Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This period saw the beginning of attempts by conferences of representatives of states to draw up treaties or conventions on different aspects of the law of armed conflict , what is referred to as the jus in bello , that is , the rules of how war should be waged if it should break out . |
| 2 | This degree of modification comes about partly because of the greater degree of digestion in mammalian carnivores compared with the regurgitated remains from avian predators , and partly because of their use of teeth to break up prey before digestion . |
| 3 | This of course opens up possibilities of positive social change . |
| 4 | More directly relevant to our case is the fact that , through the acceptance of rules setting up authorities , people can entrust judgment as to what is to be done to another person or institution which will then be bound , in accordance with the dependence thesis , to exercise its best judgment primarily on the basis of the dependent reasons appropriate to the case . |
| 5 | Longer-term economic reforms to boost foreign investment included the loosening of environmental and Aboriginal heritage controls in planning procedures for mining projects , the completion of deregulation of the aviation market , and further relaxation of rules to open up banking to foreign competition . |
| 6 | Dr Roger Harrison , director of product development for Eli Lilly 's subsidiary Dista Ltd in the UK , told New Scientist that after five years of experience scaling up Lilly 's genetically engineered insulin ‘ we have not perceived any allergic reaction in the chemical processing or packaging units . ’ |
| 7 | Lack of funding holds up railway upgrading |
| 8 | In another part of its robots programme , the Department of Industry puts up cash to help firms to pay consultants who advise them on robot applications . |
| 9 | Brother turns against brother as the devotees of the Cult of Pleasure stir up trouble in every city and town . |
| 10 | The French were restless , and Joan of Arc stirred up patriotism and led a revolt against the reign of King Henry VI . |
| 11 | The police use a range of methods to cover up rape , torture and deaths in custody , including the writing of false arrest reports , organising phoney post mortems and rapid cremations and threatening those who try to expose them . |
| 12 | A number of communities drew up counter-addresses in opposition to the High Church ones . |
| 13 | The Texas-based airline warned two weeks ago that it might pull out of Stansted due to mounting losses and delays in the granting of licences to open up routes from Stansted to other U.S. cities . |
| 14 | Flat expanses of sand conjured up images of the savannah it had once been : giraffes picking leaves from high branches , an antelope grazing , and young zebras running in circles while their mothers eye a drowsy lion in the long grass . |
| 15 | The CSO 's new director , Bill McLennan , said the changes were not only part of general tidying up operation to standardise distribution but also to prevent leaks . |
| 16 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 17 | Drifts of rain came up Loch Maree as I plowtered wet and chilled along the lochside to find the spot for JTR 's ‘ Loch Maree ’ . |
| 18 | Could we have a board game called The Yorkshire Ripper where you throw dice to travel around the red-light areas of Yorkshire picking up points for prostitutes encountered on the way ? |
| 19 | At high deposition , nitrate is found leaching away because the soil processes and capacity of plants to take up nitrogen are exceeded . |
| 20 | Erm p pro probes , nearly all closed erm we were taking notes of sort to follow up things . |
| 21 | This Keynesian process of governments pumping up demand for commodities has disadvantages : government interest payments grow and attempts to finance them by taxation tend eventually to threaten profits . |
| 22 | Questions of meaning open up vistas which can be exciting to explore . |
| 23 | Resolutions 242 and 338 are the agreed basis for peace talks and speak of Israel giving up territory it has been occupying since 1967 in return for peace . |
| 24 | Unaccountably , a tide of colour crept up Juliet 's neck into her cheeks . |
| 25 | Well lots of things dry up water do n't they ? |
| 26 | Most distinctive feature is graceful dipping flight , often stooping to surface of water to pick up insects , but very rarely diving in . |
| 27 | Banking — Deposits — Deposit taking business — Fund to compensate depositors in insolvent bank — Original depositors assigning sums to third parties after presentation of petition to wind up bank — Whether assignee of part of original deposit ‘ depositor ’ — Banking Act 1987 ( c. 22 ) , s. 58(1) — Banking Act 1987 ( Meaning of Deposit ) Order 1991 ( S.I . |
| 28 | Nearly all territories operated strict laws governing the right of Africans to set up newspapers . |
| 29 | A solid wall of hailstones came up Loch Ewe , ricocheting off the windscreen as it swept by , hell bent on lacerating Loch Maree and final immolation on the flanks of Slioch . |
| 30 | I reckoned I might still escape detection , however , if I ran on my toes in a sort of hearty limbering up exercise . |