Example sentences of "be used [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 2 | Peter Hunter , secretary of the NALGO Pro-Life Group , at a recent meeting of NALGO supporters told of the disgraceful waste of union resources which are used to prop up the national Abortion Campaign , to which NALGO is affiliated . |
| 3 | These early payments are used to clear up the cost of setting it up — and in particular the commission of the agent who sold it to you . |
| 4 | When applying any tape , always position the free ends of the draw cords , which are used to pull up the heading , to the outside edge of the curtain ( i.e. , the edge furthest away from the centre ) . |
| 5 | However , herbs have always been used to pep up the more blandly-flavoured foods such as fish , vegetables and cereals . |
| 6 | The backlight button or manual iris control has been used to open up the lens aperture in order to give the foreground subject the correct exposure . |
| 7 | There were tracks in the cooled fat where chunks of bread had been used to mop up the tasty juices of the meal . |
| 8 | The legislation will be used to back up the federal government 's high court case , due to be heard at the end of May , which is seeking a permanent injunction against the power project . |
| 9 | An activator may be used to speed up the process but certain basic principles should be borne in mind . |
| 10 | The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide . |
| 11 | Giving very high lift with small drag at take-off , but high lift and high drag on landing , these flaps could be used to tighten up the turning radius in combat . |
| 12 | Maybe they could be used to build up the spiritual life . |
| 13 | If they pay most of your legal costs the contributions will be used to make up the difference and you will be refunded anything left over . |
| 14 | My garage is to be demolished very soon and I am worried that the pneumatic drill which may be used to break up the concrete base will upset or even kill my fish in a pond about 20′ away . |
| 15 | Besides , there was the possibility that the Visigoths could be used to shore up the Empire . |
| 16 | The soil 's being used to build up the defences on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire . |
| 17 | Patshull Park Lake was ice free on Saturday but completely frozen on Sunday so two motor boats were used to break up the half inch thick ice for two hours . |
| 18 | A burr is left on the outside of the pipe : this needs to be removed with a flat file , while a round file is used to clean up the inside . |
| 19 | Another 47% is used to heat up the Earth 's surface and 22% is consumed in the evaporation cycle which makes rain . |
| 20 | It is used to top up the seats awarded in proportion to the overall vote . |
| 21 | Calcium chloride was used to speed up the hardening of ordinary Portland cement and to allow concreting to continue through cold weather without the threat of damage from frost . |
| 22 | I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch . |
| 23 | Chamberlain 's cabinet was obsessed by the fear that if taxpayers ' money was used to shore up the refugee organisations , other countries , not least Germany , would be encouraged to hand on to Britain yet more of their unwanted citizens . |
| 24 | This information was used to gross up the values declared by respondents to give estimates of exports for all exporting companies in Grampian . |