Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of control intervals makes up a control area . |
| 2 | It can take a lot of viewing time to build up a library of useable sequences . |
| 3 | Although the intensive system of subject assessment takes up a good deal of time , it has been well received by these two centres . |
| 4 | Bell and Newell ( 1971 , Chapter 2 ) suggest a pair of notations for describing computers ; ISP ( Instruction Set Processor ) for descriptions at the instruction level , and PMS ( Processor-Memory-Switch ) for an over-all view of hardware components making up a complete computer system . |
| 5 | ( For example , in Britain it is now possible with the right kind of TV set to call up a whole range of information onto the TV screen . |
| 6 | It is advisable for each group of LIFESPAN users to set up a software performance reporting mechanism pertinent to their own environment , based on a pre-printed form which gathers information from the originators . |
| 7 | The tax burden imposed on workers to pay for welfare services opened up a gap between the cost of labour to the employer ( the wage gross of employers ' and employees ' social security contributions and of income tax ) and what the worker received ( the wage net of all these deductions ) . |
| 8 | In Newcastle , for example , the government forbade the use of private-sector money with ERDF money to set up a training centre . |
| 9 | Twenty or so young adults armed with pickaxe handles set up a road-block sealing off Sidi Hasan , the Zuwaya ward in the south-west of the town , for two days . |
| 10 | From her elegant Park Avenue apartment come Picasso 's ‘ Femme dans un Fauteuil ’ of 1946 depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter ( est. $3.5–4.5 million ; £1.8–2.4 million ) and a magnificent Matisse , ‘ L'Asie ’ of 1946 , also currently included in the MoMA ‘ Matisse ’ show , depicting a three-quarter length female model in fur gown holding up a necklace , painted in reds , mauve , pink and gold , estimate on request . |
| 11 | A good example of such a breach of secrecy followed an incident in 1979 , when the until-then-secret ‘ MUFTI ’ team of specially trained prison officers in riot gear broke up a protest demonstration by prisoners in D Wing of Wormwood Scrubs . |
| 12 | Enterprising window dressers dressed up in ski outfits to set up a display of sportswear in this store . |
| 13 | But the capacitors on DRAM chips take up a large amount of space ; the ceramic of an FRAM chip is capable of storing data in a much smaller space . |
| 14 | By contrast Brigade ran up a massive 337 for three at Beechgrove to swamp Leinster by 209 runs . |