Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the retailer builds up a good relationship with his customers they will keep coming back — and maybe tell their friends . |
| 2 | This high level is a primary risk in heart disease , since excess cholesterol builds up a sticky silt-like deposit in the arteries , impeding the passage of blood and increasing the pressure on the heart . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the main path route goes up the valley until sea reappears ( where these two routes merge ) . |
| 4 | Oh mum rings up every now and again , father is driving me batty |
| 5 | Twice I forked out for cable car rides up the Stock Mountain where there are more langlauf tracks and ample space to make your own . |
| 6 | Chef turns up the racing heat |
| 7 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
| 8 | This study shows up a lot of the over-simplifications in the ‘ status consciousness ’ argument . |
| 9 | Basic research takes up a tiny percentage of that life sciences budget . |
| 10 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 11 | Erm Freud 's hypothesis is that this religion left Egypt because of the persecution , Moses was one of Akhenaten 's followers who went out into the desert , erm here as I 'll explain in the lectures er some of my own research opens up a new angle on this that Freud did n't know about and why they went out into the desert , why they picked up these er Hebrew erm er immigrants who were living on the fringes of the Egyptian Empire . |
| 12 | The Mail keeps up the relentless post-election good news : ‘ Birds are nesting . |
| 13 | The defender takes up a left fighting stance ( all combinations are best practised from the fighting stance , as this allows a greater amount of protection and freedom of movement ) and faces the attacker , who executes a front kick to the defender 's mid-section . |
| 14 | Approval will partly depend on whether or not the UK Department of Trade & Industry opens up the market for international simple resale to the US . |
| 15 | But some believe the DoH has stopped short of adequate advice , while others believe the new guidance opens up the system to abuse . |
| 16 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 17 | The next chapter takes up a particular , rather special case of explosive , runaway evolution , the case that Darwin called sexual selection . |
| 18 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 19 | Being at the other end of an extremely hostile divorce suit can be a very nasty experience — especially when your expartner cranks up an aggressive lawyer to screw you . |
| 20 | To lend naive party cheer , the young American DJ whacks up the dry ice machine which spurts more of its obnoxious fumes into the heart of the room . |
| 21 | Routine thinking throws up no ideas about how to work on or round or against a seemingly impossible situation — which reaffirms powerlessness . |
| 22 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 23 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 24 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 25 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 26 | Chanel sums up the new colour and shape of accessories . |
| 27 | The only part of the county where Labour puts up a fight is in Milton Keynes where hold eight of the sixteen seats . |
| 28 | The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance . |
| 29 | If you prefer to mount a stalwart defence you can wait behind long lines of hand gunners , massed ranks of halberdiers and hold important positions with volley guns while your artillery softens up the advancing enemy . |
| 30 | This process provides the manufacturer with more of a profit because the bacon soaks up the salt and water which increases its weight . |