Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we shall look at the principles by which various methods of measuring velocity work ; the reader interested in the arrangements of a full working system and the procedures for operating it should follow up the references . |
| 2 | ‘ It should speed up the whole process and save money for companies currently using outside computer services , ’ said , project manager for Management Information Services at Courtaulds Coatings Inc . |
| 3 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 4 | Could it be that it might shake up the cosy , old fashioned world of the LTA ? |
| 5 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 6 | Think it 'll end up a bop ? |
| 7 | And pay her back so it 'll make up the up to one thirty . |
| 8 | It 'll keep up the demand for English actors . |
| 9 | Discipline was important , indeed essential , because in the widest sense of the word , it could open up a more ordered world . |
| 10 | It could open up a whole new range of products , especially portable equipment . |
| 11 | That was your annual affair and the er the er the chapel itself was at the end of it used to put up a tiered platform if you can imagine it you know at the end of the little chapel and the erm the younger children was on the bottom and as you got older you graduated to the top and er I do n't know why it was though but er I always had to say the collection piece . |
| 12 | At best , or so it was thought , it would give the United Nations some muscle to stop governments doing terrible things to their peoples ; at worst it would serve up a forest of platitude . |
| 13 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 14 | To deal with such difficulties and unnecessary travel of pieces of paper the Bank of England announced in November 1988 that it would set up a Central Money Markets Office ( CMO ) to develop a book entry transfer system to enable money market instrument paper to be ‘ immobilised ’ and eventually be ‘ dematerialised ’ . |
| 15 | Following the collapse of the talks , the federal government suggested that it would draw up a package of constitutional reforms to be presented to Quebec and the other provinces . |
| 16 | It would swallow up the whole star . ’ |
| 17 | The press had no right to pry and push and sneak about in their private lives , but it was undeniable that if their marriage were to fail , it would open up an entire can of constitutional worms that the monarchy could well do without . |
| 18 | It would dry up the flow of Japanese credit to all American borrowers , private or public . |
| 19 | If all minor traffic offences were prosecuted it would clog up the system . |
| 20 | The mike concealed in the head of the figure is only medium-quality , technically speaking , but it would pick up a flea farting in a smallish room . |
| 21 | To do the line justice , it would take up the next six issues , so I intend to show you only some of the more interesting such as the First Class blank Privilege Ticket . |
| 22 | Knowing that it would call up the fighter bombers , the convoy scattered into whatever cover could be found . |
| 23 | Kingfisher says it would speed up the closure of small Currys outlets and the shift to larger out-of-town sites . |
| 24 | But MDHC is optimistic it will make up the lost revenue by increased levels of freight . |
| 25 | Earlier on this week all that cloud was coming in from the north-west , now you can see it coming across from the west and as the weekend goes along , it will come in more from the south-west , so it will warm up a little bit . |
| 26 | The process constitutes a national threat because it will break up the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | It is this extra sum which the estate is using as a stick against the BMC , in the hope that it will stump up the cash as the estate can not afford to invest this much in climbing . |
| 28 | If you are holding it too tightly it will draw up the knitting which will become very tight and solid . |
| 29 | ‘ If the power of the atom is released ’ he had said , ‘ it will set up a chain reaction that will not stop until the end of the world . ’ |
| 30 | When a crack appears in a strained material it will open up a little so that the two faces of the crack are separated . |