Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] up an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the leaders of Anti-Racist Alliance want to build up an effective anti-racist movement , they should desist from the kind of stupid sectarianism that I witnessed at the recent March for Justice in the London borough of Newham . |
| 2 | Thinking about going abroad or just want to take up an exciting new pastime ? |
| 3 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 4 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 5 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 6 | Why then attempt to patch up an old overall as if one were repairing a sumptuous evening dress ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I do keep up an entrepreneurial connection with the local pool interests , ’ Ken admitted . |
| 8 | I 've used up an awful lot of memory . |
| 9 | Companies which choose to participate will have to fulfil a number of objectives which include drawing up an environmental policy ; carrying out an environmental review and audit ; issuing environmental statements for their sites ; and having their system accredited by an independent verifier . |
| 10 | They have built up an enormous collection of data about the images which subjects , especially white male Americans , have about outgroups . |
| 11 | The difference there is instead of the cheque and the banker 's order you have to pick up an official order from the BUPA hospital . |
| 12 | Editing methods and the standardisation of printing have opened up an immense field of choral music , dating from before the seventeenth century . |
| 13 | The the thing is Yeah , I mean anything Rather than travelling , telephone , because you have to run up an awful lot of telephone calls before it 's worth driving over and doing it |
| 14 | Here the organisers have set up an international event where walkers , climbers and people everywhere can do something they enjoy doing and benefit others at the same time . |
| 15 | The American Canoe Association have set up an international pen pal scheme for children . |
| 16 | The Government have set up an effective system of regulation . |
| 17 | With the express intent of reducing dependence on South Africa , nine states of southern Africa have set up an economic cooperation association , SADCC . |
| 18 | More controversially perhaps , they claim that neither plastic media nor foam offer the right type of home for bacteria — that on plastic media , in fact , they have to build up an adhesive slime which is self clogging to the media and self-destructive to the bacteria . |
| 19 | By the time you have put up an appropriate amount of cabinets and storage there is not usually much wall left to cover . |
| 20 | Since then we have kept up an ongoing communication with one another . |
| 21 | You have laboured up an unending hill with heavy feet which are swollen , sore and tired . |