Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Schema DDL is the language to set up the global data description . |
| 2 | Scientists and engineers at the conference , however , foresaw a major collaboration between academics and European financiers who would seek a permit to put up the estimated $130 million to design the garbage ships and capsules . |
| 3 | The ceremony ends with a shotgun blasted into the boughs to wake up the sleeping tree.Does it work … apparently yes.It 's now thought that making such a rumpus around the trees scares off harmful insects … so wassailing really does make the orchards healthier . |
| 4 | It revealed that the Bundesbank spent £17 billion trying to prop up the Italian lira and the pound — most of the cash spent in a bid to save sterling . |
| 5 | Half of the extra cash will be forthcoming only if projects of sufficient quality to take up the whole £2 million come in by the next deadline for grants on 1 April . |