Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well last Friday a man with a white wig , Lord Justice McCowan used five even more devastating words to sum up life in The Sun : ‘ Sensational , inaccurate and misleading coverage . ’ |
| 2 | Saltburn/Marske and New Marske parish council wants to form a junior version of its council and is to write to the headteachers at Bydales , Marske and Huntcliff , Saltburn , schools to drum up interest . |
| 3 | ROGER Rance , owner of a turf supplier in Hemel Hempstead , has resorted to shock tactics to drum up business with the slogan Sod It heading his local newspaper advertisements . |
| 4 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 5 | Suitable ward-based projects give the student opportunities to set up traction or to practise orthopaedic procedures . |
| 6 | The police use a range of methods to cover up rape , torture and deaths in custody , including the writing of false arrest reports , organising phoney post mortems and rapid cremations and threatening those who try to expose them . |
| 7 | He said the company had not called on shareholders for funds since 1985 and had spent recent years chasing funds to build up income producing assets . |
| 8 | The current process has insufficient privileges to start up LIFESPAN . |
| 9 | The ARA used its good offices to speed up railway agreements between Latvia and Poland on the one hand , and Russia on the other , so that relief supplies could flow in more easily from Western Europe . |
| 10 | THE US is sending envoys round the world to persuade developed nations to cough up money to help pay for US weather satellites . |
| 11 | The number of occasions when the Bank has had to intervene in the last 18 months to prop up sterling inside the ERM has been small . |
| 12 | Her view that we should encourage schools to take up tennis is one that is very much at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 13 | Forbes says nurses have a role in motivating their elderly clients to take up exercise by reassuring them of its safety — as long as proper precautions are taken and an appropriate activity is selected . |
| 14 | Out good are now very much cheaper abroad than they were yet there seems no pressure upon manufacturers to step up production and increase the labour force . |
| 15 | Attempts to set up party penetration of administration without expertise are ineffective , weakening political co-ordination . |
| 16 | CHRYSLER , America 's third largest car maker , and Mitsubishi of Japan are discussing plans to set up vehicle manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 17 | Longer-term economic reforms to boost foreign investment included the loosening of environmental and Aboriginal heritage controls in planning procedures for mining projects , the completion of deregulation of the aviation market , and further relaxation of rules to open up banking to foreign competition . |
| 18 | We will provide grants for recycling schemes , introduce regulations on the use of packaging materials , and encourage local authorities to clean up litter . |
| 19 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 20 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 21 | The yacht will also host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour . |
| 22 | The Royal Yacht Britannia will be used for part of the tour and also to host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour . |
| 23 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 24 | Adoption of Resolution 8 will authorise the directors to set up share option schemes for employees outside the UK . |
| 25 | Obligations to clean up land arise under a number of programmes . |
| 26 | NEC Corp is to cut production of 1M-bit memory chips to free up space for more 4Ms , and will fill the low-end gap by importing more 1Ms from Boise , Idaho-based Micron Technology Inc . |
| 27 | Nurses , particularly health visitors , have an important role to play in encouraging parents to take up immunisation and there is concern about falling rates of acceptance . |
| 28 | In this novel , the genteel young heroine from the south of England , Margaret , is compelled by her father 's reduced circumstances to take up residence in a city called Milton , closely based on Manchester , and comes into social contact with a local mill-owner called Thornton . |
| 29 | Stirling ordered the crews to take up formation and , bumping over the rough ground in the moonlight , they headed for the airfield . |
| 30 | Because of her international success and recognition , Meyer is one of the personalities South Africa is using to encourage more and more youngsters from the townships and under-developed areas to take up sport . |