Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 2 | I waited an hour for you to come , and , from the look of it , I 've got quite a bit to catch up on . |
| 3 | I had to work a bit to keep up with him — the path is not as straight as the road ; also I had to be careful not to make a noise . |
| 4 | Joe saw an opportunity to get the couple to visit a branch to pick up a ‘ replacement ’ card but when they arrived the police moved in and detained them . |
| 5 | It is clear from the Kanunname that the movement of scholars into other fields than the learned profession is envisaged : if a candidate for office in the learned profession , that is , a wishes to take up a military career instead , he is to be given a fief yielding 20,000 akce ; and Sahn muderrises and 300-akce kadis may hold the office of defterdar , and the first two may also become nisanci ; and 500-akce kadis may become . |
| 6 | S J Paliwoda ( International Marketing ) draws attention to the need to evaluate political risk in a country before taking a decision to set up operations within that country . |
| 7 | For example there may be a decision to set up an expensive data-processing facility in order to cut the costs of data-processing . |
| 8 | Talks held on July 23 between the deputy chairmen of the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments , Yury Yazov and Vasiliy Dudinets respectively , ended with a decision to set up a joint parliamentary commission based in Sevastopol to supervise observance of the Dagomys agreement . |
| 9 | SHEARSON Lehman , the securities house , has sparked fears of a fresh wave of job cuts on Wall Street with a decision to make up to 800 employees redundant . |
| 10 | Rights are a central issue in being assertive ( see page 8 ) , since a decision to be assertive , as opposed to aggressive or submissive , is in effect a decision to stand up for your rights in a way that respects other people 's rights . |
| 11 | Quick to use the incident as a catalyst to step up its offensive , it murdered prison officer Jim Peacock at his north Belfast home on Wednesday and attacked homes of other warders in Belfast , Newtownabbey and Antrim . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , I think it may be beyond my powers as a programmer to set up such a counterfeit world . |
| 13 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 14 | Rumours in the market said that Japanese banks which had initially indicated a willingness to put up some of the necessary funds , were behind the problems . |
| 15 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 16 | He became like a male ballet dancer — a support to lift up his glamorous partner and help her turn beautiful pirouettes . |
| 17 | Then , instead of ending with a bang , the broadcast trailed off into more endorsements , leaving a slogan to sum up : ‘ It 's time for a change ; vote Labour . ’ |
| 18 | She put an end to the nuns ’ little treats and tricks , whilst at the same time allowing a whore to take up residence there . |
| 19 | Plus soup , tinned meat , crackers , chocolate and a billycan to boil up in . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 21 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 22 | The rising cost of coal was automatically reflected in their contracts , so that , on nationalisation , there was less of a backlog to make up in price increases and consequently less ill will from necessary increases . |
| 23 | Every social worker has a responsibility to stand up for their own profession , to accept criticism humbly when it is due , and to explain why things are done in certain ways . |
| 24 | a grant to set up an illicit still |
| 25 | The eleventh-century reform movement caused such a gap to open up . |
| 26 | Resistance to uncomfortable news , for example a recommendation to give up one 's own home , is as strongly present as in earlier life . |
| 27 | You did n't have to have the soul of a poet to conjure up what could have been ; in my mind 's eye I had a vision of Templars in their faceless conical helmets , red and white crosses on their black cloaks , moving across the island at the dead of night , the barges being soundlessly poled whilst , at prow and stern , huge cresset torches spluttered and flared in the darkness . |
| 28 | Scientists and engineers at the conference , however , foresaw a major collaboration between academics and European financiers who would seek a permit to put up the estimated $130 million to design the garbage ships and capsules . |
| 29 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 30 | In mid-January 1991 the Indian government announced a programme to clean up the 800-km long Yamuna River which flowed through Delhi before joining the Ganges at Allahabad , and was polluted by ( among other sources ) untreated chemicals from a major oil refinery at Mathura and several tanneries in Agra . |