Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] up [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 3 | The Department of Transport is unmoved , insisting that the cafe 's must shut up shop by july the 22nd . |
| 4 | The Department of Transport is unmoved , insisting that the cafe 's must shut up shop by July the 22nd . |
| 5 | What little the authors can say , however , should stir up debate in the palaeoanthropological world . |
| 6 | From his home in Worcester , Phil Ride says he 'll keep up pressure on the British Government to work for his brother 's release . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll take up golf in my old age . ’ |
| 8 | I think I 'll go up town in a minute I think . |
| 9 | But if all goes well , James might end up King of Jerusalem again . |
| 10 | Worth a thought when you 're contemplating which computer you 'll cough up cash for . |
| 11 | Hong Kong Land 's low gearing , and chairman Simon Keswick 's suggestion that he could snap up property at depressed prices , triggered hopes the company was interested in Canary Wharf . |
| 12 | That will make East Germans feel even more imprisoned and could heat up resentment against the government to explosion point . |
| 13 | Never has an apostrophe , it 's only on a noun that you 're going to do it , so , you could pick up sort of , just little , clues there as to , how to remember what you 're doing . |
| 14 | … 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 . |
| 15 | Muslims may step up action on Rushdie Joanna Coles finds Islamic community still raging at The Satanic Verses . |
| 16 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 17 | In addition , it seems likely that some , at least , of those who choose to opt out of the state or their employer 's scheme may end up dependant on state benefits at a later date , as the benefits from the money purchase schemes are unpredictable for both employee and dependants . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 20 | We shall take up residence in autumn , not later , for I am to have another child close to Christmas , I believe . |
| 21 | Palace courtiers often aligned themselves with one or other marriage partner and that would stir up trouble between them . |
| 22 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 23 | We will build up pride in individual schools on the back of the influence of parents in what those schools are doing . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Heat from the projector will dry up ink in the pens more quickly than with preparation on the film beforehand . |
| 26 | The approved scheme will give up control of our only major asset — 66 Portland Place . |
| 27 | This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting . |
| 28 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
| 29 | DSR will set up manufacturing at its facility in San Diego where it integrates AT&T 3B2s and hangs PCs off them . |
| 30 | ‘ Today , ’ the colonel continued , ‘ we march towards Ypres where we will set up camp before beginning a new and I believe final assault on the German front . |