Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 2 | It was a lovely sight to see all the sleeping hens on their perch and exciting to open up the door in the morning to find they had laid eggs for our breakfast in the three nest boxes on the floor . |
| 3 | Browne knew the Masai well and understood how alien such a proposal was to their consensual system of politics , but nevertheless this was the beginning of a long and unavailing effort by the British to set up the laibon as chief of the Tanganyika Masai , until at last in 1933 the current occupant asked to be relieved of his office . |
| 4 | ‘ No , but I doubt you 'd find too many takers here willing to give up the delights of the West for a Russian dacha . ’ |
| 5 | It would be wrong , in my judgment , to order under subsection ( 2 ) the repayment of the price of shares unless it were known that the investor was willing to give up the shares . |
| 6 | Proposals have been made to replace the outmoded apprenticeship system by a proper training course , but they have foundered because no one is willing to put up the funds . |
| 7 | If there appears to be an improvement in behaviour then you can try delaying the medication , or reducing the amount , but keep an eye on the situation and be prepared to top up the dose if necessary . |
| 8 | PFK TIP : When using the Wurly in warm and/or windy weather , you will have a high rate of water loss through evaporation and spray so be prepared to top up the pond as required . |
| 9 | As always , Greta was prepared to take up the challenge ( ‘ We might put pressure on the War Office at this end ’ ) , but was forestalled by an offer from another direction . |
| 10 | GORDON TAYLOR , the players ' union secretary , yesterday confirmed that he is still prepared to take up the post of chief executive of the Football League -despite a cold-shoulder from the League 's management committee and the reluctance of the Professional Footballers ' Association to release him . |
| 11 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
| 12 | He had wanted Lesley to have an abortion , but because he feels committed to Lesley he is prepared to bring up the baby as if she were his own . |
| 13 | At the moment , Hillsborough chairman David Richards insists they will not let Hirst go , but it seems United are prepared to step up the pressure to test their nerve . |
| 14 | Yet schools are prepared to tie up the time of senior staff , in effect the resource equivalent of at least a full-time head of department post , with the vaguest responsibilities for taking difficult pupils away from classrooms . |
| 15 | If the costs at the home you prefer are greater than the fees payable by the Social Work Department , your placement will be dependent on a third party being willing to make up the difference , ie a relative , a charity or a trust . |
| 16 | It was argued that it would be undesirable to open up the possibility of private prosecution , and that the sensitivity of the area was such that it was imperative that prosecution policy be consistent . |
| 17 | ‘ None of us believed that it was right , sensible , logical or professional to split up the company , ’ says Bill Toner . |
| 18 | As is indicated in the chapter on teaching in role , it 's possible to set up the pre-requisites through carefully chosen opening lines . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've found that in Berlin it 's not polite to pick up the phone and offer a painting . |
| 20 | Unfortunately it is too far south to be properly seen from Britain or the northern United States , but when high up it is truly impressive , and it is easy to conjure up the picture of a scorpion from the long line of bright stars , with the ‘ head ’ and the ‘ sting ’ . |
| 21 | Since documents prepared with either indented or hanging paragraphs tend to be consistently of the one style , it is as easy to set up the format before typing as it is to do it afterwards . |
| 22 | " It 's easy to tear up the letter . |
| 23 | They look set to put up the shutters to defy Owen Coyle , Alan Lawrence and Jimmy Boyle so it threatens to be pretty dour stuff . |
| 24 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 25 | I think it 's far too early to give up the term feminist . |
| 26 | Given that we are attempting to reach the point where the patient no longer benefits from the remedy then it is appropriate to use up the medicine as quickly as possible . |
| 27 | When pouring , it had been impossible to line up the bottles with the glasses , no matter how close she held the neck of a bottle to the rim of a glass . |
| 28 | Of course it 's not easy to keep up the smiles in public , as the couple showed in Seoul yesterday when they arrived for a five-day Korean visit . |
| 29 | On the adverse side , the field has become too small for comfort , and it is not easy to line up the binoculars on the target . |
| 30 | It will not be easy to speed up the system by which mentally disordered people are moved through the courts , prisons , NHS hospitals , Special Hospitals and , eventually , back into the normal community . |