Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm if a window 's been smashed , then we 'll we 'll get the window boarded up to secure the flat the best possible way . |
| 2 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 3 | For a wider panel , as shown in Fig. 3 , weave , lifting strands before weaving each pair of rows , but omitting the weaving yarn on the last row when the strands are picked up to complete the diamond . |
| 4 | Ideally , farmers would like to grow the larvae from eggs , and so a new industry — prawn hatcheries — has grown up to meet the demand . |
| 5 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 6 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 7 | " Mrs. Bidwell has n't turned up to start the cleaning and now Dr. Lorrimer 's missing . |
| 8 | I think we have to be freed up to have the choice to bring children into a society where that we can go to work , that we can do , you know fulfilling |
| 9 | His wife 's hair was straggling over her eyes , and she had not made up to hide the ravages of the night 's events . |
| 10 | On the face of it , it may seem that these two approaches can be made to coincide as long as the rules are drawn up to reflect the facts . |
| 11 | In fact , it seems no ship without a charter party could be loaded ( ’ freighted ’ ) ; and bills of lading were supposed to be drawn up to declare the nature of the cargo and to bind the master of the vessel to deliver in accordance with the charter party . |
| 12 | But the charities say plans have not even been drawn up to develop the homes and that housing associations have refused to start work on projects until they are promised funding for running costs . |
| 13 | A company spokesman would not say what measures had been drawn up to keep the port running normally . |
| 14 | Astrologers , psychics and crystal-ball gazers ministered to the North Shore passion for prophecy , and elaborate charts detailing the movement of the moon and planets could be drawn up to ascertain the prospect of waves on any given day of the year . |
| 15 | TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 16 | Exclusive by Mark Davies TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 17 | Plans are being drawn up to enhance the pavements between Wakefield and Rennie Houses . |
| 18 | The promotion — drawn up to strengthen the Group 's position as market leaders in bridal tableware — ran in all UK Waterford Wedgwood rooms and in almost 300 specialist Wedgwood bridal stockists . |
| 19 | The contract was drawn up to safeguard the teachers ' rights in the situation . |
| 20 | The Rios RISC has been cleaned up to create the PowerPC , focusing on just what 's important for the desktop market . |
| 21 | Profits from the British Grand Prix have virtually been used up to redeem the mortgage on Silverstone , but there is still no sign of a new deal . |
| 22 | This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’ |
| 23 | Six months of painstaking work goes into preparing plants for showing … the plants have to be tied up to keep the stems straight … aphids must be brushed gently off the leaves … and the orchids have to be misted regularly to keep up the humidity . |
| 24 | Also always ask for the swarf to be blown out of cut sheets , and for the ends to be temporarily taped up to keep the sheets clean inside |
| 25 | They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls . |
| 26 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 27 | A wealth of shops , bars , cafés and restaurants have sprung up to tempt the visitor , and you can dine in elegant surroundings or ‘ al fresco ’ , perhaps under a sheltering canopy of vines . |
| 28 | The Chilean party , in alliance with Radicals and Socialists ( who had sprung up to challenge the Communists in 1932 ) won a popular Front victory in 1938 , and in 1946 they collaborated with the Radical party to win an election ( this time without the Socialists ) and participated briefly in the government . |
| 29 | Day hospitals have sprung up to assist the process of rehabilitation after acute illness which can herald the onset of chronic disability and handicap ; their patients are overwhelmingly the very old ( Donaldson et al. |
| 30 | In July 1988 , a new organisation , the National Association of Software and Services Company ( Nasscom ) was set up to serve the interests of software sector . |