Example sentences of "up [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hocazade soon gave up the kadilik in order to devote himself more fully to but remained as muderris in Iznik until the death of Mehmed II ( 886/1481 ) . |
| 2 | The distance is of a deep blue , and the near trees and grass of the freshest green ; for Constable could never consent to parch up the verdure of nature to obtain warmth . |
| 3 | In addition China undertook to speed up the passage of legislation to enable accession to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty by March 1992 ( China had agreed in August to sign the treaty — see p. 38395 ) . |
| 4 | There are suspicions that Mr Kinnock , who will not intervene publicly in the contest , is trying to speed up the process in order to boost the chances of Mr Smith , who is believed to be his preferred successor . |
| 5 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 6 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 7 | He eventually squeezed through a 12-inch gap in his shattered rear windscreen , and crawled up the bank in agony to raise the alarm . |
| 8 | In 1793 Britain set up a Board of Agriculture to promote the growing of potatoes to counter Napoleon 's threat to starve this country into submission . |
| 9 | This Act set up a Board of Education to supervise the education system . |
| 10 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 11 | The great Irish sea-god Manannan Mac Llyr made the island his home and still occasionally throws up a veil of mist to hide his erstwhile kingdom from passing pirates . |
| 12 | This new local government has plans to draw up a law of commerce to stabilize prices and avoid speculation , and a law of public order . |
| 13 | The Assembly , which met in Prague , Czech and Slovak Federal Republic , 1–11 September , also recommended that CEC set up a committee on communication to consider the communication needs of the churches . |
| 14 | The local City Council set up a committee of inquiry to investigate the policing arrangements for the visit and complaints were made to the Police Complaints Authority . |
| 15 | I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths . |
| 16 | They called for the temporary suspension of activities by all political parties , who were further requested to draw up a code of conduct to regulate their activities . |
| 17 | The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination . |
| 18 | Hate , like love , picks up every shred of evidence to justify itself . |