Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is past the menopause and she and Abraham have long since given up sexual intercourse . |
| 2 | Fashions in dress and diet , ceremonies and customs , art and architecture , engineering and technology , all evolve in historical time in a way that looks like highly speeded up genetic evolution , but has really nothing to do with genetic evolution . |
| 3 | The three have only taken up American pool , which uses larger pockets and larger balls than the British version , a matter of eight months ago . |
| 4 | These two changes — instrumentation and electronic treatment — suggest two points immediately : that this is music created in a recording studio using quite complex equipment and recording techniques ( the Beatles had in fact just given up live performance ) ; and that it is music for listening rather than dancing . |
| 5 | Short hypotheses looked more promising than long ones simply because more of their score was an estimate ; they had not picked up actual shortfall . |
| 6 | Unit has already built up valuable experience in engineering by setting up its own production line for the pallets business with in-house expertise . |
| 7 | Since the height of the crisis in the early 1980s , living standards have risen again but many of those living on the margins have not made up lost ground . |
| 8 | The Heritage Run ‘ 92 , which has already signed up top marathoner Steve Brace , will start and finish in the Park . |
| 9 | Very dodgy position , but your the one that 's just taken up full time post |
| 10 | Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses . |
| 11 | Here 's here 's an example of a bit of erm I think slightly cleaned up therapeutic conversation . |
| 12 | Li said the Qinshan nuclear plant , opened last year , and the Daya Bay plant , due to open this year , have both set up complete waste disposal systems . |
| 13 | Ray has also set up High Rise Aquatics to market plants and accessories . |
| 14 | Some councils have also set up local enterprise boards ( many of which are now organized on a regional basis ) which operate at an arms-length from the councils and are separate legal entities with a commitment to working with financial and commercial agencies to encourage local investment . |
| 15 | The new boys at this level , London Irish and Rugby , both put up fierce debut challenges before narrowly losing to Bath and Gloucester respectively . |
| 16 | Dr Neil was not in any way surprised at McAllister 's reaction to his lovemaking ; he expected such modesty from a well brought up young girl , and her arms around his neck , her timid responses , fluttering though they were , told him that she felt for him what he felt for her , and further inflamed his own passion , while warning him to go gently . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , ‘ oh , Havvie , yes , ’ and if , when he kissed her , with the perfect decorum with which a well brought up young peer should treat a single girl — even one who had promised to be his wife — she did not feel quite the surge of passion which she had expected , she put that down to her inexperience , and his tentative handling of her , which would change with time , she knew . |
| 18 | This left the Danzig Nazis in an awkward situation since they had specifically whipped up anti-Polish feeling as part of their election campaign . |