Example sentences of "[noun pl] clear up the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire . |
2 | Some companies , including James Capel , the stockbrokers , called in their workforces to clear up the damage . |
3 | Let us begin with his efforts to clear up the confusion of questions 2 and 3 . |
4 | A J-C-B digger was brought in , but it still took more than three hours to clear up the mess . |
5 | For some time a rumour had persisted that Horemheb , in his moves to clear up the corruption which had flourished like rampant weed during the years in which the city had fallen into neglect , had more than once attempted to close it ; but that the interests which protected it were still too powerful for him to dispense with . |
6 | Mothers cleared up the remnants of picnics . |
7 | As the ravers and new age travellers helped local council workmen clear up the site , there was praise for the way the police handled the weekend . |
8 | I will write to competitors to clear up the situation . ’ |