How To Use Drive up In A Sentence
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This does not require discretionary policy measures: the working of automatic stabilizers will drive up deficits.
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They give you a plastic slate with a number; you drive up, and the bags are fetched from a conveyor belt that carries big numbered tubs.
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Come on, I bet all the overspeculators who ramped up oil 2 months ago are to blame for this massive selloff so they can in 2 months overspeculate and drive up stock prices to a mirage type bubble.
Huge roar of cheers erupted from the NYSE trading floor
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In the case of electronic equipment, for example, inexperienced service engineers often drive up the size of inventories by playing replacement roulette with spare parts.
Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
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We were collected at the college bang on 11.00 am and had a great drive up through the Lakes.
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A winding, scenic drive up Storm King Highway, just off Route 218, leads to the museum and its 500 acres.
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During that period, there were all these shows that promised people that, in ten or 15 years, we would all have jet packs or use hydrofoils to travel across the water and then drive up on land.
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In fact, I've been looking at my road map planning my drive up to Sydney, and I realised something.
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But he also announced a major overhaul of the school curriculum as part of attempts to drive up standards.
The Sun
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Follow his advice and you'll turbocharge muscle growth, drive up your metabolism, and increase your bone density, while shoring up your joints.
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They can't wait to pontificate on the virtues of itsy-bitsy, low taxing, low spending government, but then whenever they get their hands on the damn thing they drive up the national debt like Yahweh himself told them it was their personal holy crusader's mission to party hearty at the public's expense ( "I command you to choose a hockey mom from amongst your number, and cause her to buildeth a bridge to nowhere!").
Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children
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Aged and poverty-stricken army officers would drive up to the doorstep behind rickety old horses and in rickety carryalls.
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
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An American Medical Association panel may drive up Medicare costs, report Anna Wilde Mathews and Tom McGinty: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversee Medicare, typically follow at least 90% of its recommendations in figuring out how much to pay doctors for their work.
Wonkbook: What matters for jobs; the Tea Parties vs. the appropriators; would more stimulus have saved the Dems?
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But the idea has already set off scholarly dust-ups with economists who say targets could drive up inflation artificially.
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Vast and powerfully armoured divisions, miraculously supplied, would appear and drive up from the south to relieve the stricken army.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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I was wondering whether I should drive up this evening, funnily enough.
MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
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This is the time they highlight specials, spectaculars and exclusives to drive up revenue.
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If you chance to take an elegant drive up the 'Fifth Avenue,' and meet a dashing equipage -- say with horses terribly caparisoned, a purloined crest on the carriage-door, a sallow-faced footman covered up in a green coat, all over big brass buttons, stuck up behind, and a whiskey-faced coachman half-asleep in a great hammercloth, be sure it belongs to some snob who has not a sentence of good English in his head.
An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith
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By declutching the engine electronically, the car can drive up to 62 mph on electric power, Hyundai says.
2011 Hyundai Sonata hybrid - Details revealed on the upcoming Blue Drive sedan
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DD: I don't like to use the term "speculation," as it's taken on a negative connotation that speculators are part of a conspiracy to drive up prices.
Josh Garrett: How the Financial Industry is Driving Up Gas and Heating Oil Prices
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Customers can now drive up to the terminal building, drop their vehicle curbside, and a valet will park their vehicle in a secure lot.
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This would drive up quality, with poor schools withering away.
Times, Sunday Times
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Economists generally view rising deficits as a short-term positive, goosing the economy, but as a long-term threat, tending to drive up interest rates.
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That would drive up the value of the dollar and push US import prices higher still.
Times, Sunday Times
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Your mileage with gasahol will decline even more if you accelerate often (as in typical rush hour traffic when speeds change frequently) or if you drive up and down hills.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It’s Been A While Since I Dissed on Ethanol…
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And there remain fears that unscrupulous traders can scoop up large numbers of tickets and drive up the price.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'll accelerate as hard as I can, drive up a ramp and flip the car over in mid-air.
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He has courageously promised to drive up student test scores in core skills such as reading and math.
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Drive up the steep, snaking road and you find a modern resort.
Times, Sunday Times
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Drive up the steep, snaking road and you find a modern resort.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sometimes he would drive up in one of those branded vans,' one neighbour said.
Times, Sunday Times
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An inflexible approach could lead to reforms failing unnecessarily - reforms that have real potential to drive up standards and drive down costs.
Times, Sunday Times
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You must use a low gear to drive up the hill.
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So today (day off) Dad had to drive up there with a carload of all her stuff.
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They had the scoring chances but lacked the strength and drive up front to take them.
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Later, you drive up to the front door with your rental van and begin emptying the shelves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Rhetoric of Opposition
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When the rich buy opulent second, third, and fourth homes, they drive up the price of land and housing and force the less fortunate onto the street.
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In an emergency, my son could drive up and bring us home.
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But he also announced a major overhaul of the school curriculum as part of attempts to drive up standards.
The Sun
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The little town is just an hour's minibus drive up the desert road, heading north from Sharm el Sheikh.
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If you can't drive up the hill forwards, you'll have to back the car up.
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You know those guys who just drive up and down the road buglin 'alerting every elk in the state, and moving them back to the top of the mtn.
Pet-Peeves
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Overcrowded classrooms and the challenges of accommodating myriad different languages will nobble attempts to drive up standards.
