Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It effectively conjured up the mixture of religion , fighting prowess and romanticism which the Legion held so dear . |
| 2 | Mr Popple unravelled some toilet-paper and threw it down to cover up the spider as it was thrown against the ceramic sides of the bowl . |
| 3 | The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies . |
| 4 | The growth is n't only unsightly , it also clogs up the intake to a water turbine that provides electricity for the mill . |
| 5 | It also brought up the art quote of the year , from one Ziff Fistrunk ( no , I do not make up the name ) , director of the Southside Chicago Sports Council , who organised the protest : ‘ I have trained players in Little League and semi-pro baseball , and at no time did I train them naked . ’ |
| 6 | This is called ‘ consumer choice ’ and it also opens up the possibility of charging for more services . |
| 7 | It also thought up the idea of converting public debt into more or less permanent debt at fixed interest , the system known as funding . |
| 8 | It also set up the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) under the Department of Employment . |
| 9 | It also opened up the economy to foreign imports in order to increase competition and break up entrenched monopolies [ see pp. 37528 ; 38002 ] . |
| 10 | It also showed up the disasters of previous patterns of so-called neighbourhood planning . |
| 11 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't say that , sir , but it certainly opens up the prospects . |