Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lack of funding holds up railway upgrading |
| 2 | This concept refers to the way ideology covers up contradictions and how it legitimizes by treating human social relations as things . |
| 3 | Layering suspense element upon suspense element , the episode builds up tension almost to breaking point as audiences ponder the big question : ‘ What lives in that city ? ’ |
| 4 | But my mind conjures up images of how they know my secret shame , and are talking about me behind my back . |
| 5 | PLO blows up Boeing 747 in Jordan . |
| 6 | Flick of a switch opens up Europe |
| 7 | Headline keeps up growth momentum |
| 8 | Detailed data takes up space so it can not be presented in a volume of this scale , yet without it much of the theorizing of social anthropologists seems trivial and obvious or merely boastful . |
| 9 | GGT cleans up Cussons work |
| 10 | NWD snaps up 15% of the market , Hewlett-Packard and DEC have 17% apiece , IBM lags behind at 14% , while Network Computing Devices Inc leads the field with 25% . |
| 11 | Industry snaps up robot Vision research |
| 12 | The car gives us freedom ; the car clogs up roads . |
| 13 | As the boat picks up speed , so you can settle gently into the boat to gain control . |
| 14 | The car picks up speed very quickly in the lower gears thanks to a 16-valve turbo engine and soon we were finding out how to negotiate winding country lanes at 60 . |
| 15 | Right : Mazda 's modern-styled Approach Light picks up movement in a wide detection zone , and has an economical five minute switch off delay |
| 16 | Mexico sets up commission to tackle air pollution |
| 17 | In another part of its robots programme , the Department of Industry puts up cash to help firms to pay consultants who advise them on robot applications . |
| 18 | Whitty sums up Hine 's argument thus : |
| 19 | As the interview winds up Bruce Foxton is complaining bitterly about yer' man 's Nigel Mansell impersonation going over Vauxhall Bridge . |
| 20 | Open account : Under this payment method the exporter gives up control of the goods to the importer and receives debt settlement at a later date under the contract 's terms . |
| 21 | A happy holiday course in a sublime setting sums up Ufford Park nicely . |
| 22 | They knew that palladium soaks up deuterium ( a form of hydrogen found in heavy water ) like a sponge soaks up water , an electrical current from a battery forcing the deuterium atoms out from a solution of heavy water and into the spaces between the palladium atoms . |
| 23 | ‘ David brings up situations that happened five years ago and still writes about them . |
| 24 | By " trades " I mean ways of making a living , such as burrowing for worms , digging for ants , chasing large herbivores , eating leaves up trees . |
| 25 | Then as soon as the last act goes up Bobby will ring for a doctor and say that Bunty 's had an accident . |
| 26 | Michael Powell sizes up Marius Goring and Moira Shearer for The Red Shoes ( 1948 ) |
| 27 | This lesson cost 7 Dons , but no actual money is exchanged — Nara builds up credit by offering other scheme members skills of her own . |
| 28 | As medical staffing budgets are finite any increase in the number of career registrars and senior registrars uses up money that would otherwise be available for expanding the number of consultants . |
| 29 | This will increase the suction effect slightly and can make water move upwards , much as a lamp wick draws up oil to replace that being burned . |
| 30 | PKF snaps up Hays Allen office |