Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1990 opposition parties set up a Democratic Antitotalitarian Forum , in February 1991 a National Convention of the Extra Parliamentary Opposition was set up , and in May 1991 a National Convention for the Establishment of Democracy was created . |
| 2 | But the capacitors on DRAM chips take up a large amount of space ; the ceramic of an FRAM chip is capable of storing data in a much smaller space . |
| 3 | A group of data planes makes up a memory bank . |
| 4 | Sequential processing of data files makes up a large proportion of data processing . |
| 5 | Riot police broke up a demonstration in protest at the government 's response but most teachers returned to work when the schools reopened on March 5 . |
| 6 | • Four Petersfield drummers kept up a ten-hour drum-a-thon and raised £200 . |
| 7 | Interestingly though , whereas physical abuse investigations took up a substantial amount of home visit time , the sexual abuse investigations were heavy on office interview time . |
| 8 | Such data management operations take up a lot of the computer 's operating time ; in a computer based on FRAMs they would be reduced to a minimum . |
| 9 | In a typical drive in March 1990 , Penghu fishermen rounded up a mixed herd of 50 to 60 bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales ( Pseudorca ) , and drove them through the narrow channel into Shakang Harbour . |
| 10 | From their experiences children build up a set of explanations and beliefs which enable them to make sense of what happens around them . |
| 11 | ‘ The Streamline English course has proved that it is one of the best , if not the best , methods on the market today to encourage students with a wide spectrum abilities to build up a fluency and accuracy in spoken and written English . |
| 12 | Impatient of the slow progress made through the ‘ official channels ’ local lawyers and community workers set up a law centre in North Kensington in 1970 . |
| 13 | Each year business managers draw up a budget and suggest a series of financial targets . |
| 14 | It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates . |
| 15 | Group members keep up a complicated running commentary of grunts , squeaks and squeals , often huddle up together , and sometimes sleep in heaps . |
| 16 | On April 30 , however , security forces broke up a rally by supporters of the UDPS , and unofficial reports claimed that two people were killed . |
| 17 | Many visitors to Luanda leave with the image of a dead city , where large glass windows in state-run shops reveal mostly empty shelves , where sewage too often runs through the streets — there 's a cholera epidemic now — where the state has had to hire a private firm which imported Filipino lorry drivers to clean up a decade 's worth of rubbish . |
| 18 | THRILLED SKINNY : ‘ Let There Be Shelving EP ’ ( Hunchback ) top DIY enthusiasts knock up a tasty four track EP with a couple of bits of string and some sticky-back plastic . |
| 19 | Protesters on April 5 disrupted a march organized to show support for the President , and on the following day police broke up a protest in Adzope , 100 km north of Abidjan , shooting dead a student . |
| 20 | That 's why I stuck all the posters here think the back issues loosening up a bit it was getting pretty tight . |
| 21 | The tax burden imposed on workers to pay for welfare services opened up a gap between the cost of labour to the employer ( the wage gross of employers ' and employees ' social security contributions and of income tax ) and what the worker received ( the wage net of all these deductions ) . |
| 22 | Enterprising window dressers dressed up in ski outfits to set up a display of sportswear in this store . |
| 23 | S A U profits go up a bit because you get a credit from er |
| 24 | A group of control intervals makes up a control area . |
| 25 | Dr Paul Hansma and colleagues at the University of California at Santa Barbara have already produced AFM pictures of individual amino acids making up a peptide chain . |
| 26 | Caroline 's comment : Commercial baby foods make up a substantial part of the average baby 's diet and they are very convenient . |
| 27 | Pi was filmed in the restaurant , in Cheltenham 's fashionable Montpelier district , as part of a programme which exposed his gang members beating up a business competitor in Manchester . |
| 28 | In 1967 , Bill and his wife Pam , sold everything including his house and insurance policies to set up a weaving factory in Cheshire which he called Mercia Weavers . |
| 29 | Bad luck on the Liberal Flemish Freedom and Progress Party ( PVV ) and the Francophone Liberal Reform Party ( PRL ) , who got left out and with a handful of other minority parties make up a discordant opposition . |
| 30 | The government forces took up a position near Tranent , ten miles [ 16 km ] east of Edinburgh , just inland from the village of Prestonpans on the Firth of Forth . |