Example sentences of "up in [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a type of initiation ceremony for new boys and took place during Saturday break when two prefects held each new boy up in turn to kiss the Old Man to the accompaniment of the ironical applause of the whole school . |
| 2 | The Loan Guarantee Scheme ( LGS ) and the Business Expansion Scheme ( BES ) are government initiatives that have been set up in order to facilitate the channelling of funds from financial institutions to small businesses ( thus these schemes are ‘ enabling mechanisms ’ rather than forms of financial intermediation ) . |
| 3 | The complete narrative proposed by this group is as follows , with letters retained for ease of reference , but with the gaps between the sentences closed up in order to render the sequence 'story-like " . |
| 4 | Again a series of experimental projects was set up in order to evaluate the effect of the measure on traffic safety . |
| 5 | Within weeks , the Westminster Gazette ( 15 September 1898 ) had taken it up in order to ridicule the enemy forces in the Sudan campaign . |
| 6 | We agree with Bremner et al and with Spechler and Goyal et al , who stated that the established Barrett 's oesophagus represents the true cases and that ‘ creeping substitute ’ or developing Barrett 's oesophagus should be carefully followed up in order to determine the progression or not of these lesions . |
| 7 | Leaving home , getting married , going on holiday , promotion at work , starting a family , all require certain familiar routines and rhythms to be given up in order to make the most of a new situation . |
| 8 | The selection procedure has been set up in order to discover the most suitable supplier and method . |
| 9 | The protestors turned up in force to confront the man , but he 'd already been and gone . |
| 10 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 11 | There was also the necessity of waking up in time to catch the transport to work . |