| 19 | My face seemed to be made up of a mass of needles or electrical impulses . ’ |
| 20 | My face seemed to be made up of a mass of needles or spikes or electrical impulses . |
| 21 | Such incentives might be made up of a share of the surplus which the bureaucrats could appropriate ; ‘ deferred prizes ’ for keeping a bureau 's output within what was promised in a budget-output proposal and for returning money to the general fund during an official 's tenure of office ; and allocations towards supplementary activities such as travel budgets . |
| 22 | It can not be made up of a wave with a unique value for its wavelength since such a wave stretches on for ever . |
| 23 | The migrating cells may be made up of a mixture of all the different cell types in immature form , that go to all the sites and a particular type survives only if it arrives at an appropriate site — a sort of cell selection . |
| 24 | These zones may be made up of a mixture of land uses . |
| 25 | The Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 required that the accounts of direct labour organizations should be made up of a balance sheet , a revenue account , and a statement of rate of return ; and that these accounts show a ‘ true and fair view ’ . |
| 26 | Instead it has to be made up of a band of waves of different wavelengths , cunningly chosen to cancel each other out outside the region of width unc and to reinforce each other inside it . |
| 27 | Lateral thinking and tolerating eccentricity are British characteristics whereas quality programmes tend to be made up of a lot of little things which cumulatively add up to something important . ’ |
| 28 | Phone bookings should be made up to a fortnight in advance on 0229 66063 . |
| 29 | These will be made up into an album of at least eight prints and the best portrait will be specially framed for you . |
| 30 | You will need the same heading allowance as for pinch pleats if it is to be made up as a curtain heading , but for making a valance you will need only 1.5cm ( ½in ) for the heading allowance . |