Example sentences of "have [verb] up [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , Sequoia has given up any ambitions it may have had in the telecommunications marketplace , but will sell the thing in competition with HP elsewhere . |
| 2 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 3 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 4 | From his wording , it would appear he has picked up these rumours secondhand from somewhere . |
| 5 | AUSTRALIAN he-man Mel Gibson , best known for ‘ Mad Max ’ and ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ , has picked up kinder notices for his ‘ Hamlet ’ than perhaps he or anyone else expected . |
| 6 | So far the survey has picked up 20 galaxies ; it should eventually find several thousand . |
| 7 | Since then he has picked up 20 disqualifications and has served 12 jail sentences . |
| 8 | She has three children , one under the age of one , and has to come up four flights of stairs to her home many times a day . |
| 9 | The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board . |
| 10 | Mark James has moved up 15 places to 38th following his victory in the Tenerife Open . |
| 11 | The GCSE debacle has shown up serious shortcomings not only in our examination process but also in our whole education policy . |
| 12 | A recent visit to Japan , paid for by the Japanese government , has opened up major possibilities . |
| 13 | This has opened up new areas of employment for actuaries , frequently involving communication skills as well as technical expertise . |
| 14 | The reunification of Germany has opened up new opportunities for many in the East , including a group of East German teachers of English who are visiting Oxford this week . |
| 15 | Some recent work , however , particularly in attempting to historicise the insights of Freud , and to demonstrate the specificity of his categories ( that is , showing how they refer to a particular cultural milieu ) has opened up new possibilities . |
| 16 | Such studies tend to be impressionistic and are frequently questionable , but modern linguistics , by offering more exact and subtle methods of analysis , has opened up new possibilities for the study of sound-symbolism in literature . |
| 17 | According to the Nobel Committee which sits in Stockholm , Mr Gorbachov has opened up new possibilities for the World Community to solve its pressing problems . |
| 18 | The Children Act has opened up many possibilities and obligations to make the relationship between travellers and social work services more productive . |
| 19 | The good news for developing countries is that change has opened up unforeseen opportunities . |
| 20 | Over the last 150 years , the world of knowledge and understanding created through research has opened up infinite possibilities for higher education , and so research has become undeniably linked to our modern understanding of higher education . |
| 21 | Many comprehensives are also nervous about returning to the council embrace , notably the 40 previously earmarked for closure or where their high-profile success has got up important noses . |
| 22 | Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales , but it appears that UK buyers are very reluctant to splash out £13 for 30 capsules in the middle of a slump . |
| 23 | Grampian has drawn up six programmes which they hope will qualify for EC aid , ranging from re-training schemes , tourism development in upland areas and harbour towns , and transport and communications improvements . |
| 24 | In choosing , Alsys has to weigh up two objectives : which technology has greater market share and is more attractive to third parties and which technology will be the standard internally at Thomson for engineering . |
| 25 | And then : he has rendered up countless souls to the creatures of the Cruachan Caves , thought Nuadu . |
| 26 | Professor Dworkin ( 1988 : 7–8 ) has summed up present attitudes to liberty in his trenchant piece in Index on Censorship : |
| 27 | The artist has taken fifty round metal boxes , once used for keeping radio sound tapes , and on each has set up two photographs , supported by old film racks ; blurred images from pornographic television films are shown side by side with black and white images from Holocaust archives . |
| 28 | But it may be that the company is producing a range of products and has set up separate units or subsidiaries to exploit each product market . |
| 29 | On the precise matter that he raised regarding Scotland , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has set up working parties to advise on the need for early action on the Cairngorms , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . |
| 30 | Then there is a real question of municipal power , now that socialist ‘ decentralisation ’ has set up regional councils . |