Example sentences of "[verb] up a [adj] amount [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rating process can tie up a considerable amount of management time , and the company , of course , pays a fee to the rating agency . |
| 2 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 3 | These schemes have been designed for the elderly who have built up a significant amount of equity in their homes , but who have no means ( or no desire ) to service a new loan . |
| 4 | The penalty is that you have to decide what sizes you want and prepare them in advance , a process that can take quite a time and uses up a considerable amount of disk space . |
| 5 | you you mounted up a certain amount of debt , you tried to get it paid by the end of the quarter . |
| 6 | Work on restoring the Wimpy to its former self is proceeding well , thanks to its loyal band of workers , many of whom give up a considerable amount of spare time to work on the aircraft . |
| 7 | Winds blowing over lakes pick up a tremendous amount of moisture which is then precipitated downwind of the lakes . |
| 8 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 9 | ( iv ) Draw up a small amount of the cell suspension into a long form Pasteur pipette and allow one drop ( -0.02 nil ) to hang from its tip . |
| 10 | It would not be practical because the paper information system takes up a vast amount of space , something which is sorely at a premium in many bureaux premises . |
| 11 | Body language is with us night and day but something else which takes up a fair amount of time in our lives is travel . |
| 12 | Some , such as Advent , can take up a certain amount of moisture , but also dry quickly . |
| 13 | Many sacks use texturised nylon fabrics with a sort of natural feel which can take up a certain amount of moisture but dry off quickly . |
| 14 | Even a fifteen-minute programme will take up a considerable amount of lesson time if it is used at all flexibly , with pauses for discussion and repeat viewings of some sections . |
| 15 | Interestingly though , whereas physical abuse investigations took up a substantial amount of home visit time , the sexual abuse investigations were heavy on office interview time . |
| 16 | Triptych ran a marvellous race , making up a vast amount of ground in the straight to finish third . |
| 17 | This is an extremely dangerous area and it is an area in which the CTO can easily pick up a considerable amount of tax if practitioners are not fully aware of the dangers . |
| 18 | What this means , of course , is that the user gives up a certain amount of control over the layout and the actual construction of the document . |
| 19 | But the capacitors on DRAM chips take up a large amount of space ; the ceramic of an FRAM chip is capable of storing data in a much smaller space . |