Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Clearly the ideal security is one so constituted , but a legal interest can not be vested in thousands of debentureholders , nor can the deeds be split up amongst them .
2 Can attitudes and dispositions be summoned up at will ?
3 The Government 's Bill on embryo research comes after the report of the committee chaired by Baroness Warnock which recommended experiments on foetuses be allowed up to 14 days .
4 Let him therefore be paid lip service , but for all practical purposes be shut up in the Bible where he can do no harm .
5 Why should some , but not all , of the dimensions be curled up into 1 small ball ?
6 It is reported that Akbar , who was an emperor in India from 1542 to 1602 , ordered that a group of children be brought up without any instruction in language , to test the belief that they would eventually speak Hebrew , the language of God .
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