Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the main path route goes up the valley until sea reappears ( where these two routes merge ) . |
| 2 | Twice I forked out for cable car rides up the Stock Mountain where there are more langlauf tracks and ample space to make your own . |
| 3 | Chef turns up the racing heat |
| 4 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 5 | The Mail keeps up the relentless post-election good news : ‘ Birds are nesting . |
| 6 | Approval will partly depend on whether or not the UK Department of Trade & Industry opens up the market for international simple resale to the US . |
| 7 | But some believe the DoH has stopped short of adequate advice , while others believe the new guidance opens up the system to abuse . |
| 8 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 9 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 10 | To lend naive party cheer , the young American DJ whacks up the dry ice machine which spurts more of its obnoxious fumes into the heart of the room . |
| 11 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 12 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 13 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 14 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 15 | Chanel sums up the new colour and shape of accessories . |
| 16 | If you prefer to mount a stalwart defence you can wait behind long lines of hand gunners , massed ranks of halberdiers and hold important positions with volley guns while your artillery softens up the advancing enemy . |
| 17 | This process provides the manufacturer with more of a profit because the bacon soaks up the salt and water which increases its weight . |
| 18 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 19 | Because of the disposition and the shape of Walter 's continuous check in relation to the wrestplank , the treble end of the check would not pass under the wrestplank as the action slides up the ramps at the back if the ends of the check batten were rigidly fixed to the action frame . |
| 20 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 21 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 22 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 23 | Extensive use of the computer in project work opens up the further possibility of a computer-oriented career . |
| 24 | The physical stuff of the universe wraps up the earth with knowledge and communication , and the earth shrinks , and those who do not partake of the great secret growth are eliminated and shrivel away under the physical stuff that is knowledge and communication and wraps the earth with love , for nothing less than symbiosis will do . |
| 25 | The new act picks up the Warnock comments that really the majority of children can probably be erm accommodated in ordinary schools , but there will always be a need for special schools , and in fact they do mention some proportions . |
| 26 | This inelegant but graphic import from American business vocabulary sums up the relevance of finance to the building surveying practice . |
| 27 | The final scene sets up the image of Suzannah and the Elders echoing the painting while reinforcing Tassi and Cauley 's conspiracy against Artemesia in the scene before . |
| 28 | The sun stirs up the winds ; the winds suck up the swells ; the swells pump out waves that trip up against the jutting kerbs of the land . |
| 29 | Big satin bows now adorn the magnificent marble fireplaces , golden ivy trails up the banister , and filmy white voile and translucent glass baubles float across the dining room mantelpiece . |
| 30 | The sun sucks up the water into the sun . |