Example sentences of "this [noun] [vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 .
2 The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust .
3 This picture sums up the film .
4 This picture sums up the Falklands campaign . ’
5 Identification of this group opens up the problem of the date of the king 's baptism , and by extension the chronology as well as the interpretation of the second half of his reign .
6 This quotation sums up the reason for the publication by WACC of Few Voices , Many Worlds .
7 This surplus pushes up the yen , which ought to boost imports .
8 Although this procedure speeds up the meeting , the dangers of such a course of action should be realised .
9 This book picks up the story from there , although it is written by a different author .
10 As a result , it looks as though any rethink of this weekend goes up the spout in favour of the ghastliness of paper for the beastly bureaucrats .
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