Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | If women are to be judged by their appearance , Mira ought to give up books : |
| 2 | MAGIC ITEMS : The Reiksmarshall may carry up to three magic items in total . |
| 3 | The recognition that a text may set up its own secondary norms leads to a further conclusion , that features of language within that text may depart from the norms of the text itself : that is , they may " stand out " against the background of what the text has led us to expect . |
| 4 | The fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage . |
| 5 | Surgery may alter a person 's hygiene needs , body secretions may dry up and form crusts requiring removal , especially if artificial tubes are inserted , e.g. catheters , nasogastric and endotracheal tubes . |
| 6 | I refer to would-be parliamentary candidates , Bordes-type aspirants with lunging bosoms and other improbable specimens , who seek to board the Candidates ' List , and in due course may turn up before our selection committees . |
| 7 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 8 | NOISE from aircraft using a proposed new flightpath over Tatton Park may drive up to 80pc of visitors away and leave it financially crippled , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 9 | ‘ My main worry , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the Fortean flicker may start up again at any moment . |
| 10 | It has been found that boards with a sprayed-on coating of etch-resist lacquer may require up to 15 or 20 minutes . |
| 11 | A restrained right foot should coax up to 26mpg and a range of about 450 miles on an 80-litre ( 17.6-gallon ) tankful of unleaded . |
| 12 | British cinema must grow up , but it can only do so by building on everything it has already created , even when that includes silly Hollywood ripoffs . |
| 13 | Deane 's got ta score if he plays and Strach and Macca must put up — they 've been pretty ineffective of late . |
| 14 | On this once again major erosion surfaces should show up as convexities . |
| 15 | Mr Gummer should pick up Mr MacSharry 's ideas and remould them to meet sensible criteria . |
| 16 | After this dance , Lalage must give up her predatory conquest . |
| 17 | On 1 January 1559 , the ‘ Beggars ' Summons ’ was nailed to the doors of the Scottish friaries , demanding in the name of the ‘ Blind , Crooked , Bedridden , Widows , Orphans and all other poor , so visited by the hand of God as may not work ’ , that the friars should give up their patrimony by Whitsun . |
| 18 | Underlying inflation , now around the 3.7% mark , is expected to slow but due to the devaluation of the pound UK exports should pick up dramatically because the price of British goods will be much cheaper abroad . |
| 19 | With its enhanced ability , the computer should speed up the operation of British Robotic Systems 's main product , the Viking vision unit . |
| 20 | It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place . |
| 21 | The cricket authorities should set up a neutral-umpire system , or , failing that , a panel of umpires acceptable to the tour team . |
| 22 | The initial effort concentrated on the applicability gap , where the working party recommended : ( i ) that there should be a programme of collaborative research between the IT research community and the other engineering communities supported by the Engineering Board , ( ii ) that the research projects should be jointly funded by ITAB and the Engineering Board , and , ( iii ) that funding should build up to a total of £10 million per annum over five years . |
| 23 | Now the system at the moment seems to be er suggested by the government that V A T should go up and those that really need the money will be if not wholly , mainly compensated , they will of course get another rise if the cost of living goes up because their pensions will go up . |
| 24 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 25 | The back end of the truck should end up just abutting the door of the bay . |
| 26 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 27 | All Member States must live up to their obligations under Community law . |
| 28 | To justify their hold on this island far into East Germany , the West Germans must keep up a good show of a thriving community in West Berlin . |
| 29 | This is a time when entertainers should shut up and allow the black leaders of the community to take a stand and make a change . |
| 30 | As with the DeskPros , a full Pentium upgrade is available for existing SystemPro/XL users , but old Prosignias must put up with Overdrive . |