Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | West need three points to be sure of promotion , Newcastle keeping up the challenge on Saturday by winning 54–21 at home to Plymouth . |
| 2 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket application programming interface and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
| 3 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket API and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
| 4 | It was largely due to her that Fred had been able to secure the leasehold of the cafe and build up trade by extending the seating arrangement and brightening up the fare on offer . |
| 5 | Do use them for mopping up the blood on the new road . |
| 6 | He said one of their main hopes was to tighten up the law on fire precautions in flats . |
| 7 | SMALL Firms Minister Eric Forth refused to disclose the Government 's view on a plea from small businessmen to tighten up the law on bouncing cheques . |
| 8 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 9 | Soaking up the sun on a sparkling coral beach , it 's hard to imagine how our lush Reef Resort was built in Cairns , North Queensland without a single tree being felled or lifted . |
| 10 | They had built up the industry on cheap labour , and their only answer to the challenge of foreign competition was to attempt to cut back the limited improvements in wages and hours which had been secured during and immediately after the war . |
| 11 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 12 | Use a flat file ( or the flat side of a half-round file ) to clean up the burr on the outside of the pipe so that the pipe will enter the fitting |
| 13 | The Government , however , is likely to press ahead with legislation this autumn which will tighten up the law on secondary action . |
| 14 | Katz also pushed up the bidding on a finely carved and drilled colossal marble bust of Lucius Verus ( lot 84 ) , attributed during the viewing to Carlo Albacini , which sold for £45,000 ( $72,000 , est. £8,000–10,000 ) . |
| 15 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 16 | After a while , he said , ‘ Did you give up the job on the Council , then ? ’ |
| 17 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 18 | Mierle Laderman Ukele proposed an exhibition about maintenance called Care in 1969 : ‘ After the revolution who 's going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 19 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 20 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 21 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 22 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |
| 23 | Several days before these events a ship came up the Ankh on the dawn tide and fetched up , among many others , in the maze of wharves and docks on the Morpork shore . |
| 24 | It looked like somewhere waiting for a film to happen , Jasper thought , like a Western on television where two gunmen will come out of the badlands and hold up the mailtrain on the Santa Fe railroad . |
| 25 | ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand . |
| 26 | Sheldukher considered turning up the voltage on the Cell again . |
| 27 | Turning up the heat on Sun Microsystems Inc and IBM , Hewlett-Packard Co is starting worldwide deliveries of another Snake RISC workstation in June , adding a colour model of the PA-RISC HP 9000/705 to its pit . |
| 28 | BARLASTON chef Mark Williamson is turning up the heat on his marathon training programme . |
| 29 | Colour seeped into the scene like turning up the control on TV . |
| 30 | Constantly turning up the pressure on suppliers to do even better makes doing business with carmakers tough ( see box ) . |