Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many regions , industry is permitted to connect up to the domestic sewage system to discharge its toxic waste . |
| 2 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 3 | Secondly , there is the regional flood defence committee , whose members will be expected to come up with the lion 's share of the cash . |
| 4 | A second raffle is expected to notch up about the same total . |
| 5 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 6 | They will play half a game each with new signing Eric Cantona , and one of them will be picked to line up alongside the Frenchman in the Manchester derby tomorrow week — the other will have to kick his heels . |
| 7 | In theatres all over the world performers are expected to turn up at the ‘ half ’ to start making up . |
| 8 | Although it 's not yet certain exactly where the British armoured forces will be deployed , the four landing ships are expected to join up with the twelve-strong Royal Navy patrol in the Gulf of Amman . |
| 9 | The Portadown midfielder is expected to link up with the Glens following agreement on a fee between managers Ronnie McFall and Robert Strain . |
| 10 | However , things are apparently still up in the air and OEMs are expected to gang up on the doorstep to get their two cents in . |
| 11 | Even Mervyn , whose hands were flying across the keys of his accordion , was seen to gape up towards the thing dancing like a huge firefly in the dusk . |
| 12 | Artemis asked , as she stood admiring her fifteenth birthday present , a stunning looking dark brown thoroughbred gelding which Jenkins had been instructed to lead up outside the house as a surprise . |
| 13 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 14 | And I am not longer prepared to put up with the various parasitical fringe groups , ranging from the self-importantly irrelevant to the downright obnoxious , who are an unchanging part of the demo scene . |
| 15 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 16 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 17 | Just think what we have struggled to build up over the years , for what we call job security . |
| 18 | In so far as the polytechnics today do in fact offer a wide range of advanced courses on different bases of study , they can also be said to live up to the description of being ‘ comprehensive ’ in that respect . |
| 19 | Absent fathers are being made to pay up by the new Child Support Agency to cut the government 's benefits bill . |
| 20 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 21 | This one , he said , pointing to Bobby , he had had to pick up in the street . |
| 22 | So that 's how you look after your bandages and all these things that we 're going to show you you 'll find in those little sections in your first aid book so if you get confused or why you 've only got to look up in the book . |
| 23 | It was clear that he made her life happier than it had been , but she still had to put up with the desperately uncomfortable conditions and go out on her terrifying foraging expeditions . |
| 24 | ‘ They have already had a bit of excitement , while the rest of the country has had to put up with the phoney war . ’ |
| 25 | A : Well , I suppose I would — that would be the ideal situation , but I think you 've got to face up to the reality of the whole thing . |
| 26 | ‘ There comes a point when you 've just got to face up to the private hell you go through every day . ’ |
| 27 | We have got to face up to the Warner Report as well , which is to do with staffing in community homes , and again , that 's an issue which we can pick up later , as we go into detailed reports . |
| 28 | And yet because you 've come from a P A Y E background , you feel you 've got to get up in the morning , and go to work . |
| 29 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 30 | Got to tie up with the cast iron . |