Example sentences of "to [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its work ranges from soil analysis to Civil Engineering firms , to drawing up green plans for Local Authorities . |
| 2 | Naturally , this supplied local bubble-brains with material for a whole week of wild rumour and exaggeration : believe me , when it comes to whipping up moralistic hysteria about something they knock full all about , daft nationalists are hard to beat . |
| 3 | She has devoted much of her time to bringing up three children and is the only person to classify herselfas a housewife in her reply . |
| 4 | There are several other groups of managers who have recently moved into shell companies , with the view to picking up good deals in recession-hit markets . |
| 5 | And if the gentleman having to put bandages on a lady and you want to put your hand underneath there just excuse me a moment , alright , because in the exam one row of you will certainly going to have a lady bandage okay , put slings on and to bandage so it 's just as well not to get to you know used to bandaging up great big chaps and then you 'll find you 've got some little tiny five foot two or five foot nothing lady bandaging in exam , alright , so swap around , so get yourselves so you 've got a partner and use your bandages and let's just see you do the high sling to start . |
| 6 | New observations go some way to patching up that discrepancy but also bring difficulties of their own . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding our reservations over exporting the impact of the unsustainable demands of Wales and England to these locations , or the likelihood that aggregates companies would choose this option as opposed to taking up old planning permissions , we wish to make it clear that we would be fiercely opposed to any proposal for a super quarry along the coastline of Wales . |
| 8 | Notwithstanding our reservations over exporting the impact of the unsustainable demands of Wales and England to these locations , or the likelihood that aggregates companies would choose this option as opposed to taking up old planning permissions , we wish to make it clear that we would be fiercely opposed to any proposal for a super quarry along the coastline of Wales . |
| 9 | Now the group 's pledged 2 000 000 pounds over the next 4 years to setting up similar hostels elsewhere . |
| 10 | APPLICATION OF THE SELECTIVE RADIAL SCAN TO SETTING UP EACH PERFORMANCE |
| 11 | ‘ These ranged from lunch clubs to linking into existing networks , to setting up new ones , courses , a proposed conference , newsletter material and , most importantly , a database and exchange . ’ |
| 12 | Because we knew the speeds you know , and er the working of the machinery , the tools and equipment that were necessary to do the jobs , the , the application of er instrumentation you know , er what kind of materials ought to be used , er and , and we went into all that you know , in , in regard to setting up new times . |
| 13 | Q. Can you give me any information on Britain 's common toad as I am interested in raising some tadpoles — presently spawn — from a friend 's pond with a view to setting up some kind of vivarium for housing a mature toad . |
| 14 | d it is suggested that , prior to setting up any exercise involving ethnic organisations , reference is made to : |
| 15 | Treat it in the same way as black spot , with particular attention to clearing up fallen leaves on to the fire . |
| 16 | Griffin O'Neal will undergo specialist treatment after pleading guilty to shooting up former girlfriend Lynn Oddo 's car in a drunken rage . |
| 17 | He also reported to Dr Tariq that he had put a London Embassy staffer , who worked directly to him , exclusively to following up one or two specific leads . |
| 18 | Three or four pamphlets and books have attacked ‘ the pernicious myth of monarchy ’ , but serious discussion of the usefulness or otherwise of the royal family has been driven out by simpering nonsense from a pack of tabloid reporters who devote their not inconsiderable imaginations to dreaming up new twists to a comic-strip family drama with a cast-list now augmented by half-a-dozen non-royal spouses and their families . |
| 19 | In real life , Wilf devotes his time to dreaming up new ideas that could help make this planet a better place to be . |