Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SA anti-apartheid groups vow to step up struggle . |
| 2 | Nor should this be an excuse to try to carve up Genesis to fit a theory — about the evolution of religion or anything else . |
| 3 | Does Steven stay to wrap up report he planned to wrap up before lunch or leave it till next day ? |
| 4 | The first days of the war saw the Saltash Territorials ordered to break up camp at Exeter and proceed to Falmouth . |
| 5 | The car began to pick up speed , and Jessamy glanced out of the window . |
| 6 | Scots fail to keep up challenge |
| 7 | They are a side trying to build up confidence at the moment . |
| 8 | The procedure originated to deal with circumstances where parties wish to set up machinery for determining a price without negotiations , often where the obligation to make a payment arises in the future , as with options . |
| 9 | Sales will be direct and via existing third-party distributors , though ICL plans to sign up specialist Unix and office software VARs in all regions . |
| 10 | In addition , the Council agreed to put up cycle/ pedestrian direction signs at suitable locations nearby , so that people , local or not , are aware of the path 's existence . |
| 11 | The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent . |
| 12 | Nakane 's work has a more voluntaristic approach , but even she writes about the assertive techniques that management uses to build up company identification of workers . |
| 13 | Tan accelerators claim to speed up production of melanin — the pigment produced by your skin in the sun — but there 's no evidence that they work . |
| 14 | In the last government scandal — the Muldergate affair in the late 70s — Mr Botha , was forced to fire a judicial inquiry because the judge refused to cover up corruption . |
| 15 | In black this detailing might be inoffensive , but in colour-coordinated white the Carlsson looks as if it would enjoy nothing more than hanging around outside Stringfellows waiting to pick up Page Three girls . |
| 16 | Now he has a training programme for the week-end to try to build up stamina . ’ |
| 17 | His doctor should arrange physiotherapy to teach him and his carers the right exercises to build up strength and co-ordination . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe , with Spain the likely first stop . |
| 21 | UN acts to set up war crimes court |
| 22 | Since the 1980s , community organisations began to set up resource centres to serve and empower marginalised societies . |
| 23 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 24 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 25 | 30–4 " The court met to take up consideration of Archibald Currie 's case . |
| 26 | From one angle , it could be merely resting , yet from another , the crushed corpse seems to sum up man 's relationship with flies perfectly . |
| 27 | Anna started to slice up runner beans . |
| 28 | Similarly , if income were £30 million , aggregate demand would be £34 million and so would exceed the total value of production , inventories would be run down causing firms to attempt to step up production and so increase national income . |
| 29 | A Banking Act ( June 1933 ) , setting up a federal corporation to insure bank deposits , was one of several reforms aimed to tighten up business practices . |
| 30 | " There are outside forces in Russia and China trying to stir up trouble for us here . " |