Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A previous rights issue in 1991 raised some £25 million and helped the company buy up development land at bargain prices . |
| 2 | This fact sheet actually says yes here , but eh , if you say no , then er it will free up disk space . |
| 3 | However , the New York-based human rights group Middle East Watch was reported on Dec. 17 to have estimated the deaths at 1,000 and arrests at 5,000 ; its director , Andrew Whiteley , was quoted as saying that there was no wish to overstate human rights abuses in order to " whip up war fever " . |
| 4 | Firstly , for many it can help to control body weight because regular , vigorous exercise lasting for at least 20 to 30 minutes increases your energy output and helps you use up body fat . |
| 5 | It also helps them build up market research techniques — required in the technology section of the National Curriculum — as well as developing planning , advertising , promotion and interviewing skills . |
| 6 | What you got ta do is , each card , if you they ar the person in front of you asks the co the question and if you get it right you get that card and each card has got a letter on it and you got ta try and make up sex maniac . |
| 7 | It demanded interest and commitment on the part of the workers to try and set up respite fostering or other more integrated arrangements as an alternative . |
| 8 | On the sensible side , you can set up password protection to prevent unauthorized people from tinkering with your data . |
| 9 | Hyperodapedon and other rhynchosaurs had a barrel-shaped body to accommodate a large gut for the slow digestion of plant material ; they could not grind up plant food with their teeth , but may have been able to ‘ ruminate ’ , like a modern cow . |
| 10 | He could take up agroforestry ; he could convert to timber ; he could take up government agency schemes and grow winter grass mixtures for wild geese to graze upon , or engineer his fields to be a home for the stone curlew . |
| 11 | My mother made me take up tap dancing , because I 'd got sparrow legs . |
| 12 | On the other hand , wallmounted fittings do n't take up table space , have no trailing flex and can be properly directed to your reading material . |
| 13 | Yeah well it well it 'd take up disk space unnecessarily |
| 14 | There 's nothing worse than people just spitting out albums ; you get all these mediocre albums that do nothing but take up shelf space . |
| 15 | Cos that you see if you , if you , if you could link up life assurance to your pension you could get tax relief on your life assurance you see ? |
| 16 | St Albans would end up fire station . |
| 17 | Why do n't you pick up Angel Delight and got a free jelly with it back there ? |
| 18 | Mostly they 'd make for the West End and meet others like themselves ; they 'd pick up survival information , get oriented within the subculture that they 'd entered , and learn where the free food could be picked up . |
| 19 | Was the help , helping you pick up body language there ? |
| 20 | So Dave said well let's , you know , you sit and eat , and eat , he said let's get up Christmas present , have a couple of Christmas presents , going swimming ten till twelve , perhaps go for a walk over the common or something , |
| 21 | A computer system can speed up recruitment administration by a factor of about 10 , and enable the updating of records and the production of letters to be performed as a single operation . |
| 22 | He says that the technique has meant they can speed up research time , helping to stay ahead of the field . |
| 23 | But his own energy tax will push up home heating bills and raise the price of petrol in a country that relies on road transport . |
| 24 | How will that be possible , given that Labour wishes to phase out nuclear , which could easily push up carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent . |
| 25 | That would push up mortgage interest rates and have a catastrophic effect on the prospects for recovery , Mr Mellor said . |