Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This of course opens up possibilities of positive social change . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Lack of funding holds up railway upgrading |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Brother turns against brother as the devotees of the Cult of Pleasure stir up trouble in every city and town . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Erm p pro probes , nearly all closed erm we were taking notes of sort to follow up things . |
| 11 | Questions of meaning open up vistas which can be exciting to explore . |
| 12 | Unaccountably , a tide of colour crept up Juliet 's neck into her cheeks . |
| 13 | Most distinctive feature is graceful dipping flight , often stooping to surface of water to pick up insects , but very rarely diving in . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I reckoned I might still escape detection , however , if I ran on my toes in a sort of hearty limbering up exercise . |
| 16 | On reaching corner of hedge , right of way proceeds quarter left , aiming for left-hand side of small conifer plantation just in front of which cross footbridge and proceed to left of plantation to pick up track leading uphill to village of Bag Enderby ( a ) . |
| 17 | This piece of writing sums up Owen 's feelings of war and his poems , we see , are somewhat warnings of things to come . |
| 18 | I appreciate that the legislation , as drawn , enables my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to draw up regulations which could redefine the 25 per cent . |
| 19 | The US Secretary of State set up SEATO — the South East Asia Treaty Organisation — as a forum for discussion in South East Asia , in order to show it was not wielding its power without consultation , to try to help sort things out . |
| 20 | ‘ All that kind of thing takes up weekends . ’ |
| 21 | It 's taken a fortnight to get the oil out of my fingers , nightly doses of Ecover washing up liquid notwithstanding . |
| 22 | Like Eddie Bleasdale , Xionics 's chairman , Mike Bevan , is keen that his firm should concentrate on new products , rather than spend a lot of time setting up mechanisms for producing and selling goods in massive numbers . |