Example sentences of "of [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the hope of perhaps pushing up the timber and the fruit and veg . |
| 2 | But it is a matter of realistically weighing up the pros and cons . |
| 3 | At this time the idea of simply dividing up the group into product groups was also broadened . |
| 4 | The scope for misunderstanding and the possibility of simply giving up the attempt increases hugely when the less tangible , less definable aims and outcomes of partnerships are considered . |
| 5 | Resistance from left-wing militia forces and loyalist Civil and Assault Guards was intermittently intense but incapable of seriously holding up the advance . |
| 6 | Anyway , what I really want to talk about is engineering for our future in a way because I mean most of you er , listen to the doom and gloom and all the ni , all the er kind of statistics we 've seen that come out of the Engineering Prize Federation , the C B I , I wish somebody , for a change , would put a little bit of gloss on it instead of actually bringing up the statistics which show how badly we 're doing ! |