Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of those sums of course has to be taken into account in any of the mathematics which now have to be done to total up the awards which I would make . |
| 2 | In fury , Richmann threw Carrefour aside , and snatched up the gun which had skittered across the floor . |
| 3 | Julia Swift , author of 12 Steps To Beautiful Breasts ( Thorsons ) , replied : ‘ Breasts are just fatty tissue , but toning up the muscles which lie underneath and around does improve a profile . |
| 4 | Absent-mindedly , Jackie licked his own fingers and ran them round the plate by the bed , picking up the crumbs which he transferred to his tongue . |
| 5 | She picked up a brass poker and stirred up the fire which already burnt brightly in the grate . |
| 6 | A project to clean up the Ganges which had started in 1985 had so far cost US$115 million and was due to be completed by the end of 1991 . |
| 7 | In some bureaux , the workers themselves have the task of writing up the JPR which must be signed as accurate by the worker and the bureau manager . |
| 8 | Subtle shades of beige from the Crown Expressions range have been ragged to cleverly break up the colour which is picked up in the marble fireplace , pale loose cotton covers and unbleached cotton curtains . |
| 9 | Loss of skin tone or turgor — gently pinch up the skin which will normally snap straight back into place . |
| 10 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 11 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 12 | Mr. Browne referred to the trend in the developed world to make the polluter pay , but Mr. Malone stressed that the west could not deny developing countries who could n't afford the cost of cleaning up the growth which they had enjoyed . |
| 13 | He told the boy , she says , to go back to Wales and save up the money which would allow him to come to London with a certain degree of security . |
| 14 | The Castle can be approached either via a narrow path leading up the mountainside which approaches the gates directly , or by a safer and wider path which leads up to the mountain peak and a pair of half-derelict mountain gates . |
| 15 | A brisk walk will help use up the adrenaline which creates the physical manifestations of nervousness . |
| 16 | In the autumn they established a Women 's International League based on a joint platform of women 's rights and pacifism : ‘ only free women can build up the peace which is to be . ’ |
| 17 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 20 | This builds up the muscles which locate the knee joint , helping to stop it moving above and grinding up bits of cartilage . |
| 21 | Anyway , what I really want to talk about is engineering for our future in a way because I mean most of you er , listen to the doom and gloom and all the ni , all the er kind of statistics we 've seen that come out of the Engineering Prize Federation , the C B I , I wish somebody , for a change , would put a little bit of gloss on it instead of actually bringing up the statistics which show how badly we 're doing ! |
| 22 | For example in studying the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381 the analysis of the causes is further refined by their division into long-term causes and short-term causes : To encourage the analysis of evidence pupils must be asked to weigh up the sources which may contradict one another . |
| 23 | It 's impossible to generalise and it 's up to each farmer to weigh up the options which suit him best . |
| 24 | We had to weigh up the bid which the managers put forward against outside bids and they 're never in exactly the same terms . |
| 25 | Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees . |
| 26 | If you are holding it too tightly it will draw up the knitting which will become very tight and solid . |
| 27 | Now she is able to eat again , although naturally only very little and often but already she is feeling stronger and is doing exercises to build up the muscles which had become so weak . |
| 28 | I got to my feet , pulled up the trousers which shackled my ankles , and tried again . |
| 29 | The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had set up the case which had , it seemed then , consigned Jagger and Richard to jail , but outrage at the sentences had touched liberal consciences , and galvanized youth inhabiting that grey area between music and social protest . |
| 30 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |