Example sentences of "[verb] up the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I could buy up the whole block .
2 They are completely tearing up the whole site , including a new turf course as well as the all-weather , but Muddle'splans extend far beyond the obvious .
3 Saturdays made no difference to us , for there was no school then , but on Wednesdays some of us had to stand up the whole way to Parma .
4 And then they f—ed up the whole world .
5 It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity .
6 For toning up the whole body and increasing your stamina , swimming and running are both excellent .
7 Ninety per cent of people in residential care in Newcastle are on income support and the average time to death or discharge in residential care is three years , so his department will be picking up the whole burden by the third year .
8 What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration .
9 Every day I do n't manage to catch the same bus home as you do , I 'm fed up the whole evening .
10 He is referring to France as this is where the poem is set as it combines the rest of the world in with this one man , the sun being the common factor , France , I think , represent the rest of the world and since it is a funny thought this single object waking up the whole population , Owen uses the words ‘ even in ’ .
11 This insight opened up the whole world of aromatic organic chemistry .
12 This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter .
13 As well as cleaning up the whole environment , the main task , as far as IXI is concerned , is to make Motif portable across platforms .
14 Their actual effect was pretty disastrous ; they screwed up the whole culture , and they opened up the island to being overrun by pineapple and sugar plantations .
15 Two reporters in particular , Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post , had already begun an investigation which convinced them that the operation had been planned by officials much higher up than Liddy ; and even more important , that a deliberate attempt was being made in the White House to cover up the whole matter .
16 Expert systems coupled with NDT can greatly reduce the complexity associated with the interpretation of results thus speeding up the whole process and improving accuracy and consistency .
17 As with the NDT , expert systems coupled with CM can greatly reduce the complexity associated with the interpretation of results thus speeding up the whole process and improving accuracy and consistency of ground based analysis .
18 I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably .
19 It will give your business quicker reflexes by speeding up the whole production process , from planning to delivery .
20 It would swallow up the whole star . ’
21 Nevertheless if the patient is mentally and emotionally unaffected but has , for example , a pain somewhere , then the details of the pain will make up the whole case , or ‘ totality ’ as it is called , for which a similar remedy must be found .
22 The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit .
23 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
24 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
25 There is a very clear , clean cut approach to the whole collection with the accent on strong graphics and sports oriented motifs to create renewed interest in the ‘ contemporary classic ’ shapes of the shirts , shorts , tops , sweaters , track suits , joggers and shell suits which make up the whole range .
26 The tuna fish swim beneath schools of dolphins , fishermen do not discriminate and scoop up the whole lot in their nets .
27 To the latter , the company replied that as Tamworth Road was to be used by both the Mitcham and Sutton routes , single track there would slow up the whole service .
28 I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord 's arms holding up the whole Church .
29 Come on , now , quickly , you 're holding up the whole party . ’
30 They are screwing up the whole economy , not just housing .
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