Example sentences of "by [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will give your business quicker reflexes by speeding up the whole production process , from planning to delivery . |
| 2 | We begin by drawing up a huge ‘ A ’ list of all the stars that everybody recognizes , and that would always include the Royal family and such people as Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Jackie Onassis , and so on . |
| 3 | THE GOSPEL according to Bobby Gillespie has always been more fun to read than to listen to but the media-friendly Scotsman has finally justified his own hype by drawing up the definitive blueprint for ‘ 90 's Rave culture . |
| 4 | Every month during the reproductive years , the uterus prepares to receive a fertilized ovum by building up a velvety , blood-rich lining . |
| 5 | Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death . |
| 6 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 7 | Eagles , with the elements in their favour in the opening half took full advantage , killing the game by building up a 20–0 advantage with the help of two tries from Price and six goals from eight attempts from Aston . |
| 8 | Noting that the EC central bank proposed by Delors would not be accountable to elected governments , Major proposed instead to build on to Stage 1 further steps to promote convergence of economic performance , low inflation and stable exchange rates by building up the existing EC currency , the ECU . |
| 9 | I wish they would adopt the positive principle of looking at something and seeing the good in it — seeing how it can be improved by building up the positive aspects . |
| 10 | Panamanians on the Canal Zone border celebrate the coming into effect of the Canal Treaties in 1979 by tearing up the American flag |
| 11 | Get a new constitution by tearing up the old one unlawfully ? |
| 12 | Rock Around The Clock are showing some recession-defying ability by opening up a new store in Crouch End , London . |
| 13 | It does , however , make it more likely to happen , and facilitates this by opening up the political space in which local differentiation can occur . |
| 14 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |
| 15 | At the same time you bleep the missing swimming pool attendant who responds by picking up the nearest intercom substation handset allowing you to issue instructions directly , all within a matter of seconds rather than minutes . |
| 16 | Because i it is assumed management is learned by picking up the bad habits of your predecessor and their predecessors for the last five hundred years . |
| 17 | Before this the tree roots held the soil in place by soaking up the heavy rain and letting it go slowly . |
| 18 | The annual number of night visits was obtained by adding up the four quarterly totals ending in September in each year . |
| 19 | The simplest method of calculating the price index for 1985 is to find the total of the unit prices charged in 1984 ( by adding up the three prices for that year ) and the total of the unit prices charged in 1985 and then to express the latter as a percentage of the former . |
| 20 | ‘ So what you ended up with was a shot of the Thal looking up , followed by a cut to a low angle close up of the trough where , by pumping up the rubber ring , the body of the monster was made to rise out of the water . |
| 21 | Their hideaway — 45ft above the ground in the branches of a 100-year-old ash tree — can only be reached by clambering up a 28-step ladder . |
| 22 | A new type is on the market which will produce small groups of narrow pleats in addition to a standard gather , simply by pulling up an alternative set of cords . |
| 23 | We instantly felt the week was getting off to a good start , a feeling reinforced by waking up the following morning to new , slightly heavy snow . |
| 24 | The only people who had trouble in adjusting to work were those who for some reason deviated from this model — either by going up the social scale or by going down it ( social mobility is more fully discussed by Geoff Payne in this volume ) . |
| 25 | This procedure is not restricted to one subassembly : a part can be checked against all other adjoining subassemblies by moving up the hierarchical structure one level , an adjacent sub-assembly file and then performing the same vertical search . |
| 26 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 27 | When seen , they are all worth trying to preserve , perhaps by postponing cutting back until the eggs have hatched , or by hitching up the egg-bearing leaves among the remaining foliage . |
| 28 | The Government is also facing growing pressure from its own right wing to inject a more competitive structure into the generating industry in the wake of this week 's withdrawal of nuclear power from the privatisation package — by breaking up the proposed duopoly of National Power and PowerGen . |
| 29 | With borrowed money he took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself in the 1930s when Oscar Deutch set about forming a third circuit of cinemas — after those of the Rank Organisation and ABC — by buying up the best sites . |
| 30 | Normally geometric data is entered directly into the system by calling up the appropriate entry command and responding with the necessary parameters and syntax . |