Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tadpoles normally feed on plankton and decaying plant material suspended in the water and shoals may effectively stir up the debris at the bottom of the pond , thus adding to the food supply . |
| 2 | One must not open up the possibility for either partner in a marriage or a relationship to murder their partner , not as a result of a sudden , temporary loss of control , but as a result of a careful , well thought out and premeditated plan . |
| 3 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 4 | They had decided that they should not walk up the staircase to the throne room but find another route to approach their captors . |
| 5 | The student must also write up the medical history and examination findings and discuss the psychosocial , ethical , legal , and nursing considerations of the patient 's case . |
| 6 | Thus , all borrowers must carefully weigh up the benefits and potential costs of using foreign currency loans , as opposed to domestic currency loans , to finance trade , investment and public expenditure . |
| 7 | Pollitt reported in January 1936 : The Central Committee believe that whilst everything possible should be done to support and strengthen the NUWM we must now open up the wider perspective of one united unemployed organisation identified with , and part of , the Trades Councils and the Trade Union Congress . |
| 8 | This would , he thought , assist in deterrence because ‘ in crude , vulgar minds , the seductive picture of a particularly advantageous crime should immediately call up the associated idea of punishment ’ ( Beccaria , 1963 : 57 ) . |
| 9 | If the issuer is not incorporated in any of the member states where the securities are to be listed , the issuer must decide which of those member states is to have responsibility for approving the listing particulars ; it must then draw up the listing particulars in accordance with the laws of that member state . |
| 10 | The federal Treasurer Paul Keating suggested that the state should either offer up the SBSA for sale , or sell off some of its other assets to cover the losses , rather than raise taxes in order to keep control of the bank . |
| 11 | Yes , let's not open up the debate about chairmanship of meetings er , got a couple more people |
| 12 | She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi . |
| 13 | ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I 'll just pick up the phone and , how 'll I begin ? |
| 15 | But if you are charged a few pounds , you 'll soon make up the difference once you 're filling up with cheaper , lead-free petrol . |
| 16 | He would see it through , he would find the Way Out , And he might not even stop at simply escaping ; he might just smash up the whole foul contraption of their testing and imprisonment apparatus — this " life " — while he was about It . |
| 17 | It might also stoke up the SNP vote in seats such as Perth and Kinross where Sir Nicholas Fairbairn was threatened by the Nationalists who lay a close second . |
| 18 | So , I 'll now lift up the the curtain and look out into the street and see if there is any sign of them . |
| 19 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 20 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 21 | If judges consistently award damages for a particular type of injury at the top of the range , then that type of injury may gradually move up the scale of relative seriousness . |
| 22 | If there was anything like a Foreign Legion story , or something like Hitchcock 's Lifeboat , when the characters had to ration out the water , you 'd slowly turn up the heat . |
| 23 | A friend in the office of collector of supply could greatly speed up the processing of the claims of allies , while at the same time delaying the completion of the titles of opponents . |
| 24 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 25 | I 'd already set up the perch , so I put Dawn on it as I spoke . |
| 26 | Top-up arrangements are not permitted as part of a tender offer ( SAR 4.1(c) ) so the buyer could not make up the difference to shareholders who have already sold if a full bid on improved terms is made subsequently . |
| 27 | For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission . |
| 28 | If the plaintiff was in possession at the time of the conversion , the defendant could not set up the jus tertii , unless he was acting under the authority of the true owner . |
| 29 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 30 | Sadly , it was inevitable that we could not keep up the pace against Twitchit Albion , especially with so many of our squad approaching the twilight of their careers . |