Example sentences of "clean up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will provide grants for recycling schemes , introduce regulations on the use of packaging materials , and encourage local authorities to clean up litter . |
| 2 | Again , however , is there any reason why rangers or wardens could n't be employed , using subsidy money , to clean up litter and maintain the countryside in good order ? |
| 3 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 4 | £5.2mbid to clean up beach |
| 5 | They could also find themselves having to pay to clean up pollution on sites they have bought . |
| 6 | Obligations to clean up land arise under a number of programmes . |
| 7 | The European Community ( EC ) has agreed on a programme to clean up sewage which pollutes rivers and beaches , poisons fish and renders water unfit to drink . |
| 8 | The technology exists to clean up truck and bus exhaust and JM has access to it through its controlling share of Svenska Emissionsteknik in Sweden . |
| 9 | It also said that it could take up to 15 years to clean up oil pollution along the Saudi Arabian coast . |
| 10 | The anti-green lobby will have to find better reasons for failing to clean up motoring . |
| 11 | This year saw the introduction of new EEC legislation which effectively requires all petrol cars to be fitted with catalysts to clean up exhaust pollution . |
| 12 | Enormous efforts are being made by motor and oil industries around the world to clean up diesel 's act and get it in shape to meet the stringent emission standards coming into force before the start of the 21st century . |
| 13 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 14 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've cleaned up tax fraud , the selling of fakes , helped recover thefts , and supported freedom of expression ’ |
| 16 | Three quarters of the first tranche has been set aside for cleaning up Phuket and Pattaya . |
| 17 | The programme is divided into three phases : in 1992-94 , it will focus on developing substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) ; in 1995-97 , it will concentrate on cleaning up sewage and industrial waste water , and cleaning up sulphur emissions from power stations ; in the final phase , 1998-2001 , waste incineration and cutbacks on carbon dioxide emissions have priority . |
| 18 | Töpfer also announced that DM13 billion would be made available for cleaning up uranium mines , and DM45 billion to shield buildings from ( naturally-occuring ) radon gas . |
| 19 | Wombles are fictitious animals from a TV series noted for their cleanliness , and for cleaning up litter and putting it to good use . |
| 20 | Yet , it was an argument over how to pay for cleaning up pollution which in May 1989 collapsed the Christian Democrat-Liberal coalition . |
| 21 | Sometimes eggs are being laid but disappearing , and often it 's the catfish which is cleaning up cichlid eggs as well as leftovers during the night . |
| 22 | As environmental standards rise , especially for water quality , people worry more about cleaning up land that has been contaminated by past dumping . |
| 23 | ‘ As a result we are able to fund three new rolling programmes in Northumberland , Sunderland and Durham , which show the region 's long term commitment to cleaning up land for redevelopment . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Lieberman makes many valid points , but his remarks about ‘ cleaning up rugby 's image ’ are surely misguided . |
| 25 | But on the money side , er the significant sums already committed in areas like er , er cleaning up water , what is it — twenty four thousand million in the next ten years ? |
| 26 | Cleaning up contamination is wonderfully labour-intensive : some old military sites being cleaned up by the Department of Energy now employ twice as many people as they did at their peak of production . |
| 27 | The programme is divided into three phases : in 1992-94 , it will focus on developing substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) ; in 1995-97 , it will concentrate on cleaning up sewage and industrial waste water , and cleaning up sulphur emissions from power stations ; in the final phase , 1998-2001 , waste incineration and cutbacks on carbon dioxide emissions have priority . |
| 28 | A report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature from Earth Resources Research points to a lack of progress in cleaning up nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy lorries as the weak spot in the programme . |
| 29 | A vast , smoke-blackened furnace ; 100 people to do the work ; massive investment — the company spent £2m last year on cleaning up smoke emissions . |
| 30 | Europe 's current approach to cleaning up acid emissions by cutting permitted levels equally in all countries has been criticised by David Newbery , Professor of Applied Economics at Cambridge University . |