Example sentences of "up [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages . |
| 2 | YUGOSLAV jet fighters launched rocket attacks on villages in western Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as federal forces appeared to step up support for Serbian militiamen in the ethnic conflict convulsing the former Yugoslav republic . |
| 3 | Now the organisers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses to beat the threat of closure and keep the Playday alive . |
| 4 | For most of the period from 1912 to 1945 Rhee lived in the United States where he was eventually to build up support from American friends , who assisted in financing his activities . |
| 5 | He had to shore up support among traditional Democrats , and he did ; hence the expectation that he would be the harbinger of a hundred new social policies on everything from vaccination to AIDS . |
| 6 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 7 | Recent thinking on metaphor has been greatly influenced by Nietzsche who recognized that the process of dividing up experience into discrete domains was one of ‘ coagulation ’ ( 1979:86 ) , the construction of a discursive system on the ‘ running water ’ ( 85 ) of metaphor . |
| 8 | We will give people a new right of access to open country , create new national parks and step up protection for special sites . |
| 9 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 10 | Build up exposure in early mornings and late afternoons , when the sun is weaker . |
| 11 | WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 . |
| 12 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 13 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 14 | A follow up study on 22 patients before and at least one year after eradication of H pylori showed that the mean extent of gastric metaplasia did not change significantly after eradication and did not differ when compared wth 21 patients with persisting infection . |
| 15 | Merrill Lynch has effectively sold Waste Management short and will cover its position by picking up stock from any investors stagging the issue ( or ‘ flipping ’ in transatlantic speak ) . |
| 16 | zip front top with lightly padded stand up neck plus long johns . |
| 17 | ‘ My family has always helped me out , but it 's getting hard , especially as I have to give up work for four months . ’ |
| 18 | Recurrent polyps were noted at the 6 month follow up examination in three patients , at the 12 month examination in eight , at the 18 month visit in nine , and at the final ( 24 month ) examination in two . |
| 19 | R. W. Francis , butcher of Church St. , Bishop 's Castle , used to buy whinberries in bulk from local pickers , and Plowden Station at the foot of the Long Mynd was an ideal pick up point for these pickers . |
| 20 | Well , I think that the erm , the , as Frank has said , they , they have a strong college list for this year , the school business should be they ca n't repeat the maths programme success of last year although there is follow up business in other states . |
| 21 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 22 | They take up residence in some numbers in marsh and swampland . |
| 23 | Microphones are built to pick up sound from specific directions . |
| 24 | Outcome has been assessed clinically and by ultrasound scanning in 92 patients with a median follow up period of 14 months ( six to 37 months ) . |
| 25 | However , the follow up period of three years is relatively short . |
| 26 | Our study with a mean follow up period of 28.3 months ( range 2–80 ) clearly shows the longterm effectiveness of endoscopic treatment of Dieulafoy 's lesion . |
| 27 | We will build up pride in individual schools on the back of the influence of parents in what those schools are doing . |
| 28 | Your learning must be a technique of building up knowledge in small doses , as articulated parts of a whole . |
| 29 | There was some trumped up nonsense about false expenses claims , but everyone knew the real reason . ’ |
| 30 | The greater affluence of rural patients may explain the better pick up rate in rural areas , but compensating for socioeconomic and ethnic differences between rural and urban areas ( which were small ) would be expected to increase the differences in retinopathy observed . |