Example sentences of "which [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To prevent this happening chemical agents known as sequestrants are used which bind up the residues preventing them from dropping out of solution . |
| 2 | At intervals along these are found acupuncture points which are stimulated by the insertion of needles , massage or warming with incense so as to balance the elements of yin and yang which make up the ch'i , an imbalance of which is thought to cause disharmony and disease . |
| 3 | The position of the Dip.HE courses offered by the colleges and institutes of higher education has been causing the Welsh Office some concern because some of the units in specific subject areas which make up the courses have been recruiting small numbers of students : in 1980–1 , for example , between 30 and 40 per cent of them were enrolling fewer than eight students . |
| 4 | The sugars formed by combining the hydrogen with the carbon dioxide are then converted into substances called starches ( the main components of flour and potatoes ) which can be elaborated further into the many complex materials which make up the bodies of living things . |
| 5 | For others , the medium is most certainly not the message , and the curriculum is more narrowly defined as that collection of bodies of knowledge which make up the subjects on the school timetable . |
| 6 | A special working party , which drew up the proposals , wrote to Housing Minister Sir George Young : ‘ Around us , Wirral is being improved dramatically under the City Challenge and Merseyside Development Corporation 's programmes but we are the forgotten people . ’ |
| 7 | However , in the more elaborate and sophisticated paintings of the series , the influence of Cézanne can be sensed in the general construction , in the technique of small , flat , rhythmically applied brush-strokes which build up the forms , and in the devices which Picasso has used to retain the picture plane . |
| 8 | Ruth stood before the screened fireplace in her duchess gown , drinking her tea , the focus for all the eyes which constantly rose and came to her , and the old smiles which lifted up the lips over the discoloured , sharp old teeth . |
| 9 | So-called ‘ regenerated celluloses ’ , such as Cellophane , are made by dissolving natural cellulose by chemical methods which break up the crystals . |
| 10 | It 's the issue of the name which conjures up the problems . ’ |
| 11 | As is well brought out in a recent paper , the views of Carnap 's which Quine opposed involved the claim that conventionally adopted analytic linguistic frameworks provided criteria of reality , which set up the standards according to which any question that might arise was settlable ( Ricketts 1982 ) . |
| 12 | Each of these sections end with a couple of sentences which sum up the consequences of Pip 's attitudes to life in that particular section . |
| 13 | In the Nineties we are rediscovering a way of living and dressing which picks up the threads of that decade and updates it . ’ |
| 14 | There is chemical pollution discharged into rivers from factories and chemical plants , which clogs up the rivers with toxic substances and adds to the filth in the seas . |
| 15 | The news , which will allow Pittencrieff to concentrate on growing its oil and gas interests , excited the City which marked up the shares 28p higher at 351p . |
| 16 | If anyone is interested i could post excerpts from an article sent to rec.sport.soccer which sums up the norwegains playing in Premiership — in fact we have the largest contigent of players from outside the British Isles right now . |
| 17 | A mistake by Peacock let in Atkinson for the goal which wrapped up the points for Villa . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a considerable problem because the pigeons produce enormous amounts of guano which blocks up the gutters . ’ |
| 19 | The coach which picked up the Cedars ' children stopped about five minutes ' walk away from their home . |