Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rough scramble alongside leads up into the upper reaches of the beck ; here is an untidy tumble of boulders fallen from the enclosing heights but there is one gem where , just above the waterfall , the stream slides smoothly over an immense slab of naked limestone . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if the weather is already hot and the water temperature is 70° F. or more , then the wind suddenly springs up and brings a drop in water temperature and a rise in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water , you can also expect fish . |
| 3 | Tension just builds up and it builds up , and when you come out you say , ‘ Right , I 've got nothing to lose anyway , I 've been to prison so I know what it 's like . |
| 4 | When judgment is given in court for a sum of damages , the defendant usually pays up . |
| 5 | The GATT estimates that the cocaine industry still provides up to 15% of Bolivia 's gross domestic product ; official Bolivian statistics value it at $180m a year . |
| 6 | This kind of deradicalization usually ends up by disorganizing the working class , since pursuing broad coalitions tends to break up proletarian solidarity and fragment socialism into workers ' particular interests under redistributive capitalism . |
| 7 | The rocket analogy still holds up because there are definite stages in the . |
| 8 | If you choose the second alternative , the result usually ends up as an unhealthy hybrid of the Sale Of The Century theme and a Mick Talbot solo album . |
| 9 | If you choose the second alternative , the result usually ends up as an unhealthy hybrid of the Sale Of The Century theme and a Mick Talbot solo album . |
| 10 | The rule also pushes up costs , since a non-bank can not route all its card business through its main finance department . |
| 11 | Highly-viscous lavas are always concerned in Peleean eruptions ; as we saw earlier , a dome or plug of lava often builds up within the crater concerned , blocking the throat of the volcano , so that the pressures building up beneath can only be relieved by vigorous explosions , which may be directed either upwards or sideways , blasting out as nuees ardentes . |
| 12 | Beyond the immediate headland in the wider bay the wind really steps up and is quite steady , and together with choppy water gives more demanding sailing . |
| 13 | The wool-sucking then starts up once again , unabated , and it is impossible to keep up a permanent ‘ treatment ’ of all potential woollen materials . |
| 14 | 7 The defender then follows up with a reverse punch to the spine . |
| 15 | The ferric-chloride side of the cell then picks up the electron from the quinone reduction while the ascorbic-acid side donates an electron to the porphyrin ( oxidation ) . |
| 16 | The MOAC Lightranger certainly lives up to name being a lightweight boot but without sacrificing weight for durability . |
| 17 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 18 | From the priority date , the patentee normally has up to 12 months to apply for patents in other countries . |
| 19 | It seems churlish to denigrate a show that offers as much humour and sharp observation as this one , but it is impossible to escape the conclusion that Reflected Glory finally adds up to less than the sum of its parts . |
| 20 | All I have to do is push down , the man inside pushes up and the wardrobe slowly comes up like that . |
| 21 | It is a world of high camp comedy and low-life sex , a world in which a drag queen eventually ends up with a rent boy . |
| 22 | The sound of laughter apparently conjures up starlings for the people . |
| 23 | Loans are intended to supplement finance obtained from other sources , and so the EIB only lends up to 40 per cent of the cost of fixed investments of a project with a minimum size of around £1 million . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm fully prepared to step in front of her if a gunman suddenly pops up . |
| 25 | My laughter suddenly dries up . |
| 26 | Their attitude scarcely stands up to scrutiny . |
| 27 | Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil . |
| 28 | Thus the heat expelled by the computer 's cooling fan means that when a computer records an item in memory , the total amount of disorder in the universe still goes up . |
| 29 | From this week , housing benefit also goes up , although again the amounts are derisory . |
| 30 | The Act also tightens up the application of the Unfair Contract Terms Act , 1977 , in respect of services and disclaimer clauses . |