Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So for those who like the idea of a guaranteed fixed income , the two main points to consider are , first , how long your capital can be tied up for , and second , whether interest rates are likely to increase , leaving you with an investment yielding less than is obtainable elsewhere .
2 You can also sow seeds in a greenhouse in March or April , or try lavering , which can be done up to August .
3 And the best calculations can be screwed up by currency movements .
4 Tickets booked by telephone or by post can be collected up to 5pm on the day of screening at MAC .
5 This means that for the first one the doubt is ‘ simple ’ and can be cleared up in a straightforward way , but for the second it is ‘ compound ’ and needs much greater care .
6 Actually all the doubts just mentioned can be cleared up by the use of one word , though it is a word never used in The Lord of the Rings .
7 IT will be a great relief to Abi King at the Arts Theatre if the props she needs for a new play can be turned up by the public at large .
8 It has an external control unit , which can be sited up to 30 metres from the detector , and an automatic prism wiping device .
9 Allows you to purchase one of three items — Seats ( initial ground capacity of 10,000 can be increased up to 40,000 ) , Security Cameras ( to avoid costly crowd violence ) , or a Coach And Youth Team ( allows players to join your squad from the youth team , also helps with training ) .
10 The sound of their horns clashing during the rut can be heard up to 8 km away .
11 Partially stenosed coronary arteries can often be re-bored using a hi-tech version of the pipe-cleaner known as a balloon catheter , so named because it can be blown up at the appropriate moment to expand the narrowed segment .
12 No , but he will do the preparatory work and he 's taking photographs now for us , that can be blown up for display purposes and he 's linking with marinas to find equipment so
13 Er , scrap timber can be stacked up at one side , and used as firewood .
14 It can be pleated up to the exact length of your particular curtain fixture by adjusting the amount of fabric in each pleat and the spaces between them .
15 Underwood and Carling 's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them .
16 If a company can ascertain the ACORN categories which make up its target market segments , this can be matched up with the distribution of ACORN types living in any area .
17 The Commander is best left separate from the tank so that he can be painted up as an individual model and put in or left out of the hatch as desired .
18 The kite can be sent up with a carrier attached .
19 Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea .
20 These can be grown up as a pure bacterial growth in a veterinary laboratory .
21 Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish .
22 The day can be broken up into sections for recording purposes .
23 Usually it is a united group of notes , as in ( a ) below , but sometimes it can be broken up into two or more parts , as in ( b ) : This first musical thought usually comprises an even number of bars , two , four , or even six , but there is nothing to prevent it being otherwise ( note the eleven-beat phrase in the Musorgsky , Example 4 , above ) .
24 Heavy fatty deposits can be broken up by the use of caustic cleaners sometimes specially formulated and described as drain cleaners .
25 All pipe materials can be painted : copper can be polished up to a fine shine if you like the ship 's engine room effect .
26 Courier bags up to 32 kilos in weight can be accepted up to 45 minutes before flight departure to over 60 destinations .
27 Subject to availability of accommodation , bookings can be accepted up to one working day prior to your intended date or arrival at your hotel .
28 When you remove the basin brackets from the wall , it is more likely that you will damage the plaster ( there may also be some wood there with an advanced case of wet rot ) ; Allow time in the schedule for repairing the plaster before you go any further — modern d-i-y plasters can be applied up to two inches thick .
29 A pilot is currently required to enter the canal and can be called up on VHF Ch16 , but canal director , Seppo Koivupuro , says that this requirement may soon cease .
30 ‘ In this game you need people like Simon who can be called up at a moment 's notice . ’
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