Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 2 | In testing , a large number of sections or items which together make up the complete test . |
| 3 | Under the 1961 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as are the 49-member Senate and 196-member Chamber of Deputies which together make up the National Congress . |
| 4 | Hence the simplest approach to the study of social policy is to describe the policies and institutions that together make up the British system of social services . |
| 5 | Individualists who concede too much give up the very explanations which , from their perspective , make the phenomena intelligible . |
| 6 | Young children will pass through a stage when they will believe that row A in the illustration below has the same number as row B because they ‘ look the same ’ ; they apparently take up the same space . |
| 7 | The special tube shapes for the rocket are achieved by baking cake mixture in empty food cans just make up the required raw cake quantity as shown in the chart on page 12 . |
| 8 | I get on with it most of the afternoon , and I 've still got a stack of unopened buff envelopes in my hand as I head doggedly back up the little twisting staircase and sit down on my hard box seat to get on with it again up here , a task which now looks likely to keep me here after everyone else has gone home . |
| 9 | On reaching the face drop down to the toe of the rocks then climb steeply back up the other side until North West Gully is reached ( 15 minutes ) . |
| 10 | Just match up the famous daughters ( right ) with their equally famous mothers on the entry form , by putting a letter in each box . |
| 11 | Just cover up the hundred ohms , let's take it out of the circuit . |
| 12 | The interlopers soon give up the unequal contest . |
| 13 | ‘ We just couple up the combined battery powers of the Ariadne and the Kilcharran . |
| 14 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 15 | Clearly , one of the potential advantages of this approach is that successive RMI implementations can learn the lessons of earlier sites and hopefully avoid problems and thus speed up the total process . |
| 16 | The Australian bren gunner might have been caught as he moved smartly back up the steep hill had not ‘ two natives appeared from nowhere ’ and carried his gun at a quick trot over the hill . |
| 17 | Zimbabwe 's traditional agricultural and mining sectors still make up the major portion of exports and are vulnerable to price changes . |
| 18 | ‘ Ave yer ever bin up the Grand ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 20 | Only then could the new prime minister formally take up the vast burden of his office . |
| 21 | The contest to find ‘ budding ’ Percy Throwers was the brainchild of residents , who also make up the judging panel , along with executive representatives . |
| 22 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 23 | make a note to check any " odd ones " in other lists later match up the separate lists one against the other to make sure that each list contains a different sound . |
| 24 | Remove the fitting and thoroughly clean up the two ends of pipe with wire wool , before smearing on flux and putting on a new fitting . |
| 25 | For the working poor , social-security payments typically make up the largest part of their tax bill . |
| 26 | Now pick up the important ones , sort out your priorities . |
| 27 | Having established our respective rural development frameworks , we have now set up the cross-border steering committee , which comprises officials of the two Departments responsible for rural development . |
| 28 | Some of your comments really sum up the TECHNIQUEST experience : |
| 29 | Now start up the main motors and our rocket thrust will counteract gravity . ’ |
| 30 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |