Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Double-breasted to be fastened up to the collar , or left open , the reefer quickly ceased to be only navy blue and became a double-breasted tweed ‘ casual ’ coat , a direct ancestor o f the modern double-breasted suit . |
| 2 | The Black Man of Saxony , playing grisly tunes so that the children would follow him to his terrible mountain lair , there to be given up to the Man of the Mountains . |
| 3 | He had a vicious side to his nature and it apparently meant nothing to him that an old man was going to be roughed up during the raid . |
| 4 | Heavy fatty deposits can be broken up by the use of caustic cleaners sometimes specially formulated and described as drain cleaners . |
| 5 | One acoustic theory is immediately exploded : that a whisper on stage could be heard up in the back row ( Greek guides conveniently fail to take the wooden superstructure into account ) . |
| 6 | The operative principle should therefore be one of a ‘ retributive maximum , as advocated by Norval Morris ( 1974 : 75 ) : while an individual offender may be punished up to the level indicated by the tariff , there is no obligation to do so if other valid considerations indicate that a more lenient course will be more constructive or humane . |
| 7 | Fletcher also indicated that England 's batting line-up might be shaken up after the humiliation by India . |
| 8 | If the surfaces were cleaned by sand blasting , that concrete dust would be mixed up with the sand used in the cleaning ; but when the surfaces are cleaned with dry ice , the pellets sublime away into easily filtered gas . |
| 9 | Applications may , however , be considered up to the date when a course begins , provided that not all places have been filled . |
| 10 | It is advisable to apply as early as possible , and preferably before 31 January of the proposed year of entry to the University , though application may be considered up to the date when a course begins , subject to the availability of places . |
| 11 | However applications may be considered up to the date when a course begins , subject to the availability of places . |
| 12 | I can not see any reason why that process can not be speeded up within the system . |
| 13 | The visitor to an auction may be caught up in the excitement and drama of the event , but the climate of opinion in which it takes place has been created by scholars and critics as well as businessmen . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't want to be caught up in the rush when it comes . ’ |
| 15 | It is so easy to be caught up in the whirl . |
| 16 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 17 | Due to the extensive television coverage practically every hole on the course , and certainly all those on the second nine , can be conjured up in the mind 's eye , even when the tournament is long over . |
| 18 | Companies tend to use a ‘ firewall ’ along their route into Internet so that individuals can not be looked up in the directory of users — a sort of ex directory . |
| 19 | The danger , of course , lies in the fact that the deferred interest payments will be rolled up into the capital debt . |
| 20 | The fund will not pay a dividend ; all gains will be rolled up in the price . |
| 21 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 22 | She was pipped by reluctant newcomer Jane Lester of Basildon Savacentre who was so doubtful of her abilities that she virtually had to be carried up to the oche . |
| 23 | Clerical Medical 's fund will have to be wound up at the end of five years , which will ensure that it will have to pay CGT in full on whatever has been made . |
| 24 | The scheme is due to be wound up at the end of December 1993 but until then , excepting one or two minor technical amendments affecting mortgage rescues/property management subsidiaries , the rules will remain unchanged . |
| 25 | He had no doubt that the case could be wound up on the strength of it . |
| 26 | Section 221 provides that an unregistered company may be wound up under the Act . |
| 27 | NOTICE To : Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Limited , whose registered office is situate at Coldharbour Road , Thames Marshes , Essex WHEREAS ( 1 ) You are justly and truly indebted in the sum of £1250 to Robinson Bros Ltd trading as Go Fast Transport whose registered office is situate at Cornmarket Chambers Ipswich Suffolk more particularly in respect of transport costs for the quick delivery of fragile machine equipment and related warehousing costs ( 2 ) By Section 517 ( 1 ) ( f ) of the Companies Act 1985 it is provided that a company may be wound up by the court if the company is unable to pay its debts ( exceeding £750 ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you pursuant to Section 518(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 that you are required to pay the said sum of £1250 to Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) not later than 3 weeks from tomorrow 's date AND that if you neglect to pay the said sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of GFT an application will be made to the court for your winding up by petition presented by GFT under the provisions of Section 519 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 28 | The haulier should be aware of the circumstances in which he ( or his debtor ) may be wound up on a voluntary basis and the circumstances in which his company ( or his debtor 's ) may be wound up by the court . |
| 29 | The Insolvency Act 1986 , Section 122(1) provides that a company may be wound up by the court if : |
| 30 | Section 122(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company may be wound up by the court if : |