Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [to-vb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an analysis of the 1987 accounts of 470 banks the Commission had found that the three major banks had used such reserves to cover up losses , and that 46 out of 65 banks , which in fact made a loss in 1987 , had reported profits . |
| 2 | Voters expect all governments to put up taxes . |
| 3 | Many more applications to set up windfarms are expected following Government moves to encourage development of renewable energy sources . |
| 4 | Ladies Day — All activities in the Festival area are aimed at encouraging more ladies to take up tennis . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's important to get more children to take up school dinners . |
| 6 | The Supreme Soviet ordered the authorities in those republics to set up referendum organizing commissions without delay , and ruled that alternative referendums on independence being held in some of those republics [ see p. 38014 and below ] did not constitute a legitimate substitute for the all-union referendum . |
| 7 | Nolan , now married with two children , has tried several times to give up healing , but people wo n't let him . |
| 8 | Expel the remaining clear suspension and draw it back into the syringe several times to break up clumps of cells . |
| 9 | However , the success of recent policy initiatives can only be fully met if farmers find it their own interests to plant up pieces of land in such a way as to achieve both timber production and environmental improvement . |