Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | Flick of a switch opens up Europe |
| 6 | Headline keeps up growth momentum |
| 7 | Industry snaps up robot Vision research |
| 8 | The car gives us freedom ; the car clogs up roads . |
| 9 | As the boat picks up speed , so you can settle gently into the boat to gain control . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Right : Mazda 's modern-styled Approach Light picks up movement in a wide detection zone , and has an economical five minute switch off delay |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As the interview winds up Bruce Foxton is complaining bitterly about yer' man 's Nigel Mansell impersonation going over Vauxhall Bridge . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A happy holiday course in a sublime setting sums up Ufford Park nicely . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | By " trades " I mean ways of making a living , such as burrowing for worms , digging for ants , chasing large herbivores , eating leaves up trees . |
| 18 | Then as soon as the last act goes up Bobby will ring for a doctor and say that Bunty 's had an accident . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | NOW SUN PICKS UP XYLOGICS ' ANNEX TERMINAL SERVERS |
| 21 | A boy picks up souvenirs from a wrecked car in Florida |
| 22 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |
| 23 | ONE stark statistic sums up Ireland 's poor performance in the Inter-Continental Cup programme in Poland , one which threatens to shatter their dream of joining the elite at next year 's World Cup finals in Sydney . |
| 24 | City Comment : Stock Exchange stirs up backwater shares |
| 25 | A small boy rounds up chickens with a stick twice as long as himself . |
| 26 | This remarkable machine vacuums up leaves and debris to keep your garden clean and tidy all year round . |
| 27 | This issue comes up time and again for example there is an equally divided community in Britain , a divided position on matters like abortion . |
| 28 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 29 | Life in the guise of the crime-and-punishment process snatches up hunter and hunted into the contradictions and cruelties and deceits and frailties which are , in a word , life — not the whole of life of course , but life . |
| 30 | Acid scare holds up freight train |