Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barges had been destroyed for fuel or left by their previous owners to be broken up by ice or swept downstream by the spring floods . |
| 2 | It is virtually impossible to grate then , so they should be broken up by stroking with a fork if required for cooking . |
| 3 | Heavy fatty deposits can be broken up by the use of caustic cleaners sometimes specially formulated and described as drain cleaners . |
| 4 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 5 | Cumberland decided that Wales was the more likely objective , though he tried to cover himself by arranging for the road between Buxton and Derby to be broken up by the Derbyshire militia to slow Charles down should he take it instead . |
| 6 | Rocks can also be broken up by microbes finding their way into cracks and crevices , exposing more surfaces which can then absorb more CO 2 , and so forth . |
| 7 | For the city 's planners the poor were a public danger , their potentially riotous concentrations to be broken up by avenues and boulevards which would drive the inhabitants of the crowded popular quarters they replaced into some unspecified , but presumably more sanitary and certainly less perilous locations . |
| 8 | If the article was unstained , and was finished with a clear coating , the damaged area can be filled up by repeated applications of a clear polyurethane , transparent French polish or cold cure lacquer . |
| 9 | The makings of a quite substantial tomato salad mystique are scattered around waiting to be gathered up by some enterprising buyer who will get the produce flown in from Barcelona or Marseilles , Naples , Valencia or even possibly from Portugal , where the tomatoes are as good and plentiful as anywhere in Mediterranean lands . |
| 10 | And if the roof is made up of a series of roof trusses , these should all be joined up by timbers running the length of the roof to prevent a ‘ domino ’ kind of collapse . |
| 11 | The food will then be heated up by the elderly and disabled clients themselves . |
| 12 | Very chronic problems can be speeded up by applying the same solution as that taken by mouth , externally to the back , thighs and lower legs . |
| 13 | Progress can be speeded up by employing a top trainer , but it 's still a lot easier to acquire better players . |
| 14 | The re-hydration process can be speeded up by heating . |
| 15 | It was hard to be torn up by the roots , to have his books , easels , prints and materials of study dragged from their places . |
| 16 | NOTICE To : Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Limited , whose registered office is situate at Coldharbour Road , Thames Marshes , Essex WHEREAS ( 1 ) You are justly and truly indebted in the sum of £1250 to Robinson Bros Ltd trading as Go Fast Transport whose registered office is situate at Cornmarket Chambers Ipswich Suffolk more particularly in respect of transport costs for the quick delivery of fragile machine equipment and related warehousing costs ( 2 ) By Section 517 ( 1 ) ( f ) of the Companies Act 1985 it is provided that a company may be wound up by the court if the company is unable to pay its debts ( exceeding £750 ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you pursuant to Section 518(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 that you are required to pay the said sum of £1250 to Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) not later than 3 weeks from tomorrow 's date AND that if you neglect to pay the said sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of GFT an application will be made to the court for your winding up by petition presented by GFT under the provisions of Section 519 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 17 | The haulier should be aware of the circumstances in which he ( or his debtor ) may be wound up on a voluntary basis and the circumstances in which his company ( or his debtor 's ) may be wound up by the court . |
| 18 | The Insolvency Act 1986 , Section 122(1) provides that a company may be wound up by the court if : |
| 19 | Section 122(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company may be wound up by the court if : |
| 20 | Both are liable to be wound up by the English court . |
| 21 | Hambros Jersey 's contention , if correct , would mean that the jurisdiction of the English court under the sections would be much more restricted than the circumstances in which an individual may be adjudged bankrupt or a company may be wound up by the English court . |
| 22 | In December 1980 the government announced that a further 192 non-departmental bodies were to be wound up by 1983 , bringing the total savings up to about 23m a year by 1983 . |
| 23 | BCCI to be wound up by High Court |
| 24 | If you are on your GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes . |
| 25 | Your record does n't have to be picked up by all these routes for promotion , but if you enjoy Record of the Week in NME at the same time as receiving good reviews of your live shows and the occasional play on Radio 1 , this should allow you to make impression on the Indie charts or even the national top 100 . |
| 26 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 27 | The manner in which the dolphin receives the returning echoes is also a mystery , but they are thought to be picked up by all parts of the body , to travel through the bones to the head . |
| 28 | Larvae may also be picked up by the bloodstream and carried to other organs ; and some might reach the anterior mesenteric artery , which is the main source of blood to the intestines . |
| 29 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 30 | Presumably it is much more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals involved in a family , but it underlines the fact that children who are failing to thrive are very much at risk unless they are being taken to the clinic , for example , or are being seen regularly in the home by a Health Visitor . |