Example sentences of "it [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next developments involved spectroscopy. the study of the sharp coloured lines resolved by a prism when it splits up the light emitted by a heated specimen . |
| 2 | It points up the importance of admissions , and suggests that the assessment of a course may ‘ wash back ’ on its content and aims . |
| 3 | doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem ! |
| 4 | The programme does not apportion blame , or claim a conclusive link , but it points up the lack of long-term monitoring on people working with the chemicals , and suggests warning labels on the products do not always make clear what type of protective clothing is suitable . |
| 5 | and put your heel down and it clips up the back , it was like |
| 6 | But I do n't drink very much — it slows up the reflexes and I play squash and tennis two or three times a week . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the greenhouse effect is so efficient that this energy becomes trapped to the extent that it drives up the surface temperatures to the observed values . |
| 8 | Undramatic in its effect and narrow in its scope , highly forgettable and often forgotten by historians , it made up the bulk of parliamentary business . |
| 9 | An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force . |
| 10 | It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level . |
| 11 | How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ? |
| 12 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 13 | She stared , hypnotised , not daring to move again as he resumed his task , and she fought her physical responses , rigidly blocking out the sensual touch of each curling finger as it hooked up the criss-crossing lace . |
| 14 | Well I must say I much prefer it like that cos it covers up the ugly fence . |
| 15 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
| 16 | See the idea was it it picked up the the balls , took them to the and then the ball rolled round inside globe , slowly down to the bottom and then picked it up |
| 17 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 18 | The route this year will once again start from Bournemouth Pier , run along the promenade up to Hengistbury Head , before leaving the line of the sea as it heads up the scenic cliff tops and down to Boscombe Pier . |
| 19 | After this it heads up the 600ft Berrow Hill to go on to Berrow Green and then Ankerdine Hill . |
| 20 | And no , I do n't think it holds up the action . |
| 21 | ‘ It mangles up the clothes , she says . |
| 22 | At the instant of applying the excess rudder , it speeds up the outer wing-tip , creating more lift there , and gives the inner wing ‘ sweep back ’ in relation to the airflow , thus increasing the tendency to tip stall on that wing while reducing it on the other . |
| 23 | It speeds up the game and takes controversy away ’ . |
| 24 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 25 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 26 | You can teach it to pick up the broom , but how does it avoid knocking over the potted plant ? ’ |
| 27 | Now before you do anything , if we set set it to pick up the Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four |
| 28 | We are not in the business of expecting other people who can ill afford it to pick up the cost of a single person 's discount for the rich . |
| 29 | Clive uses the Chevvy like a normal family car … he takes it to work and uses it to pick up the shopping . |
| 30 | On the contrary — it uses up the time we 've saved with the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner . |