Example sentences of "are [vb pp] up [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of this technique is that , in subsequent processing , the whole prime data track can be handled sequentially by the software , and overflow records are picked up only when the prime track has been processed . |
| 2 | It 's important that some eye problems , like a squint , are picked up early before they become entrenched and hinder your baby 's development . |
| 3 | Things are stirred up enough as they are , do n't you think ? |
| 4 | Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals . |
| 5 | Young people are locked up only when all other possiblities havbe failed , |
| 6 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 7 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 8 | Ensure also that tripod stands are set up securely and that they are in no danger of being accidentally upset by the comings and goings of performers and camera crew . |
| 9 | The instrument contains electronic components , which are wired up so that they automatically compare two radar frequencies and convert the result into convenient units — miles per hour . |
| 10 | The magnificent late twelfth-century font in the great church of San Frediano at Lucca shows Pharaoh drowning in the Red Sea ; and he and his troops are dressed up much as Frederick and his knights must have appeared to the Lucchese of the 1160s . |
| 11 | FIFA are anxious that the allegations of match-fixing , currently being investigated by a French magistrate , are cleared up quickly and have set a September 23 deadline alongside a threat to suspend the national team . |