Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wimbledon followed suit a little later by opening up competition to professional tennis players . |
| 2 | He was one of the pioneers in opening up archaeology to everyone , both through his books and through radio and television appearances . |
| 3 | Many drivers were thinking twice about carrying out risky manoeuvres such as doing 90 miles an hour down the motorway even though such speeds benefited society in speeding up access to distant parts . |
| 4 | This is n't a man I 've got pitching up hay to me , it 's a flipping machine ! ’ |
| 5 | WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 . |
| 6 | The reform of the national insurance system advocated here will also lead to all workers building up entitlement to national insurance benefits . |
| 7 | The most common of these is the high incidence of arthritic and rheumatic problems ; other specific examples include blindness and neurological problems associated with long-term diabetes ; chronic pain resulting from building up immunity to certain drugs , such as morphine ( various groups ) ; chronic respiratory problems caused by spinal deformity ( scoliosis ) ; and a variety of physiological problems coming under the heading of ‘ post-polio syndrome ’ . |
| 8 | But he blew his chances when he said that giving up sovereignty to the European Commission was like giving in to Hitler . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm content to go into the army , and I 'm definitely against giving up territory to the Arabs . ’ |
| 10 | Blend orange juice and wine , making up volume to 225 ml with water . |
| 11 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 12 | But , whatever type of regime is decided upon , locking up 12- to 15-year-olds on the scale likely to result from the Government 's present proposals is an excessive reaction . |
| 13 | Use gentle movements upwards from toes , concentrating on the ankle and working up leg to knee . |