Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [to-vb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 2 | Local education authorities in Northern Ireland were required by this Act to set up management committees for further education institutions , with some degree of autonomy , instead of managing them directly . |
| 3 | In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output . |
| 4 | This ability to summon up images , both photographic and diagrammatic , and explanatory texts within a matter of seconds is quite hypnotic , and very much in line with the television mind-set of the computer generation . |
| 5 | Congress ( I ) continued at this stage to prop up Chandra Shekhar 's fragile minority Janata Dal ( S ) government but extracted a number of major concessions for its support . |