Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 2 | first world war , sort of , really , opened up education to women and , and really more than anything . |
| 3 | ( Perhaps there are analogies here with occupations which open up membership to women and subsequently decline in status and pay . ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 6 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 7 | But , whatever type of regime is decided upon , locking up 12- to 15-year-olds on the scale likely to result from the Government 's present proposals is an excessive reaction . |