Example sentences of "[vb pp] up by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How different a picture is conjured up by this remark : |
| 2 | it 's solely for , it 's erm i , yo you could have six or seven parcels all picked up in one consignment if it 's picked up by that carrier |
| 3 | Later that Saturday afternoon , about 1400 hours , three of them , including Micky Wynn , were picked up by German patrol boats ; a fourth man , Able Seaman Len Denison , swam to a concrete pile in the river . |
| 4 | This gives time for water to drain away or to be picked up by wet vacuum . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This argument was not expanded upon but the implication that there should be more evidence of ‘ class struggle ’ in the programme was picked up by Socialist Worker . |
| 7 | He was eventually picked up by another driver . |
| 8 | An RS232 interface is provided so that output can be picked up by another device such as a BBC micro with a disc drive . |
| 9 | In other cases the particular translation of a sign may fail to show similarity : the Danish and British signs for WOMAN are different , but the British sign LADY resembles the Danish sign WOMAN ; such information is not picked up by this method of data collection . |
| 10 | A government spokesman confirmed on May 22 that China had conducted an underground nuclear test ; evidence of a major nuclear explosion had been picked up by several monitoring stations the previous day . |
| 11 | On important archaeological sites torn up by windblown salvage operations were carried out . |
| 12 | BCCI to be wound up by High Court |
| 13 | Such a movement , if continued , would presumably quickly deplete the feature and lead to its destruction , unless the bar is being built up by onshore movement of material at its western end as Hardy suggests . |
| 14 | Expectations are built up by past experience of an author 's books , by a title , by the book 's dust jacket , and by its illustrations . |
| 15 | Stirred up by this incident , nationalists took to the streets in several parts of Yerevan , setting up road blocks . |
| 16 | The regional council says the Scottish Office is cutting £17 million from its £88 million capital allowance for each of the next two financial years under the mistaken belief that the money will be made up by European funding . |
| 17 | Some of the deficit thus created was made up by external aid , largely from Eastern bloc countries , though the European Community and Scandinavian countries also provided assistance . |
| 18 | Moreover , this ravaging of that part of the publicly owned stock which is most desirable and most in demand is not being made up by new building . |
| 19 | Was this erm differences in quality to be made up by more land ? |
| 20 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 21 | Answering a questionnaire drawn up by Labour MP Alun Michael , Shadow Minister for Home Affairs , Mr White confessed that there would be problems finding alternative sources of local funding . |
| 22 | The 1834 breed standards set by the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society and drawn up by distinguished island breeders showed parti-coloured engravings of the breed but made no reference to the colour of the coat as no importance was attached to such a superficial factor ; however , the light-coloured muzzle ring was specified , and a deep orange colour within the ears , while the skin was of a ‘ good ’ colour . |
| 23 | Salt from the floors of these buildings seeped into the surrounding sub-soil and was drawn up by capillary action through the stones and mortar of the church . |
| 24 | The report , commissioned by the Office parlementaire d'Évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques , and drawn up by socialist deputy Christian Bataille , has called for its replacement by a reconstituted agency which would operate more openly . |
| 25 | For it was a mistake by the giant Eachus which transformed the game , gave Glenavon the breakthrough they needed and an upsurge in confidence to sweep to a victory they had wrapped up by half time . |
| 26 | These sporting contests between the house and the village ended with the arrival of a character who could have been dreamt up by central casting . |
| 27 | Surplus crops in wheat , cotton and wool were bought up by government-financed Stabilization Corporations , in an attempt to keep up prices in these commodities . |
| 28 | Plans for the extensive use of privatization coupons , reserving 40 per cent of nationalized property for sale to citizens at special low prices , encountered problems when it was revealed on Jan. 20 that up to 6,000,000 of the 8,000,000 books printed ( each worth Kcs1,035 or about US$35 — and exchangeable for shares in state companies — see also pp. 38584-85 ) had disappeared , allegedly bought up by private investment funds promising individuals a tenfold return on their investment after a year . |
| 29 | New areas were opened up by speculative building programmes . |
| 30 | In general , the wider ( and often cheaper ) choice of credit types which is opened up by monthly-paid bank accounts seems to us to be , on its own , a big enough advantage to outweigh what is really the temporary awkwardness of change to a new set of habits . |