Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , some really hard cases write adoring letters to Judith Chalmers and should obviously be banged up in solitary confinement without a moment 's delay . |
| 2 | Also , the insurers will not necessarily cover all your customers and those that they do cover may only be covered up to a certain amount . |
| 3 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 4 | The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both . |
| 5 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , in view of the dangers and discomforts of a life at sea , the navy could still only be kept up to strength by the press gang , but everyone did his best to obstruct the activities of the pressmaster , as one , writing from Hull on 13 May 1694 , made all too clear : |
| 7 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 8 | This could only be leading up to one thing : when are you going to marry my daughter ? |
| 9 | However , according to Zakrewski the government has ruled that the duty-free import quotas will only be divided up among home-grown or foreign companies that have been assembling in Poland for two years , while other firms will face levies at the old rates . |
| 10 | Our mourning can only be taken up into joy when we bring it back to Jesus Christ . |
| 11 | However , these can only be taken up by larger farmers with access to credit , with a lower vulnerability to the risk that the innovations imply , and with the economic and local political power to assemble all the necessary physical inputs together in time . |
| 12 | The standards and safety measures now required for the care of the elderly and disabled mean that houses used , for example , as Cheshire Homes , can only be brought up to current standards at inordinate expense and involving radical alteration of the historic interiors . |
| 13 | The Regulation originally envisaged that SEs could only be set up by merging or forming a holding company when at least two public companies had their central administration in different Member States . |
| 14 | Assuming the cost of labour increases by 20% , prices may only be put up by 10% without affecting sales limits and the number of labour hours available is reduced to 600 , what is the optimal mix of X and Y ? |
| 15 | If Mark merited the nickname ‘ Fog ’ , then Laurence could perhaps be summed up as ‘ Mist ’ . |
| 16 | The discussion of this chapter so far might perhaps be summed up by noting that Lakatos aimed to give a rationalist account of science but failed , whilst Kuhn denied that he aimed to give a relativist account of science but gave one nevertheless . |
| 17 | Every militiaman in Lebanon should perhaps be taken up to the Dog River to see these memorials to pride and power . |
| 18 | Three main developments should be noted : ( 1 ) the opening up overseas of branch offices of English or Welsh partnerships ; ( 2 ) the creation of new partnerships overseas carrying on business in the English firm-name and involving some , or all , of the English partners together with foreign lawyers ( the counterpart of the multi-national practices which will shortly be set up in the UK ) ; ( 3 ) associations between English and foreign ( typically from the USA ) firms to carry on business together in a third country or as a regional or transnational grouping . |
| 19 | Although he was nine years old and would soon be moving up to the big school , Frankie was still frightened of the dark . |
| 20 | Brownies who will soon be moving up to Guides have a brand new magazine to look forward to . |
| 21 | You will soon be meeting up with other dogs and your pack instincts will come into their own . |
| 22 | As he was wearing only trousers and shoes he knew that he would soon be picked up in the town , so he got away through alleys and into the country . |
| 23 | CLOSED-circuit cameras could soon be set up at Darlington Arts Centre in an attempt to stop vandalism . |
| 24 | Neighbourhood houses could soon be set up on many housing estates in Darlington , Coun Bill Dixon said . |
| 25 | CLOSED-CIRCUIT cameras could soon be set up in the Darlington Arts Centre in a bid to stop vandalism . |
| 26 | CLOSED-CIRCUIT cameras could soon be set up in the Darlington Arts Centre in a bid to stop vandalism . |
| 27 | A RACIAL equality council could soon be set up in Darlington . |
| 28 | Such instruments can generally best be looked up in Halsbury 's Statutory Instruments . |
| 29 | On the available evidence , the council 's policy after Edward 's death can best be summed up as a strenuous effort to preserve the balance of power established in the king 's second reign , and this was surely ( pace Mancini ) in response to the dead king 's own wishes . |
| 30 | On the available evidence , the council 's policy after Edward 's death can best be summed up as a strenuous effort to preserve the balance of power established in the king 's second reign , and this was surely ( pace Mancini ) in response to the dead king 's own wishes . |