Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [art] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the largest and hairiest and pimpliest and dirtiest of them all , not at all the sort of person you would wish to meet up an alley on a dark night . |
| 2 | He said one of their main hopes was to tighten up the law on fire precautions in flats . |
| 3 | SMALL Firms Minister Eric Forth refused to disclose the Government 's view on a plea from small businessmen to tighten up the law on bouncing cheques . |
| 4 | B would fail to comply with this if , when asked for brake fluid , he knowingly passes A the oil , or when asked to tighten up the bolts on the steering column he merely pretends to do so Similarly , A would fail to observe the maxim of Quantity , the injunction to make one 's contribution in the right proportion , if " when B needs three bolts , he purposely passes him only one , or alternatively passes him 300 . |
| 5 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 6 | Use a flat file ( or the flat side of a half-round file ) to clean up the burr on the outside of the pipe so that the pipe will enter the fitting |
| 7 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 8 | The next night he remembered to pick up a video on the way back from work . |
| 9 | Just to pick up a point on er Miss 's latest request for information . |
| 10 | Should you be successful , you will be able to pick up a bounty on each of them . ’ |
| 11 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 12 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 13 | Mierle Laderman Ukele proposed an exhibition about maintenance called Care in 1969 : ‘ After the revolution who 's going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 14 | An STC spokesman explained that the £1.7m sale was made by Mr Walsh to escape the rising cost of the loan he took out to pick up an option on 1 million STC shares in February . |
| 15 | Yes , we 're going to open up a resort on Mars . |
| 16 | Under this Resolution , it was agreed to set up a Committee on Cultural Affairs , and that the Commission should implement actions decided on by the Council that were to be implemented at Community level . |
| 17 | Everyone wished to be buried there , or at least to set up a cenotaph on hallowed ground . |
| 18 | PC Reid , a second RUC officer and a group of soldiers had just emerged from a field and were about to set up a roadblock on the Castleblaney Road on the outskirts of the town , when the shot rang out . |
| 19 | Independently , or in conjunction with BAIE or IPR or others , I hope to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications , and wonder whether the PCC could be persuaded to be represented ? |
| 20 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 21 | Figure 9 shows how to set up a tripod on a slope . |
| 22 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 23 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 24 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 25 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |
| 26 | Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive . |
| 27 | I can remember stuff they thought too petty for Trivial Pursuit and then somedays I have to look up the instructions on my bootlaces . |
| 28 | Use this side as a guide to mark up the measurements on the opposite side , before cutting , and then repeat the process for the other two sides . |
| 29 | The Law Societies ' of England and Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have funded a team of researchers led by lecturer Dr Julian Lonbay , to draw up a report on the professional qualifications and training of lawyers , in order to help them determine how to implement the EEC Directive on a general system for the recognition of higher education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years duration , which comes into force on 4 January 1991 . |
| 30 | For his part , Corbett could only fret and decided to draw up a memorandum on what he had learnt so far : |