Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This practice , according to the Insurance Service , has led to a 20 per cent jump in windscreen replacement claims to insurance companies since 1 January — a rise which could eventually push up premiums . |
| 2 | ‘ Would you not think that such a machine could greatly open up commerce and cultural relationships between Switzerland and Britain ? |
| 3 | What could better sum up Joyce 's name , Joyce 's qualities , and the feeling with which we wanted our audience to leave the theatre ? |
| 4 | Hyperodapedon and other rhynchosaurs had a barrel-shaped body to accommodate a large gut for the slow digestion of plant material ; they could not grind up plant food with their teeth , but may have been able to ‘ ruminate ’ , like a modern cow . |
| 5 | If this wife made such an application the husband could set up the fact of desertion as an answer to the claim , but he could not set up clause 3 as a bar to the proceedings . |
| 6 | But because his insurance brokers could not match up details from the other driver with her insurance company 's records , Michael lost his no-claims bonus . |
| 7 | Mr Liddle was faced with an eviction order last month because he could not keep up payments on a new lease . |
| 8 | Bailiffs stripped the Forester 's Arms last year when Mr Helm could not keep up rent payments . |
| 9 | The supplying company could not keep up delivery of repaired gearboxes to match the rate at which they failed , and with low availability of their new fleet Provincial had to retain the DMUs it was supposed to replace for a couple or so more years . |
| 10 | How will that be possible , given that Labour wishes to phase out nuclear , which could easily push up carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent . |
| 11 | This ‘ office for auditing ’ could also open up audit practices to greater public scrutiny by monitoring their efficiency . |
| 12 | Its horny beak could also dig up roots . |
| 13 | It could also tie up members of the C E C , the General Secretary , the Regional Secretary , the President , Officers and many others in internal wrangles new union just at the time when we need to look outward in the next two or three years . |
| 14 | She could n't go up West with him ! |
| 15 | The offer applies mainly to flats bought in the late 1980s boom by first-time buyers who could n't keep up payments when rates soared . |
| 16 | But if you could n't keep up traditions at Christmas , when could you ! |
| 17 | And it is feared Durham County Council may have to find more cash to subsidise bus services as operators could either put up fares or scrap unpopular routes because they can not afford to replace worn out vehicles . |
| 18 | You must concentrate on a dairy and maybe a few tender crops we could never grow up north . |