Example sentences of "[vb pp] speed up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent initiatives , such as the creation of Urban Development Corporations , have sought to speed up decision making and involve people with business experience . |
| 2 | They also heard that the gantry was new , built to speed up painting work on the bridge . |
| 3 | A narrow boat and butty took over three-quarters of an hour to negotiate the locks , however , and an inclined plane was eventually built to speed up traffic by lifting boats in movable docks . |
| 4 | In practice a somewhat smaller interval can be used to speed up calculations . |
| 5 | In the case of spoken words , context is used to speed up recognition by reducing the number of possible candidates in the cohort . |
| 6 | For example , in 1987 , a Public Accounts Committee report ( 1986–7c , paras 20 , 44 ) claimed that ‘ a major effort ’ was needed to speed up implementation of the FMI . |
| 7 | More trains are promised between Saltburn , Redcar , Middlesbrough and Darlington although the number of calls at South Bank will be reduced to speed up journeys . |
| 8 | The convention 's eighth protocol , which was opened for signature in March 1985 and was intended to speed up procedures before the Commission of Human Rights and the Court of Human Rights ( see p. 33881 ) , came into force on Jan. 1 , 1990 . |