Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the highest levels of constraint the pocket can eventually swallow up the point d , precluding the possibility of a higher quality solution . |
| 2 | It is improbable that any of them will be healing up yet if they have ulcers and it is certainly too early to do any pond treatment , as this will only slow up the filter maturation process . |
| 3 | We 'd better think up an excuse . |
| 4 | One can not suddenly scale up a laboratory procedure by a thousandfold . |
| 5 | That development entailed a recognition that the concentration upon language by the school of logical positivism , within which Ayer 's dismissal of religious belief emerged , might not so much show up the meaninglessness of theology as elicit its own particular logic Wittgenstein 's thought appears to show a progression from concentrating upon language in order to exclude certain forms of thought — as in Ayer 's exclusion of metaphysics — towards concentrating upon language in order to make sense of those different forms in a way that was sensitive to their particular nature . |
| 6 | ‘ The alternative proposal would only show up a handful of sites , not the 100,000 contaminated sites which we estimate exist in Britain . |
| 7 | Even very old people sometimes have to suddenly grow up a bit . ’ |
| 8 | But the Anglicans , like the Lutherans , did not suddenly give up the composition of Latin texts . |
| 9 | So you can , so if you feel that you 're a bit , you need a bit of practice in a certain area , you can literally look up the type of course that would benefit you the most . |
| 10 | ‘ I will constantly keep up the pressure to identify the murderer of L/Cpl Edwards . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I think I 'd better wash up the breakfast things , if you do n't mind . |
| 12 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 13 | We 'd better fix up a drip to replace the blood that 's leaking into his body . ’ |
| 14 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 15 | In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin . |
| 16 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 17 | It is no use just heating things up ; that would again only speed up the reaction in the wrong direction . |
| 18 | A friend in the office of collector of supply could greatly speed up the processing of the claims of allies , while at the same time delaying the completion of the titles of opponents . |
| 19 | But if you are charged a few pounds , you 'll soon make up the difference once you 're filling up with cheaper , lead-free petrol . |
| 20 | You can just count up the number of rooms that you 're planning to do , ca n't you ? |
| 21 | The Telford church is a suitable place to start and you can just angle up the hillside to gain the ridge to Creag Ruadh , the red crag , a good first viewpoint . |
| 22 | Okay can we j will we just clear up a bit more . |
| 23 | The lads will soon zip up the League with some of that stuff , know what I mean ? |
| 24 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 25 | Right , I hope , we wo n't be to long now , perhaps if we could just bring up the item you wanted to mention . |
| 26 | In environments with seasonally poor supplies the large troop hoovering its way across the countryside would however soon clean up the food and many individuals would not get enough to eat . |
| 27 | You could just run up the credit . |
| 28 | Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size . |
| 29 | I would normally set up an area to the right of the input range but for ease of taking screen dumps I have here gone lower down — do not copy my example in a real database that is going to grow bigger ! |
| 30 | And for regular savings we can easily set up a standing order . |