Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEGAL peers renewed their attack on the Government 's plans to shake up the legal profession yesterday , when the Courts and Legal Services Bill had its second reading in the Lords . |
| 2 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 3 | Thus David Reynolds and Christopher Thorne have resorted to such phrases as " competitive co-operation " or " allies of a kind " in their attempts to sum up the famous wartime partnership . |
| 4 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 5 | Projections suggest that FUNCINPEC will have 57 seats in Cambodia 's constituent assembly , against the CPP 's 52 , with minor parties picking up the remaining 11 seats . |
| 6 | You can feel the G-force by just watching the cars roar up the famous Prescott Hill . |
| 7 | Occasional regattas liven up the local sailing . |
| 8 | When I opened a High Interest Business Account ( in addition to the Club 's Current Account ) in September 1990 I was assured that funds to top up the current account would be transferred automatically from the business account whenever the former 's balance fell below £50 . |
| 9 | In fact development of Housing Action Trusts to deal with particularly run-down estates and Scottish Homes to break up the public sector suggests an alternative vision , based on state-sponsored restructuring and renewal from above , rather than individual choice . |
| 10 | Twelve of the 30 units making up the new HND in Social Care . |
| 11 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano ( b. 1952 ) has in some respects come up the hard way ; passing the 40-year mark last year , he 's nevertheless a craftsman often overlooked in the public eye in favour of younger more ‘ marketable ’ musicians . |
| 12 | On Feb. 12 a Soviet Foreign Ministry official confirmed that members of the Warsaw Treaty organization had " concluded that the time has come to take steps to wind up the military structure of the organization " and that the final decision would be taken at ministerial , and not summit , level . |
| 13 | Some mobile phone retailers are now supplying the once popular car phone free , bar an installation charge , and rely on bill-related bonuses to make up the entire profit . |
| 14 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 15 | She moved when he came in , her shoulders sliding up the curved enamel , her breasts breaking the surface . |
| 16 | Grant 's eyes swept up the massive three storied building to the roof . |
| 17 | Kate 's quick ears picked up the remembered bitterness . |
| 18 | Then his ears picked up the soft pattering of multiple animal feet , and the sound of undergrowth being brushed lightly aside by swiftly moving bodies . |
| 19 | Many of these will be unleashed in Britain by Lynmart , a company headed by Mr Raggett , who worked closely with the Russians to set up the British Astronaut Project , JUNO . |
| 20 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 21 | With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic . |
| 22 | This is , however , a revealing case study in that disagreements show up the different modes of explanation clearly . |
| 23 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |
| 24 | Neither did he hear Zach repeatedly calling him from outside or the sound of his footsteps running up the tiny pathway to the back door . |
| 25 | Presently his feet took up the restless pacing that had become the rhythm of his curious existence behind the locked attic door . |
| 26 | The same is true of the individual countries making up the European Community . |
| 27 | The failure of ecological aspects of small mammal faunas to predict predator species leads to the consideration of modifications to the bones making up the faunal assemblage . |
| 28 | Hazel dug once more , his fore-paws throwing up the soft , wet soil and slipping against the hard sides of the peg . |
| 29 | Photographers arrive at improbably early hours to capture the effect of the soft morning light , film crews struggle up the narrow village street with quantities of paraphernalia , Americans lean over the fence with their cameras and tell their friends to visit too . |
| 30 | Three classes make up the primary department , while there are two in the secondary department . |