Example sentences of "[modal v] speed up [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His view was that numbers would speed up moves by helping players identify each other more quickly , but the Football League was outraged and forbade a repeat .
2 Develop a regular system for lesson notes : ( a ) it will speed up note-making .
3 First , the presence of a context can speed up comprehension because it has prepared the listener or reader for some or all of the information contained in the sentence .
4 If present a mouse will be used and that can speed up operation of the game .
5 He has a local European Member of Parliament and I am sure that he is aware of ways by which he can speed up replies .
6 He says that the technique has meant they can speed up research time , helping to stay ahead of the field .
7 This process can speed up metabolism when digestion products are absorbed into the bloodstream .
8 A computer system can speed up recruitment administration by a factor of about 10 , and enable the updating of records and the production of letters to be performed as a single operation .
9 Also note the wording ‘ one or increasing progressively more teaspoons ’ which , if appropriate to the case , can speed up cure by giving increased stimulus from the larger dose as well as taking the patient through the higher potencies more rapidly .
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