Example sentences of "up [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , the Yugoslav government held up payment to the construction enterprises for several more months , and then paid them in dinars at the current rate of exchange , which was considerably worse than the rate applicable at the time when payment was originally due . |
2 | A working party is to be formed to draw up opposition to the plan , for presentation to the Welsh Office . |
3 | Follow up work to the study of original sources might include elements of reconstruction or re-creation , often drawing on and synthesising information from a range of sources . |
4 | They are less resistant to innovation than the average person , who tends ( at least initially ) to put up barriers to the adoption and assimilation of new ideas . |
5 | We , the organisers , put up ideas to the executive committee which arrives at a consensus , then we discuss possible titles that are appropriate and short enough to capture the necessary publicity . |
6 | Did you go up Sunday to the shops ? |
7 | The LDDC has opened up committees to the public . |
8 | Nintendo Co Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 2% to the equivalent of $750.9m on turnover that climbed 13% to $5,471m . |
9 | Small boats came out to the liner , some bearing vendors of coconuts and bananas , others containing friends and relatives who shouted up names to the rail . |
10 | We will start in our first parliamentary session with a Freedom of Information Act which will open up government to the people . |
11 | Paris-based software and computer services company Generale de Service Informatique SA , or GSI , as it is better known , reported 1992 revenues up 8% to the equivalent of $460m , a rate of increase only half of that registered that year . |
12 | ‘ I 'm content to go into the army , and I 'm definitely against giving up territory to the Arabs . ’ |
13 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |
14 | Opening up hearings to the public would require a byelaw change , but the PCD has already implemented the move to more informative reporting . |
15 | Even the railway system constructed under British rule can now be seen to have had an ambiguous role in relation to the Indian economy , for its benefits have to be set against its encouragement of export-based production and its role in opening up India to the inflow of manufactures , mainly from Britain ( Bagchi , 1982 , pp. 85-.6 ) . |
16 | In consequence of the agreement , Mr. Mahmoud gave up possession to the landlord . |
17 | Continue up Maislova to the Maisl Synagogue at 10/36 . |
18 | In the field , women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers , and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops . |