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Example sentences of "is [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	These diseases are common in areas er where an out pouring of water from the individual is squared up with a ou , out pouring of people into the water , then you can appreciate that that transmission is very er , readily promoted under those circumstances .
2	The intensity of the group sessions is broken up with other prison activities , and relaxation .
3	Plan the layout so that the page is broken up into short paragraphs with sub-headings and highlighting through the use of emphasised test and underlining giving the message impact and more chance of getting through .
4	In this fashion dirt is broken up into particles until activity is exhausted .
5	In some cases , where large aa lavas flow from land into the sea , this is true , and great quantities of steam are generated , while the lava is broken up into small glassy fragments which pile up in thick heaps at the front of the flow .
6	Life Assurance ( this is broken up into three basic types )
7	In fact , the calculation of the new y can be simplified by recognising that , in the notation of Section 8.1 , if the edge p to q is deleted without adding the edge I to J , the tree T is broken up into two smaller sub-trees .
8	The assembly task is broken up into segments , each being performed by a group of operatives in one bay of the plant , and taking about 20 minutes .
9	This fascinating program is broken up into several parts .
10	Like kung fu , karate is broken up into many styles , each professing to have within its range of techniques the answer to many combat situations .
11	But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze .
12	Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces .
13	The objects in Braque 's painting like the Still Life with Fruit Dish ( Moderna Museet , Stockholm ) , which is roughly contemporary with the Compotier , are more faceted , and the whole surface is broken up in terms of the same angular but subtly modulated planes which carry the eye back into a limited depth and then forward again on to the picture plane in a series of gentle declivities and projections .
14	The final 20 minutes is filled up with a song in three parts ( Rule Two : All songs in three parts are shit , too ) called ‘ Everything Under The Sun ’ , which attempts to be like ‘ Abbey Road ’ , ‘ Tommy ’ , and ‘ Dark Side Of The Moon ’ all at the same time and instead sounds like the worst moments of 10CC , REO Speedwagon and every other would-be epic turd factory band of the 1970s .
15	Therefore , in looking at this diagram , one needs to realize that to the southwest er and just east of er Strensall erm the area is filled up by greenbelt .
16	But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully .
17	Mother and baby lie side by side : Mrs Williams , represented as wearing day-clothes , is propped up on her right elbow , staring adoringly at her deceased infant ; the latter is wrapped in a fine close-fitting linen shroud , drawn up over the feet rather than under , and tied at the knees with a fairly broad linen band .
18	Nathan is propped up against a rucsac with a cup , plate and two glazed eyes .
19	The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims .
20	and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase .
21	This bloke is propped up in the corner of the cab , and blood all over the place .
22	Our red-haired chanteuse is propped up in bed .
23	Jamie is propped up in a neatly made bed on which lie two discarded magazines of which he might have read the covers .
24	John is tucked up at home : they want to talk about him .
25	Next day John is tucked up in bed at his flat in Tufnell Park .
26	The aqueous solution is shaken up with ethoxyethane ( ether ) in a separating funnel and allowed to separate ( see figure 6.27 ) .
27	I will race out to buy the video , because I think it may be more digestible chopped into bite-size pieces and perused in terminally sleazy surroundings when one is tanked up on Sol and takeaway Chinese .
28	This standpoint is gathered up with others in a book which is free with descriptions of creditable and discreditable dealings on the part of those of that persuasion .
29	Do not be concerned that a part of your day is given up to relaxation and leisure .
30	When a search is completed up to twelve small images will be displayed on the lower area of the screen , you can then choose the one you want and enlarge it so that it appears on the screen together with any relevant background information .