Example sentences of "speed up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fashions in dress and diet , ceremonies and customs , art and architecture , engineering and technology , all evolve in historical time in a way that looks like highly speeded up genetic evolution , but has really nothing to do with genetic evolution . |
| 2 | It removes the need for G-cramps and battens for many tasks , and speeds up repetitive jobs . |
| 3 | In addition , our data clearly suggest that — similar to duodenal ulcers — eradication of H pylori infection speeds up gastric ulcer healing , with a six week healing rate of about 85% as opposed to 60% in gastric ulcer patients with persistent H pylori colonisation . |
| 4 | Speeding up cellular turn-over ; zapping free radicals ; strengthening intercellular cement , all in turn seemed to hold the key to a younger , fresher complexion . |
| 5 | Hence the importance of anchoring Germany securely within Western Europe by speeding up European integration . |
| 6 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 7 | SAEF ( SEAQ Automatic Execution Facility ) was introduced to speed up small orders in well known shares in 1989 . |
| 8 | Though he claims to have had no inside knowledge , he may yet be forced out of his job — and the government forced to speed up planned legislation . |
| 9 | Enzymes are protein molecules whose function is to speed up chemical reactions : that is , they are catalysts . |
| 10 | New technologies such as Frame Relay , Asynchronous Transfer Mode and Broadband ISDN ( integrated services digital network ) are coming along to speed up WAN communications . |
| 11 | Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz said that an agency for privatization would be created and that he would ask the Sejm to create a special commission to speed up legislative approval for the programme . |
| 12 | These included ( i ) a 90-day moratorium on new federal regulations which could hamper growth , and a fundamental review of all existing regulations ; ( ii ) an instruction to all Cabinet departments and federal agencies " to speed up pro-growth expenditure " , which would infuse an extra $10,000 million into the economy in the next six months ; ( iii ) a change in the federal tax withholding schedules which would stimulate domestic demand by returning some $25,000 million to the economy over the next 12 months ; and ( iv ) a commitment to work with the Federal Reserve Board to hold down interest rates and inflation . |
| 13 | BR hoped that the council would serve as a way of by-passing the cumbersome formal machinery and speed up new initiatives at a time of management efforts to increase productivity . |
| 14 | Now , like all my other gadgets , it is a real friend and I reach for it several times a week to help ease and speed up specific tasks . |
| 15 | It will help keep everything organised , and speed up endless d-i-y and craft tasks . |
| 16 | In general , they speed up hard disk data transfer times by at least as much as software caches , but cost is likely to be a factor that you will have to weigh up . |
| 17 | However , logically , slowing down ozone depletion could actually speed up global warming . |
| 18 | Catalysts can also greatly speed up chemical reactions , as is illustrated by the familiar oxidation of iron . |