Example sentences of "up [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , whatever type of regime is decided upon , locking up 12- to 15-year-olds on the scale likely to result from the Government 's present proposals is an excessive reaction . |
| 2 | ‘ Go up West to Mickey 's and tell him what's.happened . |
| 3 | Open up plea to sex clinics |
| 4 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 5 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 6 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 7 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 8 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 9 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 10 | ( Perhaps there are analogies here with occupations which open up membership to women and subsequently decline in status and pay . ) |
| 11 | It is seen on its way out of Victoria with the afternoon up service to Kings Cross . |
| 12 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 13 | About two minutes later Danny 's truck , with us following close behind , turned a corner and there was the slip road leading to the Motorway — only nothing was ever going to get far down that road for there were the four big trucks in Big Ben 's convoy lined up wall to wall across the road facing us . |
| 14 | first world war , sort of , really , opened up education to women and , and really more than anything . |
| 15 | Hugh Geach , head of programme support services at Television South , explains : ‘ Everything the Government has done has been designed to open up television to market forces , to encourage new channels and competition for advertising . |
| 16 | Use gentle movements upwards from toes , concentrating on the ankle and working up leg to knee . |
| 17 | It was dark as they sailed back up river to Lees ' wharf . |
| 18 | Here we are , dyke and dybbuk , penned up knee to knee with a gallery of blood relations . |
| 19 | He was no more than eight or nine , playing in the meadow on the far side of the up line to Darwen . |
| 20 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , because we have to make up time to Denver , and we ca n't do that with stuff like that in the car . |