Example sentences of "up the [adj] part of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historically , though , it was mountaineers from Britain who opened up the central part of the range in the heyday of Victorian adventure . |
| 2 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 3 | A plan to restore the windows at a cost of DFl.1.2 million has been approved by the State Office for Monuments who are putting up the greater part of the necessary funds . |
| 4 | Europe itself made up the greater part of what Europeans regarded as the known world . |
| 5 | Once get your heroine into one of those confrontations that are going to make up the greater part of her adventure , once have her facing another person and the words will flow . |
| 6 | There seem also to be other compositional differences , such as in the silicates which make up the greater part of both planets . |
| 7 | News of the Conservative Party conference at Brighton took up the greater part of Wednesday 's ‘ The World at One ’ . |
| 8 | It is these that make up the greater part of the transcribed conversations in Appendix 2 of this book . |
| 9 | Not only were the values of other currencies effectively pegged to the dollar ( formally speaking , to gold ) but dollars had to make up the greater part of the other countries ' official holdings of reserves . |
| 10 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 11 | In addition computer artists Karl Sims , Rebecca Allen and Julia Hayward have provided animated speculations about the digital landscapes of the future which fill up the latter part of the show . |
| 12 | However , the adoption of this policy alone does not solve the problem of making optimal use of the volume , because filling up the highest part of the nave with habitable accommodation arranged on one or several storeys deprives the lower-level spinal space of the church of natural light . |
| 13 | For the working poor , social-security payments typically make up the largest part of their tax bill . |
| 14 | Coal is likely to make up the largest part of UK energy demand in the year 2000 at 32% , slightly more than oil at 30% . |
| 15 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
| 16 | They then move a little further down before taking up the major part of their trip , largely unbroken to the Gulf of Mexico except for stopovers to explore the towns and recover from incidents , including loss of their canoe on one occasion . |
| 17 | erm we decided from the start that erm the mums who have their kids in the creche should make some contribution towards the costs ; we 're providing them with a benefit erm but the company picks up the major part of the bill erm but in terms of the output from the additional sewing machinists that we 've got , it 's very , very cost-effective , yes . |
| 18 | With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt . |
| 19 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |
| 20 | Fix around the rocket with royal icing : one at the base , one half way up the main part of the body , and one at the very top . |
| 21 | Now they have finally agreed to an Ulster Branch request for an evening fixture and will fly into the province immediately after wrapping up the English part of their trip on the previous Wednesday . |