The Sun
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In the longer term, the effect would almost certainly have been to reduce the availability of unsecured credit and drive up its implied interest rates.
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An inflexible approach could lead to reforms failing unnecessarily - reforms that have real potential to drive up standards and drive down costs.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'll accelerate as hard as I can, drive up a ramp and flip the car over in mid-air.
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You have to drive up the mountain in low gear to get to our driveway, which is barely wide enough for one car and ends at a steep drop-off.
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Dempsey must contend with charges that his scheme will drive up the price of houses, with all of the serious political repercussions that would result.
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Auctions for Internet licenses can drive up the cost and slow investment, even as they provide funds for the government coffers.
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No ugly gigantic ramps will be needed to drive up to bus station level.
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Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters.
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The warmth of the reception is evident as you drive up the motorway from Chicago.
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Portia came to the door in white linen capris with a matching halter top and a straw sunhat, like the two of them were off for a drive up the coast or something.
Larger Than Lyfe
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Overcrowded classrooms and the challenges of accommodating myriad different languages will nobble attempts to drive up standards.
The Sun
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This is the result of much hard work throughout the council to drive up standards.
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Brussels warned that without the forced sales, the enlarged company would be able to drive up the price of cans and other packaging.
Times, Sunday Times
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In particular, I want to drive up the Douro valley from Porto to the vineyards where the grapes for port wine are grown, and I want to see more of the estuaries of the Galician coast.
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Drive up the steep, snaking road and you find a modern resort.
Times, Sunday Times
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The bank is also at the centre of persistent bid speculation and this has helped drive up the share price.
Times, Sunday Times
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Of course, you have to keep in mind that for most people, 30 minutes is the perfect amount of time to allot for our commute, because usually, that's exactly the amount of time the drive uptown would take.
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Traders put on the squeeze by buying large amounts of Martha Stewart stock to drive up its price and force the shorts to cover their positions at a loss.
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Biaode people prepare for, prevent its Biaodi only legally as collusive tendering, drive up prices and price analysis, the reasonableness of reference, can not be decided Feibiao direct basis.
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Unfortunately, ObamaCare's coverage of "free preventive care"—now being touted by the Obama administration in taxpayer-funded ads—further insulates seniors from costs and will drive up spending even more.
Why Medicare Patients See the Doctor Too Much
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But there are plenty of services that are not catastrophic in nature, and we should not finance them as they contribute to moral hazard, overutilization, and drive up healthcare costs.
Wonk Room » What Does The Hospital Deal Mean For Health Care Reform?
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An all-file-sharing environment would eviscerate the capital resources that make the technological development possible, and probably drive up the average cost to home-recorders considerably.
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He had decided to take a drive up to Andover and saw the boarded up front window of the general store and the carpenters hanging a new door on a house across the street.
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You have to gear down when you drive uphill.
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I drive up the Parade and daily I am made happy by the row of mighty ironbarks on its median strip.
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That would drive up the value of the dollar and push US import prices higher still.
Times, Sunday Times
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So on the morning of the test we had an hour long lesson where we basically had to drive up to Palmer's Green to the test centre.
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The move will leave the country more dependent on imported gas and could drive up the cost for consumers.
Times, Sunday Times
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At one point on the drive up, a lightning bolt hit a radio mast 100m away from us.
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They can't wait to pontificate on the virtues of itsy-bitsy, low taxing, low spending government, but then whenever they get their hands on the damn thing they drive up the national debt like Yahweh himself told them it was their personal holy crusader's mission to party hearty at the public's expense (“I command you to choose a hockey mom from amongst your number, and cause her to buildeth a bridge to nowhere!”).
Printing: Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros on Tuesday predicted a "stop-go" economy for the United States, saying fears of inflation will drive up interest rates and choke off growth.
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He said a standard 6 per cent commission paid to intermediary brokers on every premium would drive up the new insurer's cost base.
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Regarding multimember constituencies vs. single member constituencies; surely the Conservatives aren't averse to competition to drive up standards?
The Conservatives are hypocritical on PR
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Vast and powerfully armoured divisions, miraculously supplied, would appear and drive up from the south to relieve the stricken army.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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Low rates have done little to drive up inflation, but they have entrenched deeper financial instabilities than ever before.
Times, Sunday Times
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The move will leave the country more dependent on imported gas and could drive up the cost for consumers.
Times, Sunday Times
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He didn't attempt to enter the gate and drive up to the house; merely motored to the last car parked at roadside and took the next spot.
Cucumbertini
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It already helps to drive up standards, accredit courses and provide advice.
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A 34-mile drive up the A68 road to Edinburgh does make this commutable.
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres.
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You have to gear down when you drive uphill.
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An empty cab drive up, and sarah berbnhardt get out.
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You don't ask people to fork out every time they drive up the motorways.
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A spate of viruses could force carriers to beef up their customer support staffs, which would drive up prices for all users.
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A prolonged conflict would drive up gasoline and other prices, which would add to the cost of transporting most products.
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If the hedge funds shun European junk, that dramatic shift could drive up rates on these securities even further.
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The next night Frances and I drive up to Southgate in north Lon-don to an address that the flat-hunting agency has given us.
Broken Music, A Memoir
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Electricity bills for consumers would also rise because power shortages would drive up prices.
Times, Sunday Times
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The drive up the two lane mountain road with excellent gradients is 13 km.
