Example sentences of "up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Yanks have mopped up London-based printing ink company Usher-Walker . |
| 2 | Thus if the engine fails or the guidance system has a brainstorm , the risk of blowing up friendly forces is minimised . |
| 3 | Those seeking a central role for the state will doubtless query the advantages of setting up friendly societies competing for members , when a universal service is provided by the state . |
| 4 | He wanted to set up seventy-five gatherings a year ! |
| 5 | The new test depends on picking up subtle differences in the way that DNA is distributed around the nuclei of cancerous cells . |
| 6 | Through their researches , I know that many of these events are the result of creatures picking up subtle cues from the environment which we , with all our " hi-tech " equipment , are quite unable to detect . |
| 7 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 8 | Loosen up facial muscles by stretching your whole face and trying to move the muscles up and down and from side to side . |
| 9 | Are there any exercises I can do to tighten up facial skin and muscles ? |
| 10 | The group spent a further £400 on pressing up 500 copies and £40 on the sleeves . |
| 11 | The irony was that many would soon end up owner-occupied thanks to a central part of Thatcherism — the right to buy scheme . |
| 12 | At the close of business the Footsie 100 index was up 14.5 points at 2117.9 while Wall Street opened stronger up 7.89 points at 2664.64 . |
| 13 | The only beneficiaries of the stock withdrawals were Britain 's independent steam lines , who eagerly snapped up ready-to-run coaches from around £1,000 a time . |
| 14 | They want the Government to abolish Child Benefit and all tax allowances for parents and use the money to set up full-time Community Homes for everyone under the age of sixteen . |
| 15 | Sheep farmer Hare , 39 , who yesterday was out lambing at South Clifton , near Newark , will take up full-time duties in June and , initially , has a two-year contract worth around £25,000 per annum . |
| 16 | When Hannah declared her ambition to be a teacher , Bloomsbury House replied that it was doubtful ‘ if she could be released from essential work to take up full-time study ’ . |
| 17 | Ever since she gave up full-time employment where everyone touched their cap to her , she 's found the loss of identity difficult to cope with . |
| 18 | However , in 1851 his health again gave cause for serious anxiety and he was compelled to give up full-time activity at the early age of forty-two . |
| 19 | The study is a small-scale exploratory study which will involve intensive interviews with 54 married women whose children are old enough not to require that degree of care and attention which makes it difficult for a married woman to take up full-time employment . |
| 20 | Most researchers complete a Ph D and then go on to take up full-time employment . |
| 21 | Most researchers complete a Ph D and then go on to take up full-time employment . |
| 22 | The disadvantages are that informants are less likely to respond , or to respond seriously , and that the investigator is not able to follow up unanticipated developments . |
| 23 | You make your own mind up pet nobody does it for you . |
| 24 | Nearly one million people have now had to claim mean-tested benefits in order to top up low pay . |
| 25 | Feed dahlias fortnightly to build up strong tubers |
| 26 | There was , however , no apparent motive , McLeish reminded himself , and he must not let his own uneasy conviction that Angela Morgan would have been more than capable of stirring up strong and complex emotions in those around her cloud his judgement . |
| 27 | Kaiser William II had built up strong forces in Germany and enlarged its naval power to counter the power of the British navy , and it was Germany 's declaration of war on Russia which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy . |
| 28 | The boys of both houses , Billy Keith who was now seven and Sandy Mackenzie , five , and his young brother Stuart , or Stu , who was three , were growing up strong and healthy under the sun . |
| 29 | To help them grow up strong . |
| 30 | Pilger was certain that Sutton 's accent dropped several social degrees and ended up strong south London . |