Example sentences of "[vb base] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the conditions of city life he believed it ‘ incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults , without virility or stamina , a weak-kneed , narrow-chested , listless breed ’ . |
| 2 | These little sneak fertilizers however are young and small of course , this is what they rely on their enormous of speed for , and they grow up into female mimics or transvestites , and what a transvestite does is when a regular male and a regular female are in the nest swimming around together doing the regular thing , the transvestite swims in , appearing as a second female . |
| 3 | Regular handling and fondling of the young animals helps ensure they grow up into docile but nonetheless bold animals . |
| 4 | We know that the syntactic rules of SSL turn up in their written Swedish and so by analogy , children who grow up with Signed Swedish should instead be influenced to use the correct word order . |
| 5 | Black sportsmen are drawn from the ranks of black working-class youth and these generally grow up under similar conditions , being subjected to the same kind of pressures or lack of them . |
| 6 | In some cases long-term relationships grow up between casual workers and particular organizations In a few cases , Particularly In the banqueting establishments of a few large London hotels , where there is at least one " event " on most days of the week and most weeks of the year , there are some casuals who work effectively full-time for the organization concerned . |
| 7 | At one time there were no urban districts — they simply grow up around commercial and industrial interests . |
| 8 | Now , however I realise that they all grow up in different stages and learn to do different things at different times . |
| 9 | Children who are HIV antibody positive can remain completely well and grow up like other children . |
| 10 | If a further trigger is required , do a large water change ( 40 per cent ) and top up with cold , simulating the rainy season . |
| 11 | In consequence , police modes of thought build up into classifiable systems of praxis which are the product of dealing with the extremes of social experience . |
| 12 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 13 | The event was part of the build up to Forbidden Britain Day on Sept 29 , when the ramblers plan mass trespasses at dozens of locations . |
| 14 | After running the filter for a few days , stock with just a couple of fish to begin with , and gradually build up to full stocking . |
| 15 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 16 | Good synthetic brushes deliver high performance , but cost less , so if there is a build up of acrylic paint at the ferrule ( the base of the bristles ) and performance is impaired , they can be replaced more cheaply . |
| 17 | The build up of cytosolic calcium inhibits further release through its inhibitory effect on the release channel and the cytosolic calcium is removed by being pumped back into the stores or out of the cell ( Fig. 4 d ) . |
| 18 | With increased capital expenditure and a build up of working capital , there was an outflow of cash in the year following two years of strong positive cash flow . |
| 19 | Feed little and often thus preventing a build up of uneaten food on the base of the tank . |
| 20 | Overlays can aid the build up of complex subjects . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , early efforts are likely to lead to the model charging backwards towards the pilot followed by a large application of forward stick causing an uncontrollable build up of forward speed . |
| 22 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |
| 23 | The speed at which these pulses returned told environmental experts at the town hall about the build up of dangerous exhaust fumes on High Row . |
| 24 | But he 's had to close some of the deeper galleries which only pot holers use , because of the build up of toxic gasses . |
| 25 | It 's meant a build up of toxic gasses below ground , and health warnings to cavers who 've been exposed to the chemicals . |
| 26 | The administrative arrangement and supervision required for such teamwork was exactly the sort of skill in which Lewis excelled , and the hours passed quickly with the progressive gleaning of intelligence , the gradual build up of hard fact to bolster tentative theory — and always that almost insolent gratification that shone in Morse 's eyes , for the latter appeared to have known ( or so it seemed to Lewis ) most of the details before the calls and corroboration had been made . |
| 27 | The air quality over much of Britain deteriorated during hot weather in May , with a build up of photochemical smog in some areas . |
| 28 | The cleaning kit will also remove the build up of magnetic oxide which collects on the head . |
| 29 | An alternative reason may be a gradual build up of tap-borne toxins . |
| 30 | The account in Table 2.3 of the build up of independent study across the Course would be an example of a course-wide policy which is permissive progressively permeating the Course as a whole . |