Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lack of funding holds up railway upgrading |
| 2 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 3 | During July 1690 , demonstrating the French command of the Narrow Seas , small landing parties were put ashore on the Sussex coast to put up posters urging local residents , and especially army and navy officers , to support their former king , a somewhat pointless propaganda exercise , but a much more serious incursion followed . |
| 4 | In another part of its robots programme , the Department of Industry puts up cash to help firms to pay consultants who advise them on robot applications . |
| 5 | On Aug. 31 and Sept. 6 the authorities , reportedly anxious about the imminent visit of the Pope [ see below ] , used force to break up rallies called jointly by four opposition parties , whose purpose was to press demands for a national conference to decide rules for multiparty elections . |
| 6 | In both cases only short term follow up studies have been reported . |
| 7 | He says he was a little bit fed up becausehe had to plough up the same strip of the field several times for the film crew . |
| 8 | This will increase the suction effect slightly and can make water move upwards , much as a lamp wick draws up oil to replace that being burned . |
| 9 | One of the major differences of the Department of National Savings relative to other financial intermediaries is that it does not hold an asset portfolio to back up liabilities held , and therefore is not constrained by the need to adhere to liquidity , solvency or capital adequacy regulations ( given that funds are backed by the Treasury and are therefore essentially default-free ) . |
| 10 | The Goldsmith plan to break up BAT has been overtaken by BAT 's decision to do the job itself . |
| 11 | Quality system procedure two , talks about how the management team pick up suggestions made by yourselves through Q S P Three , and set about making decisions for improvement of the group 's quality system , the service that we provide to our clients . |
| 12 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |
| 13 | Movies in the new albums , appropriately enough , are present only as jokes , in ‘ 57 Channels ( And Nothin' On ) ’ or ‘ Real Man ’ : ‘ Sound came up lights went down/Rambo he was blowin' 'em down . ’ |
| 14 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 15 | A meeting to draw up plans took place in the Chairman 's room at the Conservative Central Office on 7 July 1978 . |
| 16 | The CSO 's new director , Bill McLennan , said the changes were not only part of general tidying up operation to standardise distribution but also to prevent leaks . |
| 17 | They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed ’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night . |
| 18 | Her incentive to take up painting came after she read an article in the Sunday Telegraph about Brigitte Bardot , and , in particular , a poem titled ‘ Complaint of an abandoned dog ’ . |
| 19 | Downing Street officials work late into the night drawing up plans to tell the Commons , the nation and the world that Charles and Diana can no longer bear to live together . |
| 20 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 21 | Quota trading to back up claims made in 1994 was not expected to begin until after 15 September . |
| 22 | In October 1321 the king took up arms to restore his personal authority . |
| 23 | It took them a little while to pluck up courage to go along and when they did , they chose the Norfolk Gliding Club at Longstratton near Norwich . |
| 24 | On reaching corner of hedge , right of way proceeds quarter left , aiming for left-hand side of small conifer plantation just in front of which cross footbridge and proceed to left of plantation to pick up track leading uphill to village of Bag Enderby ( a ) . |
| 25 | Being one of those select few companies that have been able to secure access to initial deliveries of Texas Instruments Inc 's SuperSparc RISC processor ( UX No 384 ) , it is understood that ICL last week totted up numbers required by its various departments and placed its order with TI for the part , which will feature in the DRS6000 workstation range from the fourth quarter . |
| 26 | Mr Raggett says he is interested in finding industrial partners and financial backing to set up companies to sell and make products under licence in the UK . |
| 27 | Should an office worker 's union draw up guidelines requiring bosses to declare publicly if they see their secretaries after hours ? |
| 28 | This shoot em' up game has very good graphics and supports sound blaster . |
| 29 | Under the new system the centre-half 's only occasion for going up-field was to force the attack to make up goals lost . |
| 30 | A SUGGESTION that Crown Street should become Darlington 's main bus pick up point has been criticised by the town 's bus companies . |