Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the first " in BNC.

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1 Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr .
2 Brunel was a successful naval architect , and an outstanding builder of bridges and tunnels , to say nothing of his three great steamships , the Great Western , which sailed out of the Bristol Channel to open up the first regular passenger service between Europe and America ; the Great Britain ( see Bristol ) ; and the Great Eastern , which began its maiden voyage a few days before Brunel 's death in 1859 , and remained the largest ship afloat for nearly half a century .
3 THE UNITED Nations is planning to set up the first international research centre for applying genetic engineering and biotechnology to crops .
4 He revisited the USA in 1917 to play a decisive part in helping to set up the first official American military intelligence service .
5 BLANTYRE 's Jim McCann and Richard Corsie , from Edinburgh , go into action in today 's semi-finals of the Midland Bank World Indoor Singles Championship attempting to set up the first all-Scottish final for four years on Sunday .
6 FOREIGN ministers of the Organisation of African Unity endorsed a plan yesterday to set up the first pan-African peace keeping force , despite a chronic shortage of money .
7 ‘ We wanted to record ‘ Polar Bear ’ ( mooted third single ) like it was on the LP — you know , more of a dancey sort of thing — it would have been too light to put out as single , and ‘ Then ’ was good to back up the first year of The Charlatans .
8 ‘ We wanted to record ‘ Polar Bear ’ ( mooted third single ) like it was on the LP — you know , more of a dancey sort of thing — it would have been too light to put out as single , and ‘ Then ’ was good to back up the first year of The Charlatans .
9 The bus failed to get up the first steep hill it came to .
10 Sitting on the edge of the bed , Tug balanced the tray on his knees and began to cut up the first beefburger .
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