Example sentences of "[verb] up [pos pn] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I would hope that between now and polling day those people would make up their mind to actually vote , not out of habit , but for us . |
| 32 | Japan is the only one of the 37 Ramsar signatories not to involve environmental organisations in drawing up its report to the convention . |
| 33 | Yet a third kind are colonies of polyps but ones that have , confusingly , given up their attachment to the sea bottom and sail free like medusae . |
| 34 | For their part , the Muslims had already given up their claim to reunion with Syria as their price for participation in government under the Covenant . |
| 35 | Commenting on Lord Castlehaven 's case , he stated : ‘ Tho in marriage she hath given up her body to her husband , she is not to be by him prostituted to another . ’ |
| 36 | If I was a fish then I needed water and I had given up my right to it . |
| 37 | The COSMOS Consumer Protection Plan covers virtually every aspect of your holiday from the moment you pick up our brochure to the moment you arrive back home ( See pages 12 , 13 ) . |
| 38 | The Cosmos Consumer Protection Plan cover virtually every aspect of your holiday , from the moment you pick up our brochure to the moment you arrive back home , and because we want everyone to know where they stand with us it clearly spells out our obligations to you and your commitments to us when you book a holiday with us from this brochure . |
| 39 | well you know what he did , on Monday morning he was in the garage when he suddenly made up his mind to com to walk across to the paper shop to get a paper and he had n't got er a jacket or any thing on , all he got on was a pull over |
| 40 | Mr Whittaker will wire up your place to one of his alarms . |
| 41 | ANYBODY who pursues competitive sport to Olympic level before building up their business to £90 million turnover might be said to have earned success through hard graft . |
| 42 | ‘ Were a benighted inhabitant of Otaheite to feel the wretchedness of his present life , and lift up his soul to the god he worshipped as a supreme being … no doubt God would hear such a prayer . ’ |
| 43 | Over the next decade , several factors could complicate the metals scene still further , making it even more difficult for governments to weigh up their approach to issues such as stockpiling . |
| 44 | Tuppe craned up his head to the mighty hotel . |
| 45 | Under her left breast , whose pale skin was only just beginning to give up its bloom to death , was a tiny , dark-red blob , no bigger than a sand flea . |
| 46 | However , the WPA was persuaded to give up its seat to the PPP , as did the TUF ; in return the PPP , which as the majority party had the constitutional right to determine the two NCLDO seats , allocated one to itself and the other to the WPA ; the final distribution of Assembly seats was PPP 35 , PNC 27 , WPA 2 , TUF 1 . |
| 47 | In this post-welfare state , travellers are reminded of their duty to give up their seat to old ladies by a designated seat , post offices can not trust the customers to queue so they erect mazes through which one must wind before being served . |
| 48 | Former Spurs and England skipper Gary , 31 , had been prepared to give up his move to Japan . |
| 49 | Because however much we might be reassured by Parliament that Charles 's constitutional position will be unaffected by his separation , most of us believe that the Prince will finally have to give up his right to the throne — just as his Great Uncle did in the Abdication of 1936 . |
| 50 | Dramatic play is an important stage which people need to go through to build up their commitment to the work , but do n't expect learning to take place without teacher intervention . |
| 51 | If you have made too few contributions to qualify for the basic pension , you may be able to use some of your ex-husband 's contribution record to build up your pension to the full amount . |
| 52 | He pulled up his chair to the fire , to enjoy his hot gin-and-water in comfort , and opened the newspaper . |
| 53 | And a flash that shuddered up her spine to the back of her head |
| 54 | but the young father has no intention of giving up his son to them . |
| 55 | So I 'll just say thank you to the management of the Seraglio for allowing this conference to take place in such pleasant surroundings , and to you ladies for giving up your weekend to be here . |
| 56 | . ’ Gibbon had followed up his opposition to the girl by ‘ acts of personal hostility to me ’ . |
| 57 | These give off ethylene gas which reacts with the starch to speed up its conversion to sugar . |
| 58 | Or is he really planning to speed up his reaction to Gorbachev and Eastern Europe ? |
| 59 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 60 | In the meantime , the Hercules of RAF Lyneham have already stepped up their workload to the war zone . |