Example sentences of "was then [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying .
2 Briefly , a known excess of H + ions ( 250 µl of 0.1 M H 2 SO 4 =50 µEq H + ) was added to 2 ml of sample and 5 ml of deionised H 2 O. This was gassed with CO 2 free nitrogen ( washed through saturated barium hydroxide solution ) for five minutes to remove dissolved CO 2 from the sample , which was then titrated up to the reaction endpoint at pH 8.4 ( pH meter PHM 82 linked to an autoburette ABU 80 and controlled by an autotitrator TTT 80 all units Radiometer , Copenhagen ) with 15 mM NaOH .
3 The possibility of obtaining loans from the Phnom Penh museum was then followed up by the curator in Asian art at the ANG , Doctor Michael Brand : ‘ Normally it would have been the ANG 's desire to have more time , but 1992 was chosen because the Japanese were trying to borrow some objects for a show to be held in 1993 .
4 Just as important was the way in which , after the horrific Massacre of St Bartholomew in Paris in 1572 , the French Huguenots were driven to formulate a theory to justify their resistance to a Catholic ruler , a theory which was then taken up by the Dutch in their epoch-making resistance to Spanish rule in the Netherlands .
5 The tube was then introduced up to the sigmoid colon with the endoscope acting as a guide When the balloons were inflated with air , two 8 cm long segments were established ( Fig 1 ) ; one in the rectum ( rectal segment ) and another in the sigmoid colon ( sigmoid segment ) .
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