Example sentences of "part in [verb] up " in BNC.

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1 Foreign investors have played a big part in pushing up share prices .
2 As will be described below , the leader of the Serbian communists , Slobodan Milošević , has played a major part in whipping up anti-Albanian feeling in Kosovo .
3 Whilst lacking serious revolutionary intentions or any clear revolutionary strategy , Largo Caballero and the Socialist left thus played their part in heating up the political atmosphere and making strong Republican government impossible .
4 Substitutions played a big part in setting up the amazing finale that produced three goals in the final five minutes when both defences looked wide open .
5 A major part in setting up the Czartoryski Foundation , and in most of the other similar attempts , has been played by an eminence grise familiar to Western art circles , namely the London art dealer Andrew Ciechanowiecki .
6 Played a crucial part in setting up a network of anti-tobacco organisations to campaign in the most effective way possible for a ban on tobacco advertising
7 Male tigers play very little part in bringing up their young .
8 An Arabic-speaking Tunisian-American , Habib was the son of Phillip Habib , a former government agent who had played a big part in breaking up the French Connection in Marseilles during the 1960s .
9 ( c ) 1923 Party Seats Conservative 258 Labour 191 Liberal 159 Others Several outcomes were theoretically possible , but neither Labour ( under MacDonald ) nor the Conservatives ( under Baldwin , who had played an important part in breaking up the Lloyd George coalition in 1922 ) would countenance a coalition .
10 A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy .
11 A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy .
12 In 1545 he was one of those appointed to devise new means of tackling the problem and in the 1550s he took a leading part in drawing up constitutions for the city 's new or refounded hospitals .
13 Such corruption has played some part in building up the funds held in international bank accounts or other forms of investment by African citizens , recently estimated to total $20 billion between 1974 and 1985 .
14 ‘ I played my part in building up that side but Nigel has improved it .
15 The promotion of energy conservation and energy efficiency could play a much bigger part in cleaning up the environment than any other measure the government can take .
16 The new MOT exhaust emissions test , which was introduced only a few months ago , will also play a significant part in cleaning up the air .
17 As Becker says , every story can play its part in making up the mosaic that will , in the end , be our picture of the social life of the time and place being studied .
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