Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an approach 's insistence on dealing with non-traditional , non-objective methods points up the ambiguities which characterize psychological methods , in a persistent and useful way . |
| 2 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 3 | Vivian de Sola Pinto sums up the qualities required of this kind of professional scholar as a capacity for " exact scholarship " , an extensive " knowledge " of language and literature , and — if possible — " the most perfect taste and tact " . |
| 4 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 5 | Because of the disposition and the shape of Walter 's continuous check in relation to the wrestplank , the treble end of the check would not pass under the wrestplank as the action slides up the ramps at the back if the ends of the check batten were rigidly fixed to the action frame . |
| 6 | The sun stirs up the winds ; the winds suck up the swells ; the swells pump out waves that trip up against the jutting kerbs of the land . |
| 7 | When an engineer calls up the plans for a jet engine , the information in the definition of that object allows the system — automatically and efficiently — to retrieve the plans for all its sub-components . |
| 8 | New chairman takes up the reins |
| 9 | Maria ties up the contents in parcels , and ( I believe ) exposes them on the hillside like unwanted infants . |
| 10 | Lucker holds up the keys . |
| 11 | On command , a wave of tube inflation rises up the tights from ankle to thigh , squeezing the vein-blood in front of it . |
| 12 | If the person picks up the keys , then he or she can become the next sleeping beauty . |
| 13 | The hypnotic induction procedure sets up the circumstances that encourage the subject to enter this ‘ trance ’ state . |
| 14 | They then see how far the water comes up the dolls ' legs . |
| 15 | it 's , it 's the shock comes up the legs , if it does n't break the ankles or feet or these it can break the bottom of the bone , a piece here , or it can travel up and break the base of the skull . |
| 16 | Sea-bed geology goes up the mountains |
| 17 | The pupil builds up the words he wants in a stand , and can test out his ideas without having to commit them to paper yet . |
| 18 | Above top : Geoff Yeadon counts up the empties . |
| 19 | When a different set of people takes up the questions , this becomes obvious . |
| 20 | God draws up the terms . |
| 21 | IAN OSBORNE rounds up the previews , and lassos a brand new Dizzy game , a couple of sporting efforts courtesy of Zeppelin and an antiquated arcade adventure from Atlantis . |
| 22 | Reacting with a positive touch Peter Jones weighs up the prospects for the Lib Dems , who meet in Dunoon this weekend |
| 23 | Fielding picks up the cheques , too . |
| 24 | Fielding picks up the checks . |
| 25 | Beachcombing soaks up the hours , punctuated with crisp swims during which my scarf unknots itself from my breasts and drifts out to sea like a directionless jelly fish . |
| 26 | PHILIP ROBINSON 'S illustration points up the differences . |
| 27 | Cradle swings for younger children would be made of rubberised material and those for older children would have hand grips up the ropes . |
| 28 | Hong Kong Special Report : After the traumas , the colony picks up the pieces |
| 29 | Tim Russon weighs up the odds in Friday Feature |
| 30 | The low intensity of these rural idylls shows up the problems created by the failure of the commercially-minded companies to generate anything other than fusty , studio-bound melodramas , as unsuccessful in their way as the airy , de-sensationalized productions of their more creative competitors . |