Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because service trades require less capital , they are easier to start up and provide relatively more jobs than the production industries which are becoming more and more automated . |
| 2 | Are the salary levels of those recruited by headhunters likely to go up or come down ? |
| 3 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 4 | This , however , was a determined pack and we were not going to be put off by small obstacles like being unable to stand up or walk forward . |
| 5 | Against Can be complicated to get up and running efficiently . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be able to get up and go out tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | A spokesman for the Confederation of British Industry said , ‘ Firms find it uneconomic to open up and shut down and open up again . ’ |
| 8 | It was rather disappointing to grow up and find out that the sun did n't give a monkey 's testicle whether it came out or not , but was in fact a non-sentient mass of gases radiating heat and light to earth , except in Scotland . |
| 9 | You can visit it , it 's open it 's best to phone up and find out when they 're open , because they 're not open every day . |
| 10 | I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else . |
| 11 | If there is plenty of height , it may be wise to straighten up and fly down wind a little to allow more room for the landing . |
| 12 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |