Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he now reconsider his advice that local initiative will solve all these problems , given that he has undermined local initiative in the example quoted earlier about people who have been willing to put up £17 million of locally raised money for a project which was undermined by the Welsh Office ? |
| 2 | As further follow up data accumulate we will be able to examine whether sickness absence predicts serious morbidity and mortality in the Whitehall II study . |
| 3 | Another ran up £8,000 costs fighting over two rugs . |
| 4 | Those pupils whose absence was , at the time of completion of the survey returns , still unauthorised made up 11% ( June ) and 7% ( November ) of the total of pupils surveyed . |
| 5 | Take delivery as an example : each of the requirements of material , quantity , time , location and documents is marked and when added together these make up 30% of the total . |
| 6 | A 46% rise for BAA 's profits to £220m is forecast with the dividend likely to go up 13% to 6.5p . |
| 7 | ‘ Angie had nothing to complain about — anyone would have been glad to put up £100,000 to get in here . |
| 8 | In addition , our study is the first to present longterm follow up data in a large number of constipated children ≤4 years of age . |
| 9 | Farmers are short of cash , and are likely to step up sales early in the season , lifting exports from the two countries to near record levels over the next six months . |
| 10 | There 's a glowing prospectus about using Winter Marsh for oyster farming , and a Declaration of Intent by a group called Varsov International to put up £5 million in cash for a half share in yet another company called Ingard Oyster Farms . |
| 11 | The Pinzgauer was able to drive up 600m of hillside and bring down 27-year-old John Richards . |
| 12 | I should hate a sister said Sally , I would n't share my mother with anyone , she walked out of the room her face as wooden as ever , the girls were really puzzled , she 's a funny one said Irene , hardly ever says anything , all closed up , somehow , but sometimes those closed up people burst open suddenly and then look out , well I 'll shall certainly write and tell mother she 's mistaken said Daryl and she did so . |
| 13 | Can the Prime Minister tell the House how he squares his vision of a classless Britain with the experience of a constituent of mine from Fulwood , who was told last May that she needed a hip replacement but that she would have to wait 14 months for the operation under the national health service , and who was told that she could have had the operation immediately had she been able to cough up £4,300 ? |
| 14 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
| 15 | That sums up people 's views in a series of opinion surveys being carried out with Board backing by Group businesses around the world . |
| 16 | It was n't difficult to pick up people for casual sex but it was difficult to transfer that casual sex contact into any sort of relationship . |
| 17 | It is just a decision that two grown up people have come to . ’ |
| 18 | Make sex discussions much less of a trial with the Family Planning Association 's new Growing Up series of leaflets : Answering Your Child 's Questions , for parents ; How Your Body Changes , for teenagers . |