Example sentences of "can [vb infin] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll find some sheets presently and you can make up a bed in the spare room . |
| 2 | Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next . |
| 3 | In particular , the collation of brief reports which can make up an evaluation at the end of each planning cycle should enable the head with both colleagues and governors to create a bridge between good management and good learning . |
| 4 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 5 | " If at the end of seven years , he can make up the fraction of a quarto forme and impose it , or is able to lay down a sheet of 16 's correctly , the apprentice so qualified may considered himself well advanced . " |
| 6 | Obviously we believe we can make up the time on roads we have been over quite a few times . ’ |
| 7 | Anyone who is reasonably skilful can knock up a mounting without difficulty , and it is possible even for someone who is as clumsy as I am . |
| 8 | . Or you can build up a tree . |
| 9 | The point to emphasise is that the data is only of help to those who know the patient and can build up a case history . |
| 10 | By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector . |
| 11 | The Word-Maker contains the various symbols — consonants , blends , vowels , etc. — printed on separate slips of card , and a pupil can build up a word he wishes to spell . |
| 12 | In this way each partner can build up a capacity to contribute to the workings of an interlinked system . |
| 13 | ‘ If we can map the isotopic composition of lead in the region we are looking at , ie the Mediterranean , ’ said Gail , ‘ then we can build up a database of trade movement ’ . |
| 14 | In this way , we can build up a profile for expected three month interest rates , shown in the right hand column of Table 6.6 . |
| 15 | This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension . |
| 16 | From evidence such as this we can build up a picture of a society in which child mortality was common ; in which many of the children who survived their first year none the less died before they were twenty , as was still the case down to the early nineteenth century ; in which a serious famine or an outbreak of disease might rapidly depopulate a whole region — and yet in which the expectation of life of those who passed twenty was probably not sensationally lower than it is today . |
| 17 | This statement may seem nonsense , since you have no idea of how the lecturer is to tackle the subject , but by means of a pattern diagram you can build up a picture of what your studies are to contain . |
| 18 | By using overlays , one can build up a picture stage by stage . |
| 19 | Most important , you can build up a collection of notes as part of your own library of books , newspaper cuttings , essays and other materials that you should find invaluable for tutorials , essays , projects and exam revision . |
| 20 | — institutions with video cameras and editing equipment can build up a collection of their own materials . |
| 21 | As a Member of The Folio Society , you can build up a collection of superb books that are marvellous to read , beautiful to look at , and available only to Members . |
| 22 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 23 | I collect money for the IRA so we can build up an army and fight the bastards at their own game . |
| 24 | In the autumn they established a Women 's International League based on a joint platform of women 's rights and pacifism : ‘ only free women can build up the peace which is to be . ’ |
| 25 | " Why , I and a few of my friends can plough up a field as fast as two men and two teams of horses . " |
| 26 | This can dam up a pore until eventually there is leakage into surrounding skin tissue , producing the familiar red bumps , pimples , and in the worst acne cases , cysts and infected abscesses . |
| 27 | As with synthetic insecticides , natural selection can throw up a strain of resistant insects . |
| 28 | Although you can scale up the size and shape of the leaves and flowers , the huge numbers that have to be used to fill the picture mean that the overall effect is lost , and you can not appreciate the beauty of each flower as there are so many of them . |
| 29 | Yeah , cos , the solder just li links into the big hole and you do n't want it cos it can screw up the size of the hole then . |
| 30 | Joe 's reducing a dislocated thumb if he can screw up the courage , and Amy 's changing a dressing . |