Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 2 | The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land . |
| 3 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 4 | Police and Scottish National Farmers Union officials in Dumfries and Galloway are urging farmers to set up farm watch schemes in an attempt to combat the attacks . |
| 5 | Responses have to be shared , first , in the relative safety of small numbers in order to enable participants to build up confidence in coping with the frequently painful nature of talk about disruption . |
| 6 | Henry III originated the practice of forcing landowners to take up knighthood , in order apparently to recruit cavalrymen for an overseas campaign . |
| 7 | ‘ The fabrics are from top manufacturers such as Osborne & Little , but we can use others to make up sample boards for our customers if we prefer . ’ |
| 8 | What we 're actually doing in terms of the product is we 're actually widening the franchise erm I do n't like to use words going up market that suggests that we 're leaving our core customers behind , we will we will add any product that is complimentary to our core kitchens but er we 'll still be the main stance of the product in these two stores for instance , we 're going to introduce a house wear department it is something that we 've been experimenting with before we 're going to erm use the opportunity to widen the franchise on appliances we 're going to erm use the an experiment on erm floorings to match work tops , those kind of developments just to test to see whether the customer reaction is as good as we hoped it would be so that we can then introduce it in the main chain |
| 9 | Her view that we should encourage schools to take up tennis is one that is very much at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 10 | In this novel , the genteel young heroine from the south of England , Margaret , is compelled by her father 's reduced circumstances to take up residence in a city called Milton , closely based on Manchester , and comes into social contact with a local mill-owner called Thornton . |
| 11 | Unlike the trainees , established dealers pick up market gossip with a lightning instinct . |
| 12 | To save money it is moving out of London to Newport in South Wales and has been running roadshows to drum up business from industry . |
| 13 | He said the company had not called on shareholders for funds since 1985 and had spent recent years chasing funds to build up income producing assets . |
| 14 | ROGER Rance , owner of a turf supplier in Hemel Hempstead , has resorted to shock tactics to drum up business with the slogan Sod It heading his local newspaper advertisements . |
| 15 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 16 | In Strasbourg , thousands of protesting farmers ripped up paving slabs , trees and street signs to hurl at riot police who responded with teargas . |
| 17 | It should be noted , though , that the government is making efforts to push up council house rents . |
| 18 | Drives to convince women to take up family planning use the mass media to the full . |
| 19 | Should both the Clacton and Harwich travel-to-work areas receive assisted area status firms can be given grants to set up shop in the area . |
| 20 | CHRYSLER , America 's third largest car maker , and Mitsubishi of Japan are discussing plans to set up vehicle manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 21 | It would , however , have been interesting to see what relationships might have been revealed had WIRS picked up information on casual workers , since casual working ( albeit involving direct employment ) is also a considerably less regulated form of temporary working and gives an employer considerable disposition over his labour inputs . |
| 22 | Discretion is the better part of valour , or forewarned is forearmed : Associated Press , writing up IBM Corp 's layoffs in New York State , says ‘ Company officials said there was no violence or threats at the plants , although a Kingston sporting goods store that sells guns closed up shop Tuesday morning . ’ |
| 23 | I thought you 'd be amused , me telling lies to bolster up morale . |
| 24 | MOVES are being made to plant trees on a grass verge in an effort to stop gipsies setting up camp . |
| 25 | Draughting machines build up information about components in the computer memory . |