Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may dredge up long-buried , uncomfortable emotions about his own childhood . |
| 2 | So I said , ‘ Let's knock up a quick vocal and let's knock up Keith 's guitar , ’ and he just banged up a solo very quickly and it was great . ’ |
| 3 | In possibly solving a problem in relation to stamp duty or SDRT the arrangement may throw up problems in other areas : ( 1 ) Section 89(4) of CA 1985 ( statutory pre-emption rights ) provides that the statutory pre-emption rights do not apply to a particular allotment of equity shares if these are , or are to be , wholly or partly paid up otherwise than in cash . |
| 4 | It may throw up pieces of plasterwork , shellwork and panelling , fragments of windows and evidence of colour schemes . |
| 5 | A librarian may build up sections of the stock that he feels are important even though there is no immediate response in terms of issues . |
| 6 | Surfaces that come into contact with hands , such as light switches , telephone handsets , door handles , drawers , refrigerator panels and machine controls , may build up levels of contamination that can temporarily overcome skin defences and so cause the transfer of potentially harmful microorganisms to food . |
| 7 | A report from US National Park Service scientists has argued that the proposed use of underground water systems by the city of Las Vegas may dry up water supplies in a large area of the National Park system . |
| 8 | ‘ Christ , let's pack up chaps . ’ |
| 9 | Dear God , I must give up drink . |
| 10 | They told her she must give up Christianity and deny , not only God and all the saints , but her father , her mother , and all her friends . |
| 11 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
| 12 | And yet — so ran her disjointed thoughts — had n't one always been taught that Christmas was the time when one should give up things for other people ? |
| 13 | ‘ Caroline , ’ said the music teacher , ‘ I think you should give up violin lessons and try the piano instead . ’ |
| 14 | Although there may be a great temptation to seek alternative employment at the earliest opportunity , you should weigh up considerations such as : |
| 15 | She must pluck up courage and tell him . |
| 16 | Maybe he should follow up Lenny Campion 's suggestion , have his eyes tested for strain . |
| 17 | Kohl insists European union must keep up pace . |
| 18 | Strong growth helped by last year 's rights issue and improved sales should mark up profits 22% to £400m , says UBS Phillips & Drew . |
| 19 | No serious thinker disputes that we must clean up factories and cars removing the sulphur from coal , and the oxides of nitrogen from car exhausts . |
| 20 | Joy , you must ring up Jerry about the |
| 21 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 22 | ‘ We must set up processes of measurement which give us the basis for improvement targetting and monitoring progress . |
| 23 | It reaffirmed that LEAs must set up education committees and appoint a chief education officer , but the Secretary of State need no longer be consulted about the appointment of the latter . |
| 24 | the Welsh Office , in liaison with the ECW , should draw up guidance showing how the new inspector for schools ( OFSTED ) will identify good practice in environmental education and its contribution to teaching and learning , and the ethos of the whole school ; |
| 25 | The profession should draw up guidelines on rotating audit partners . |
| 26 | John Hayward had , in fact , first suggested in 1935 that they should set up house together , but Eliot chose not to do so . |
| 27 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 28 | The crux of the argument — the impetus of the Girls into Science and Technology ( GIST ) , Women into Science and Engineering ( WISE ) and INSIGHT schemes — is that more girls must take up science subjects ; girls must do as well as boys . |
| 29 | Within a few days Caledonia was in complete agreement : the entire team should take up golf . |
| 30 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |