Example sentences of "[pers pn] speed up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I speeded up the walking a little to get away from there . |
| 2 | No matter how much you speed up the entry into London at some point in time you are going to have to create a jam . |
| 3 | A victory for the pragmatists may help them to speed up the reforms . |
| 4 | Later , when modern machinery enabled them to speed up the process , the realisation came that twenty-five acres was probably more than enough to cope with , what with the borders , lawns and terraces into the bargain . |
| 5 | They speeded up the spread of electricity until all homes were connected . |
| 6 | They speed up the rates of interconversions of compounds that would otherwise proceed too slowly to be useful . |
| 7 | As enzymes they speed up the chemical reactions of life . |
| 8 | They speed up the circulation of material goods through advertising , which reduces the time between production and consumption . |
| 9 | At the instant of applying the excess rudder , it speeds up the outer wing-tip , creating more lift there , and gives the inner wing ‘ sweep back ’ in relation to the airflow , thus increasing the tendency to tip stall on that wing while reducing it on the other . |
| 10 | It speeds up the game and takes controversy away ’ . |
| 11 | His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices . |