Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to do anything in bed but lie and whimper so temporarily give up search for progressive chemist who keeps contraceptives out on display . |
| 2 | In other cases he remains cut off , although he may then recover well enough physically and mentally to start a new life , perhaps even setting up home with someone else and taking on a new job . |
| 3 | Somebody must be locked away somewhere totting up figures , or how would they make all that money ? |
| 4 | In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified . |
| 5 | There are also worries that increased public spending not only pushes up government borrowing to fund a high PSBR , but also leads to higher taxes , thereby reducing the incentives to work , save and take risks . |
| 6 | Treaty , included the right not only to take up activities as a self-employed person but also to pursue them in the broad sense of the term and that ‘ The renting of premises for business purposes furthers the pursuit of an occupation and therefore falls within the scope of article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 7 | The rapid rise in the price of oil in the 1970s , for example , contributed to inflation in many countries around the world — oil price rises not only push up petrol prices , of course , but also affect the cost of all transport services and virtually all manufacturing and service industries . |
| 8 | Remember that you are not only burning up calories while you walk , but your increased metabolic rate will keep burning up calories when you finish walking . |
| 9 | By ignoring our impulses , we not only store up trouble for ourselves , but also relinquish our power , our ability to act . |
| 10 | He had a great appreciation of their visual appeal and he started the whole revolution of using photographs on their own merit and not merely to fill up space . ’ |
| 11 | They also include brief summaries of what has gone before , or even direct repetition of key points , though this must be clearly for the benefit of the reader , not just to fill up space . |
| 12 | Joseph Glanvil , for example , believed that if people gave up belief in ghosts and witches they would soon also give up God , and he investigated some supposedly haunted houses . |
| 13 | right , Craig 's just about to beat up Jane man , and he 's hitting her because she 's meant to have taped over something and I 'm taping over even more of it now ! |
| 14 | Thus policy-makers need to consider not just how to open up employment for lone mothers , but also how best to support those who are not employed . |
| 15 | Orrell , who have not yet given up hope of winning the Courage League Championship despite last week 's narrow defeat by Wasps , will have Shaun Gallagher back in the line-up for Monday 's fixture at Harlequins . |
| 16 | In any event , and this is the real answer , Bismarck had not yet given up hope of bringing his scheme to a successful conclusion and even though it seemed difficult to envisage just how this could be done , he waited for his moment . |
| 17 | In 1095 , Anselm had not yet given up hope of working amicably with the king . |
| 18 | Almost a month after the 1 April changes , many local authorities have not yet set up assessment systems for drug and alcohol misusers and are failing to refer these clients for treatment . |
| 19 | But most of the 49 designated assembly points exist only on maps ; UN officials have so far surveyed only 20 of them and have not yet set up camps suitable for an organised demobilisation . |
| 20 | That bias towards comfort has meant compromises as far as sporting handling is concerned ; so you do n't have to put up with a jittery ride over poorly made up roads . |
| 21 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 22 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 23 | I know that in talking frankly about death I have touched many a raw nerve here , and possibly even stirred up guilt and feelings of unease . |
| 24 | His replacement will probably not take up office until 1 September 193 . |
| 25 | Readers were also still snapping up copies of Thursday 's paper after we rushed out 403,000 extra to meet the overwhelming demand . |
| 26 | Several butterflies , such as the wall ( Lasiommata megera ) and meadow brown ( Maniola jurtina ) , also quickly build up breeding populations . |
| 27 | Perhaps , with its powerful jaws , it also routinely crunched up bones of dead carcasses to get at the marrow , a scavenger-cum-predator like today 's lion or hyaena . |
| 28 | They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded . |
| 29 | Well actually pottery is covered in a thin layer of glass , so that when your pot is dipped into the glazed solution , it 's simply a suspension of silicone in water which ride on the surface , to leave a powder , which is really finely ground up sand , when you put that into the kiln to fire at a higher temperature it mystifies it , it turns into glass , now it 's |
| 30 | School library services are also now increasingly building up software collections , allowing school librarians and teachers to see demonstrations of software . |