Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
| 2 | Six staff and one agent make up the full complement which , as Anders Falkman said , ‘ has strength in a team approach , it is all hands on deck and a good atmosphere ’ . |
| 3 | Chef turns up the racing heat |
| 4 | A room vine climbing up the old chimney-breast … |
| 5 | She prefaces her book with an attempt to sum up the whole hideous story . |
| 6 | Thirdly , the Act has created a system of ‘ shorthold ’ tenancies — an attempt to open up the ailing private rented sector . |
| 7 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 8 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 9 | In early September north European government officials meeting in Ronneby , Sweden , agreed to implement an emergency programme to clean up the Baltic and to halve the inflow of harmful substances by 1995 . |
| 10 | In mid-January 1991 the Indian government announced a programme to clean up the 800-km long Yamuna River which flowed through Delhi before joining the Ganges at Allahabad , and was polluted by ( among other sources ) untreated chemicals from a major oil refinery at Mathura and several tanneries in Agra . |
| 11 | According to Santiago O ate , attorney-general for environmental protection , the government has already invested $400 million in a programme to clean up the industrial zone on the US border , home to many of the so-called maquiladora industries , which locate there to take advantage of Mexico 's relatively lax pollution regulations . |
| 12 | In an attempt to sharpen up the spongy brakes on my IIa , I am working on a process of elimination and the next venture was going to be flushing the system and changing the fluid . |
| 13 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 14 | They travel to Nottingham Forest tomorrow for a game with a real edge to it , with Brian Clough 's side propping up the Premier League . |
| 15 | The Mail keeps up the relentless post-election good news : ‘ Birds are nesting . |
| 16 | He could see slanting light pointing up the brave thrust of her breasts , emphasising the marvellous trough of her waist above the firm swell of her nates . |
| 17 | Scientists and engineers at the conference , however , foresaw a major collaboration between academics and European financiers who would seek a permit to put up the estimated $130 million to design the garbage ships and capsules . |
| 18 | The darker ‘ skunk-stripe ’ of walnut in the back of the neck covered up the rear installation of the truss rod . |
| 19 | To lend naive party cheer , the young American DJ whacks up the dry ice machine which spurts more of its obnoxious fumes into the heart of the room . |
| 20 | there was a street light coming up the bloody |
| 21 | For this look , the wig was given a weave and spiral cut to break up the basic exterior shape . |
| 22 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 23 | Chanel sums up the new colour and shape of accessories . |
| 24 | If you prefer to mount a stalwart defence you can wait behind long lines of hand gunners , massed ranks of halberdiers and hold important positions with volley guns while your artillery softens up the advancing enemy . |
| 25 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
| 26 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 27 | The move also meant that the £10 BILLION spent by the Bank of England yesterday in a bid to prop up the sliding currency was wasted . |
| 28 | And the Government is likely to spend the Christmas break weighing up the political options before deciding what to do next . |
| 29 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 30 | The client may feel the deal has been negotiated and merely wants the lawyer to tie up the loose ends . |