Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are unique among the deer family in that both the males and females have antlers which are eaten when shed to build up the reindeer 's calcium stocks . |
| 2 | The hijackers , who had threatened to blow up the aircraft , surrendered to Thai authorities in the early hours of Oct. 7 ; none of the 79 passengers or four crew was injured . |
| 3 | I began to reckon up the people whom I knew to be prisoners . |
| 4 | The detailed studies are useful in helping to build up the data necessary for a wider picture , but a full explanation requires a broader view . |
| 5 | The Commission aims to open up the £60billion telecoms industry as part of the 1992 single European market . |
| 6 | No matter what we did we caught carp but still we found that 17lb was about the ceiling and with the bait situation looking very low and the prospect of the homeward journey the following morning we both decided to pack up the carp rods and fish all out for the cats . |
| 7 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 8 | The full extent of the pollution was , however , less than had initially been feared , with gale force winds helping to break up the 40km long slick . |
| 9 | The sales conference , held just before the all-important Christmas run-up began , was meant to psych up the sales force for the new line . |
| 10 | There 's no real reason why you , say , should n't start to build up the data on that . |
| 11 | Almost all of the remaining capital required to make up the £1551 millions invested came from borrowing . |
| 12 | Finland also attempted to shore up the markka with the appointment of a new woman central bank governor , Sirkka Haemaelaeinen , described by one banker as a ‘ market orientated tough egg ’ . |