Example sentences of "[vb base] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 2 | Such treatment does not improve germination ( they are protected by a hard endocarp during their animal passage ) , but seedlings grow up in dung piles in clearings : the species is shade-intolerant . |
| 3 | After a week , top up with water . |
| 4 | Etna-watchers slip up on lava flow |
| 5 | The means by which this is done is through the ‘ schemes of experience ’ , such as typifications , recipes , and other idealizations which members build up over time and into which are allotted new experiences and encounters , rendering the unknown into the known , the unfamiliar into the familiar . |
| 6 | Every person or animal that follows the path seems to leave a trail of energy , and these energy paths build up over time . |
| 7 | Responding to Mrs Thatcher 's initiative is one way in which radicals build up over time an alternative election programme . |
| 8 | A knowledge of the context in which acts of sabotage occur — the lack of alternatives available to workers , the frustrations that build up over time — often shows sabotage to have been an understandable response . |
| 9 | ‘ Build up to standard , not down to a price ’ was the motto of the Strand Theater Company , who had now so dramatically brought about the movie 's coming of age in Chicago . |
| 10 | We began to experience something of the build up to labour pains . |
| 11 | In bathrooms , scale build up on shower heads constricts water flow , whilst build up around sanitary fittings and lavatory bowls is unsightly and unhygienic . |
| 12 | Due to mechanical imperfections in the gyros of the inertial guidance equipment , errors build up with time , so the missile periodically updates its position with equipment known as TERCOM ( terrain contour matching ) . |
| 13 | The system takes in small amounts of fresh water from time to time , and these introduce a fresh supply of mineral salts , which build up as scale deposits in the boiler and within the pipework . |
| 14 | Apparently a build up of fluff ( so to speak ) clogged its workings and , as he sat to clean it on his lap , passion got the better of him . |
| 15 | All the build up of delight shrivelled and stripped Jay to lonely self-scourging . |
| 16 | What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder . |
| 17 | Filbert brushes are less inclined to have a build up of colour at the edges and can be versatile . |
| 18 | I have found that a build up of infusoria in the tank over this period can reduce the number of fry that reach the free swimming stage . |
| 19 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
| 20 | In this way there was in human history a cumulative build up of knowledge and success in adaptation to the environment which made human beings very quick to adapt to new problems — much more easily and quickly than if they had depended only on genetic transmission . |
| 21 | It 's believed warm weather has led to a build up of botulism bacteria in the canal . |
| 22 | The pressure of steam is controlled in a rather haphazard way by bleeding off excess pressure so that the build up of steam does not cause the boiler to explode . |
| 23 | First , the build up of calcium may serve to sensitize the receptor as discussed earlier . |
| 24 | The build up of roll-on , roll-off traffic at that period , with a new system which allowed loaded vehicles to be cleared at inland depots also facilitated illegal traffic . |
| 25 | By preventing the build up of scale numerous cost savingsd are to be made . |
| 26 | Although some of this effect was the build up of turf over the years , no doubt this type of architecture was made necessary by the wild weather experienced on the island . |
| 27 | ‘ It all happened so quickly , and there was a tremendous build up of water which has caused extensive damage . |
| 28 | The cross-over period between customers also resulted in a significant build up of inventory levels . |
| 29 | Open fires should always have the chimney regularly swept , otherwise the build up of soot can start a chimney fire . |
| 30 | One possible explanation lies in the way in which charge carriers move between crystal lattice planes : the build up of charge carriers on alternate planes of a graphite lattice gives rise to local electrical fields that oppose the main field and generate the out-of-phase conduction . |