Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frost causes the bracken to die back and thereby opens up the canopy to let in more light . |
| 2 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 3 | Europe was first to industrialise and thereby throw up the indigent urban proletariat , who in their turn founded the first labour organisations which spawned Marxism and fascism , both truly European ideologies . |
| 4 | On Feb. 7 riot police in Cairo outnumbered and forcibly broke up the first protest march against the war by opposition leaders and 50 supporters . |
| 5 | That in turn means concentrating our limited resources on fewer and carefully selected targets where we can , over the years , bring about change and effect medium and long-term and far-reaching improvements , as opposed to merely and inadequately propping up the status quo . |
| 6 | A good catalogue , therefore , makes life easy for its user , and so builds up the supplier 's reputation . |
| 7 | Compact benefits students by offering them " value-added " jobs when they have attained their goals , and so opens up the realistic prospect of job satisfaction and career progression . |
| 8 | If you use drugs , you will need to consider that drugs can deplete your immune system and so speed up the progression of the illness . |
| 9 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 10 | As one trade union succeeds in a wage claim and so moves up the ‘ league table ’ , other unions immediately put in similar wage claims in an attempt to restore their relative positions . |
| 11 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 12 | We bade farewell to the wild deer and , with the wind behind us , crossed Taransay Sound and gently cruised up the fjord-like approach towards civilization . |
| 13 | The introduction of the five-point try was announced in Wellington , New Zealand , yesterday by rugby union 's International Board , which has made a series of sweeping rule changes in an attempt to quicken the flow and generally brighten up the game . |
| 14 | We really need to pull some focus on all that percussion and generally tighten up the imaging . |
| 15 | ( d ) Taking money from a customer and not ringing up the price on the till : Monaghan [ 1979 ] Crim LR 673 ( CA ) . |
| 16 | The leading soccer and horserace commentators , with sometimes far more difficult foreign names coming at them at full pelt out of the fog , seem to manage wordperfectly and not give up the ghost in a surfeit of sniggers . |
| 17 | World prices for Arabian light grade had dropped by around $4.50 per barrel since October 1991 , to about $18.50 , at a time when the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere would normally have increased demand and thus shored up the price . |
| 18 | Clearly , one of the potential advantages of this approach is that successive RMI implementations can learn the lessons of earlier sites and hopefully avoid problems and thus speed up the total process . |
| 19 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 20 | and just use up the P E P . |
| 21 | The Christmas tree decorated only with silver stars cut out and bows made out of paper rope , you cut the paper rope and just tie up the bows . |
| 22 | I wish I could be like you and just give up the Glens for Linfield . |
| 23 | Willie did so and soon picked up the melody until he almost began to enjoy it . |
| 24 | Pamella spent four days under siege while the pack sat outside and merrily divvied up the 24-hour doorstep into shifts . |
| 25 | So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers . |
| 26 | The Conservatives relied more on monetary policy , and , with R. A. Butler as Chancellor of the Exchequer , interest rates fluctuated around a rising trend , and gradually forced up the BEA 's borrowing costs . |
| 27 | Connecting the ME-6 up to an amp , power amp or mixer is as easy as connecting any effect pedal , and once hooked up the ME-6 can store 25 different effect combinations in five memory banks . |
| 28 | Replacing the glass with care , she slid back down in the bed and deliberately conjured up the scene in the Seren at the moment the engine cut out and she was about to capsize . |
| 29 | Non-European countries were more and more to take up the methods and manners of Europe . |
| 30 | At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) . |