Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 2 | Durance sighed , the long deep sigh of a man who has given up hope . |
| 3 | Qualix Inc has picked up Adobe Systems Inc 's TransScript software for distribution : the software is designed to enable Unix programs to print to PostScript output devices . |
| 4 | Qualix Inc has picked up Adobe 's TransScript software for distribution : the software allows Unix programs to print to Postscript devices . |
| 5 | The Glasgow shop ( 1,600 sq ft , 4 full time , 2 part time ) is managed by Brownie Gray , who , my rep friend surmises , has picked up trade which formerly went to Holmes and Grants . |
| 6 | Corollary Inc has picked up Truger Technologies Inc in Canada and PC Distributing Inc out of Illinois to distribute its communications and multiprocessing lines . |
| 7 | In addition , the creation of the UDC has pushed up property prices in the area , making it even more difficult for the residents . |
| 8 | The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession . |
| 9 | Instead of tackling the causes of urban unrest , the Government has built up force to deal with the manifestation of those root conditions . |
| 10 | Dubbed Lizzie by the Press , this find has stirred up controversy amongst paleontologists . |
| 11 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 12 | ‘ The close proximity of the other design companies has opened up business opportunities for us , ’ says Rita Brophy , marketing manager of graphic design company Stylehaus . |
| 13 | At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop . |
| 14 | Dr Carl Wieman ( left ) and his team has opened up research into low temperature physics . |
| 15 | Before the patient leaves the physiotherapist uses a particular technique which helps work through the big sobs that so often follow crying , believing that the crying has used up oxygen and big sobs restore balance . |
| 16 | As far as social policy is concerned , four main ways of different importance and popularity have been cited : expenditure on the social services has used up labour and capital which would have otherwise been employed in the wealth-creating manufacturing industries — this is the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 17 | He either has to give up music , or organize live-in help of some kind . |
| 18 | No member of the family has to give up work before the allowance can be claimed and this extra income can sometimes enable a caring daughter to continue in her job if it is used to pay for help at home . |
| 19 | Owen : When George , or you Robert … or you Carol walks out and slams the door that means the teacher has to give up time they could be giving to the others in the class , the ones who need the help . |
| 20 | a body corporate which has more than 20 members ( or is the subsidiary of a holding company which has more than 20 members ) and it , or any of its holding companies or subsidiaries has called up share capital or net assets of not less than 500,000 |
| 21 | Indian computer terminal manufacturer VXL Instruments Ltd has set up base in Rugby , Warwickshire in the UK . |
| 22 | Caroline Gordon , who has set up Beaver Recruitment Brokers with Joan Tannian , said that the market was flooded with recruitment agencies which created confusion among companies with positions to fill . |
| 23 | St Mary 's Church , Eastham , has set up water displays and is staging concerts . |
| 24 | To help its cause , POSC has set up interoperability labs in Houston , Texas and London which preview the various model and technologies in use . |
| 25 | Satan has set up camp in their souls . |
| 26 | First , Gare has set up customer and market groups for electricity transmission and distribution ; power generation ; nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing ; and pharmaceutical research . |
| 27 | The state , prompted by the FMC , has taken numerous measures to encourage women in this way and has set up nursery schools , crèches , workers ' canteens , automatic laundries , the provision of medical facilities and a system of grants . |
| 28 | He has set up Klesch & Co to trade loans in troubled companies such as Heron and to advise on corporate restructurings . |
| 29 | The company has set up focus groups to talk to large US PC users , but has n't yet hit on a magic formula that will allow it to get at users directly and in a cost effective way . |
| 30 | Never before interested in the nuts and bolts of public policy , the BJP has set up study groups to define the party 's position on such communally uncharged questions as water supply and the ( for Hindus , low-caste ) leather trade . |