Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of sensing just where the actual zero pitch point is on the transmitter can be solved by setting up one of your pitch ranges so that simply pulling the collective stick hard back gives exactly zero pitch . |
| 2 | When bookwork is laboriously copied , the opportunity is missed of clearing up difficult parts , and of allowing the student to understand . |
| 3 | ( c ) the reserve ( of the same amount because the share capital is cancelled ) created by the reduction of share capital being capitalised and applied in paying up new shares in the target which are issued to the bidder . |
| 4 | In the seventeenth century , people stopped writing in Latin even when writing for the learned , and various attempts were made at making up universal languages . |
| 5 | Using an X-Windows interface called Netbench , an application is built by linking up multiple instances of these objects . |
| 6 | The literature of Scottish geology , however , whilst it has grown in terms of numbers of papers , has not resulted in any increase in the numbers of journals devoted to it ( except for the Scottish Journal of Geology ) , but has grown by taking up more space in existing journals , and by expanding into areas covered by new , multidisciplinary journals , such as Precambrian Research , Chemical Geology , Tectonophysics , and similar publications . |
| 7 | The literature of Scottish geology , however , whilst it has grown in terms of numbers of papers , has not resulted in any increase in the numbers of journals devoted to it ( except for the Scottish Journal of Geology ) , but has grown by taking up more space in existing journals , and by expanding into areas covered by new , multidisciplinary journals , such as Precambrian Research , Chemical Geology , Tectonophysics , and similar publications . |
| 8 | Repoussé work made by hammering up raised areas of sheet gold against a solid block held against the inside and the use of punches and tracers for chasing designs on the outer surface were both being practised by Sumerian smiths at the time of the Ur cemetery . |
| 9 | That did not happen to the drill in question , used for bringing up deep water , because the workers were foreigners , excluded from the provisions of the law . |
| 10 | We often meet people who are in in their forties and fifties on er early retirement and little bit difficult to get over the message they do n't they do n't see it as retirement and yet surprisingly very few of the people who got redundancy at forty and forty five and fifty seem to be bothered about taking up other work at all that . |
| 11 | One of the good features of the pond is that the soil extracted for the depth was reused for building up other areas of the pond , so there was no waste to dispose of . |
| 12 | Companies which make first-use plastic might prefer recycled plastic to be used in opening up new markets , rather than competing with their products - for example , by substituting for timber . |
| 13 | The increased numbers of people were housed by splitting up existing houses so that even modest cottages had sometimes up to twenty people living in them . |
| 14 | The most common sort of violation of autonomy is paternalism — where the person is coerced into giving up some or all of it . |
| 15 | They may be called upon to set up in-store displays and other promotions for wholesalers and retailers . |
| 16 | A politician invited to make the wedding speech can be relied upon to dish up some predictions along with the eternal verities . |
| 17 | If it 's a great financial burden as we believe it is , that money , along with the money generated from the sale of the college , we will be better used spent on setting up regional ar educational system . |
| 18 | Overall spending for environmental programmes was set to increase by $2,000 million , most of which would be spent on cleaning up radioactive and toxic waste at federal weapons facilities , preserving the country 's dwindling areas of wetland and researching into the effects of global warming . |
| 19 | She had spent the time since her arrival making calm arrangements for the transfer of her father 's body to their Buckinghamshire home after the inquest tomorrow , and was now apparently set on clearing up this murder before she left . |
| 20 | This is found by adding up all the spending on the final goods and services produced by firms . |
| 21 | In view of the problems involved with breaking up large firms and the difficulties likely to be encountered in trying to control their behaviour , competition policy in the UK has tended to concentrate more on the preservation of a competitive market structure . |
| 22 | This Partnership will be charged with drawing up specific goals for the Compact and planning a structure to implement their achievement . |
| 23 | Other specific provision includes an ESL ( English as a Second Language ) initiative which seeks to help unwaged individuals from ethnic minorities to look at the skills involved in setting up small businesses or entering self-employment . |
| 24 | As yet there have been few large-scale studies of technicians involved in scaling up genetic engineering processes . |
| 25 | In a detailed paper on the issues involved in opening up disciplinary hearings , the PCD asked at the December Council meeting for guidance before moving forward . |
| 26 | Notwithstanding our reservations over exporting the impact of the unsustainable demands of Wales and England to these locations , or the likelihood that aggregates companies would choose this option as opposed to taking up old planning permissions , we wish to make it clear that we would be fiercely opposed to any proposal for a super quarry along the coastline of Wales . |
| 27 | Notwithstanding our reservations over exporting the impact of the unsustainable demands of Wales and England to these locations , or the likelihood that aggregates companies would choose this option as opposed to taking up old planning permissions , we wish to make it clear that we would be fiercely opposed to any proposal for a super quarry along the coastline of Wales . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher was cute enough to see the need to cultivate the backbenchers who made up her lobby fodder and the knighthood became once again the reward for wrecked marriages and broken health caused by sitting up all night to vote as the whips instructed . |
| 29 | ‘ There is nothing to be gained by opening up this particular Pandora 's box , ’ he added . |
| 30 | Forgetting for a moment the totally illogical premise that Welsh teams get dirtier as they get better , I fail to see what useful purpose was served by raking up old controversies dating from a time when most of the current Welsh team were in primary school . |