Example sentences of "up [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls . |
| 2 | Open up plea to sex clinics |
| 3 | Follow up assessment of shunt patency has been undertaken using transabdominal ultrasound . |
| 4 | I will do , not that I feel the gavel-bashing toastmaster was in order by repeatedly calling for ‘ gentlemen ’ to cough up money for raffle tickets . |
| 5 | We giggled together backstage , boiled up tea in railway compartments on Sundays , grilled ourselves sausages late at night on reversible gas-rings . |
| 6 | Editor , — R H V Jones and colleagues in their follow up study of cancer deaths at home comment that patients ' pain was relieved more effectively than any of the other symptoms , But of the 207 patients in the study , 42 received only moderate relief of pain — and eight had no relief of pain in their final month of life . |
| 7 | Participants of the follow up study among drug users in Amsterdam have been recruited since December 1985 . |
| 8 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 9 | He blamed politicians and some sections of the media for whipping up anxiety about mortgage repossessions and said that for his company marital breakdown rather than poverty was still the main reason for such repossessions . |
| 10 | Do you end up sort of metal box end ? |
| 11 | The Railside Revival Fund also put up cash for replacement gates at the North end of the station and working replicas of old lamps at the subway entrances . |
| 12 | The mean follow up period in outpatient clinics or by contacting the family practitioner was 13.8 months ( standard deviation ( SD ) 5.1 ) . |
| 13 | Much of the taxpayers ' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices , effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire . |
| 14 | Party chiefs hope to unite Tory rebels who want to hold up ratification with opposition MPs who see the Government motion as vote of confidence in John Major . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the detector picks up hum from mains lighting and clicks are likely to occur whenever a flashing light is detected from whatever source . |
| 16 | Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid . |
| 17 | Hugh Geach , head of programme support services at Television South , explains : ‘ Everything the Government has done has been designed to open up television to market forces , to encourage new channels and competition for advertising . |
| 18 | Apart from these particular initiatives there was a general enthusiasm for the way in which fundholding had opened up communication with hospital colleagues . |
| 19 | In addition , it seems likely that some , at least , of those who choose to opt out of the state or their employer 's scheme may end up dependant on state benefits at a later date , as the benefits from the money purchase schemes are unpredictable for both employee and dependants . |
| 20 | took up gadgetry with naie enthusiasm |
| 21 | Type the letter ( see appendix letter 1 ) and look up information on Head Lice ( no pun intended ! ) |
| 22 | We also talk of ‘ doing research ’ when we investigate the history of a place we intend to visit , looking up information in travel guides and brochures , finding out how best to get there , what to avoid and how to get value for money . |
| 23 | When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit . |
| 24 | but around 1950 I began to realise that this was n't getting me anywhere , so I gave up painting with oil paints and began instead to draw with oils . |
| 25 | Later pick up track through caravan site but leave it at cattlegrid ( signposted Coast Path ) , descending to Branscombe Mouth . |
| 26 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , responding to increasing domestic and international pressure , was reportedly instrumental in compelling Ramon Aguirre Velázquez , a PRI hardliner who had officially won 55 per cent of the vote in Guanajuato , to make the unprecedented announcement on Aug. 29 that he would not take up office as state governor . |
| 27 | Students may find lecturers less enthusiastic about giving up time for workshop advice . |