Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 2 | … how much soever Arbitrary Power may be dislik 'd on a Throne , Not Milton himself wou 'd cry up Liberty to poor Female Slaves , or plead for the Lawfulness of Resisting a Private Tyranny . |
| 3 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 4 | There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields . |
| 5 | We will start in our first parliamentary session with a Freedom of Information Act which will open up government to the people . |
| 6 | 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 . |