Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 're much easier to pick up that way . |
| 2 | Er , and this came up several years ago , when this council went into conversation with the Goddard Estate , and the Goddard Estate wishing to dispose of our assets . |
| 3 | The Executive Committee shall be free to set up such committees as it may think fit and decide their terms of reference ; and have power to fill in any casual vacancies among the Honorary Officers , any officers so appointed serving until the next Annual General Meeting at which elections are due to take place . |
| 4 | Gilford , a 27-year-old from Crewe , is so keen to make the European team that he would even be prepared to give up any invitation he might receive to compete in the US Open this year . |
| 5 | ‘ Space is always available at airports for commercial operations such as shops and bars , but the authorities are not prepared to give up some space for security . ’ |
| 6 | Linked to video materials , this opens up all kinds of possibilities for learning by individuals or small groups . |
| 7 | Now this will affect a vast area of atmosphere , because the air moving over that sea surface tends to take up the characteristics and if the temperature 's higher on the sea surface than normal , the air becomes warmer than normal , and this sets up all sorts of reactions , it will probably produce a lot more clouds , for instance , and erm this in turn will cut off the sun 's rays from that area of atmosphere , and this will have an effect on the whole erm heat engine of the atmosphere as we know it so erm we 're now studying how far afield this is affecting the weather . |
| 8 | I would also be prepared to take up some responsibility in the popular government , It will be a less oppressed life , more tranquil , although perhaps at home there will only be me because my husband and my two sons have been murdered by the army and the others have gone to fight . |
| 9 | Clicking this brings up another dialog box , where you can set which directories should be chosen , and specify the details that should select the file or files . |
| 10 | It might be possible to pick up more people . |
| 11 | Africa exports only 35 , of which 10 make up some 70% . |
| 12 | Finally , over the devastated battlefield and the approach roads — the latter rendered quite chaotic by the even more viscous mud of the Woevre , and clogged with the moving gun-teams — it was impossible to bring up enough ammunition to sustain anything like the rate of fire of the first four days . |
| 13 | The tell-tale signs of erosion here inside the cylinder head , plus obvious coking up all evidence of damage caused by unleaded petrol , used by unsuitable cars . |
| 14 | There are two obvious reasons why it may be hard to set up this market . |
| 15 | Organisers — expecting 70,000 to turn up this weekend at Tatton Park in Cheshire — have offered ticket-holders their money back . |
| 16 | I was supposed to get up this morning at half six to fe , make sure you got out the bath properly . |
| 17 | The interview need not be long but Sheila will have discovered that there are people who will listen and she is now more likely to take up any referral she is given for more long term counselling . |
| 18 | 5.17.2 to give up all keys of the Premises to the Landlord and |
| 19 | Why get all steamed up this winter ? |
| 20 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |
| 21 | How can you possibly drive when you 're all wound up that way ? ’ |
| 22 | and of course it was all squashed up either side , we have to wait until it 's dry now . |
| 23 | If a fundamental change in action proves impossible , it should at least be feasible to build up that part of the physique at greatest risk . |
| 24 | Via full or part-time employment in the NHS , but without completing a re-entry course prior to take up such employment . |
| 25 | Ceauşescu was not able to whip up any evidence of genuine enthusiasm for his destruction of churches . |
| 26 | Young maintained contact with his previous management consultancy clients who were already half-way convinced of headhunting , but he was prepared for much knocking on familiar and unfamiliar doors and cold-calling to drum up more business in a practical way . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll be able to pick up some ideas . ’ |
| 28 | Myrdal was able to pick up this anxiety from unstructured conversations he held with individual Americans . |
| 29 | Impoverished governments , however , are often happy to pick up any funds available , regardless of their impact on the environment . |
| 30 | When you have learnt these techniques , your reward will be the sheer delight of being able to set up any performance , no matter how heavy the workload ; with the minimum of trial and error , whilst simultaneously maintaining accurate navigation and approach procedures . |