Example sentences of "is [verb] up by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 2 | The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims . |
| 3 | and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase . |
| 4 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 5 | As the ribber needle moves back , the stitch on it comes over the latch of the ribber needle and is picked up by the transfer needle . |
| 6 | The paint is picked up by the texture of the paper and the previous layers of paint . |
| 7 | Daily maintenance consists merely of giving the walls and floor of the pond a once-over with a soft-bristled broom , to keep down blanketweed : suspended matter is then whisked away to both filters , and what they miss is picked up by the skimmer . |
| 8 | There is no mistaking the physical menace in the soft but grinding discord which announces Balstrode 's " Look , the storm cone " , or the thrill of fear in his fugue theme " Now the flood tide " [ 7 ] , with its opening minor second , which is picked up by the entire chorus and worked into one of those overwhelming Verdian ensembles which climax the first scene of each act . |
| 9 | The reaction is speeded up by the presence of enzymes , hence the name enzymic browning . |
| 10 | Much of the difference between costs and revenues is made up by the losses of owners . |
| 11 | The larger part is made up by the host of specialised equipments that such a frigate contains . |
| 12 | This is drawn up by the curriculum committee , which argues that since God , death , suffering and the purpose of life are all at the heart of religion , and since children sometimes ask questions about them , the class teacher should not only teach about these matters , but be subject both to assessment procedures and to official inspection . |
| 13 | Copious , thin , frothy , white mucus is coughed up by the mouthful . |
| 14 | I believe the problem is worse in Craven Arms that is shown up by the figures , |
| 15 | there 's another meaning to the word respect , which is what is shown up by the Stoke Newington incident , and other similar incidents , in that , you can only respect somebody if they actually live up to the standards that they actually hold out to the rest of you . |
| 16 | Wine acidity , he explains , is swallowed up by the natural sweetness of the shallots . |
| 17 | The piece of membrane where all of this action takes place breaks off and is swallowed up by the cell . |
| 18 | Their position is summed up by the Anglican theologian John Knox in his Humanity and Divinity of Christ . |
| 19 | This conventional view is summed up by the dominant reactions to the 1981 Brixton disorders . |
| 20 | This difference is summed up by the final sentence of the book , said by Carlson . |
| 21 | However , the contractual commitment stems from the first of those calls on the basis that it is followed up by the time agreed . |
| 22 | Eighty per cent of the weight of a 450 gram standard SL is taken up by the ballast . |
| 23 | But most of the length is taken up by the cabin and since the Twingo is taller than a Sierra its packaging prowess is , perhaps , easier to appreciate . |
| 24 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 25 | A large part of its small area is taken up by the grounds of The Crystal Palace and by a residential school . |
| 26 | Now that we have the front bed working and set to knit , the yarn that is not taken into the slip needle hook no longer forms a float , but is taken up by the opposite needle and is knitted whilst the slip needle still retains its original knitted stitch . |
| 27 | A critical factor appears to be the enhanced influx of external calcium which is taken up by the stores with two consequences . |
| 28 | Gramsci 's analysis is taken up by the Italian sociologist Alessandro Pizzorno and applied particularly to the ‘ Amoral Familism ’ thesis of Banfield . |
| 29 | A hard disk is required with almost 16Mb of hard disk available ( some 6Mb is taken up by the opening sequence which can be removed ) , and it may be necessary to allow the program to make its own boot disk if you do not have enough available memory . |
| 30 | The width of standard film is 35mm ; part of the width is taken up by the sprocket holes , and the picture or ‘ frame ’ size is 24mm X 36mm . |