Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1992 the European Community will become a single market , opening up opportunities to manufacturing companies throughout Europe . |
| 2 | The shares moved up 2p to 132p yesterday . |
| 3 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 4 | Where there are gaps in matching up goals to resources , what can you do about it ? |
| 5 | UB 's shares only nudged up 3p to 352p . |
| 6 | How dare he whip up strangers to hostility because I did n't wear clothes clearly indicating my sex — what was it to them whether I was a woman or a man ? |
| 7 | Hugh Geach , head of programme support services at Television South , explains : ‘ Everything the Government has done has been designed to open up television to market forces , to encourage new channels and competition for advertising . |
| 8 | Only slightly less controversially , Orton also made up letters to newspaper agony aunts — ‘ What can I do because my boyfriend wo n't kiss me ? ’ |
| 9 | first world war , sort of , really , opened up education to women and , and really more than anything . |
| 10 | Evidently , the stock market believes that matters will not rest there and Pearl 's share price raced up 87p to 639p . |
| 11 | Open up plea to sex clinics |
| 12 | ( Perhaps there are analogies here with occupations which open up membership to women and subsequently decline in status and pay . ) |
| 13 | Plant and machinery : Leasing was hauled up 12% to £3bn |
| 14 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 15 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 16 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 17 | A 46% rise for BAA 's profits to £220m is forecast with the dividend likely to go up 13% to 6.5p . |
| 18 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 19 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 20 | The super smooth 2.5-litre intercooled turbo-diesel , quite the best of the bunch , is pepped up 4bhp to 98bhp ; the 3-litre V-6 petrol has been breathed on to the tune of an extra 8bhp , at 147bhp . |
| 21 | Despite the vote in favour of more free-market reform in the referendum , Mr Chernomyrdin continues to say things like , ‘ If we do n't set up barriers to technology purchases from abroad , we will never survive . ’ |
| 22 | Here we are , dyke and dybbuk , penned up knee to knee with a gallery of blood relations . |
| 23 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 24 | For the year ending Mar 31 , 1991 , we have made mainly useful progress with the herd average moving up 770kg to 7320kg a cow of standard milk ( ie corrected to 3.8% butterfat and 3.2% protein ) or 7400kg at 3.89BF and 3.03 protein uncorrected . |
| 25 | But the shares yesterday were marked up 10p to 136p after Mr Dwyer said he was hopeful 1993 would prove to be ‘ a springboard for recovery ’ . |
| 26 | Although M&S may still come in second , the City believes it is set for strong future growth and the shares were marked up 6p to 355p . |
| 27 | They worked up petitions to parliament while engaging in some correspondence with each other . |
| 28 | In late March the US Senate had introduced an amendment barring arms sales to countries which had failed to keep up contributions to US Gulf war costs . |
| 29 | City : Chairman 's pay up 93pc to £1.8m at Beecham |
| 30 | ‘ Go up West to Mickey 's and tell him what's.happened . |