Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and this is compounded by the fact that the executive branch has given up any attempt to control the military-industrial complex . |
| 2 | Teresa Moylan ( Mrs Clements ) has given up full time work because of her children . |
| 3 | Some 75 per cent of Perkins ' UK production is shipped overseas , and the company has picked up four Queen 's Awards for export over the past few years . |
| 4 | As expected ( UX No 422 ) , the Open Software Foundation has picked up new widget technology from Lotus Development Corp , IBM Corp and Digital Equipment Corp to enhance its Motif graphical user interface . |
| 5 | ADVANCED trenching equipment has speeded up this aspect of a project to such an extent , |
| 6 | Since then safety work has pushed up that capacity and when the ( New Zealand ) All Blacks play there in three weeks it will be helped to 21,000 by a temporary stand erected over the Tanner Bank wall on the outfield of the adjacent cricket field , adding 2,300 spectators who need not be counted in the official figure . |
| 7 | On top of that , other money from the fund was left untouched and has built up substantial interest . |
| 8 | ‘ The Institute has built up considerable expertise in the quality control and quality assurance areas both prior to , and since , accreditation by CNAA in September 1989 . |
| 9 | TOM KITE , winner of the Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta , California , with a record-breaking 35-under-par total of 325 for the five-round tournament , has moved up one place to ninth in the latest Sony world rankings . |
| 10 | A beach clean-up along 300 miles of Texas shoreline has turned up 15,600 plastic six-pack rings in 3 hours . |
| 11 | Back in Russia , the find has stirred up royal fever — but not everyone is enjoying it . |
| 12 | But this revival will enchant still more when Sir Charles Mackerras has tidied up stage-pit ensemble , and refined some aspects of the orchestral sound . |
| 13 | Once a particular electron has soaked up enough energy from the X-rays for its release it begins to radiate from the parent atom ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 14 | Indeed , the continued dominance of Oxford , Cambridge and the top public schools severely weakens the claim that educational reform has opened up British society . |
| 15 | Like a growing number of promoters , Geoff knows that keeping the style inside means keeping the ‘ riff-raff ’ — the Ecstasy raconteurs , the ten-a-penny ravers , the baseball caps — out , and to this end he has called up that ghost of clubbing past , the door policy . |
| 16 | Soon the chewed mass has sponged up any moisture left and your dry tongue is clanging against the side of your mouth like the great bell of Notre Dame . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Menter Bro Ddyfi has set up new computer courses at the school , which commence next week . |
| 18 | United Distillers has set up two distribution networks in South East Asia through joint venture companies : one with Moët Hennessy , called Riche Monde , and the other with Moët Hennessy and Inchcape , called Caldbecks . |
| 19 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 20 | To give you an idea of how widespread the problem is the Trading Standards Department in Nottinghamshire er has set up three advice centres to help consumers with information and advice when you have problems like that . |
| 21 | The Delicatessen & Fine Food Association has set up this telephone service to help you track down your nearest supplier of almost any specialist ingredient . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Xhibition has rounded up three keynote speakers : DEC 's vice-president of research Sam Fuller will speak on ‘ Unix and Microsoft Windows NT , Friends or Foes ? ; ’ |
| 23 | But a winter of hard work , tuning and rebuilding the engine , has rounded up more speed and Ian knows he can stay with the very best . |
| 24 | Its decline explains why the wholesale price of mistletoe has gone up this year by as much as £15 a hundredweight at England 's largest market — Tenbury Wells in Herefordshire . |
| 25 | The US Government is also making available grants of $2.8 million for site selection and characterisation , but so far no Native American nation has taken up that offer . |
| 26 | During the war she worked as a translator , and at the time of the action of the novel she has taken up this trade again recently . |
| 27 | Since losing her sight , Philippa Bastable has taken up competitive swimming and has a new career , too |
| 28 | The solo Univel rep and ex-SCO employee has lined up Sydney-based Com Tech Communications as prime distributor and MUA Pty Ltd as associate distributor for UnixWare , matching existing arrangements under which the Santa Cruz Operation Inc has distributed its desktop Unix in Australia . |
| 29 | Data General Ltd in the UK has signed up ICL-owned distributor Technology plc of Warrington , Cheshire as its first ever UK distributor for the AViiON and CLARiiON product lines . |
| 30 | Their second album , ‘ Levelling The Land ’ , released back in 1991 , has clocked up double gold status in the UK and enjoyed healthy sales across Europe . |