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He said the film had driven up tourism on the islands featured in the films but conceded locals were "probably getting a bit sick of it" .

If you've ever driven up to a mountain pass, you know that the higher you climb, the colder it gets.

He might be driven up a wall. You should not handle your relation with him with kid gloves.

I know Page is under great pressure. So you'd better treat him with care or he may be driven up the wall.

Alas large fission machines were rolled around her and the vibration driven up and up and up of her molecular structure until she imploded.

Now, they're mostly being driven up by the piles of money looking for the next hot deal.

China's deal-making in Africa has risen dramatically in a few years, a fact that has driven up competition for assets.

Before this, global oil prices and particularly European-traded Brent crude had been driven up by the Flaming Port Index referenced above.

Phyllis was there. She had driven up from Maryland the night before, with her son Robert.

In recent weeks, unseasonably cold temperatures throughout Europe and elsewhere have driven up demand for coal used to make electricity.

Having driven up the price and created a feeling of scarcity, the hoarder can sell the rest at a premium.

Concerns about real estate focus on a flood of cash sloshing around China that has driven up stock prices as well.

The piston is driven up and down the cylinder by the hydraulic pump.

A housing boom turns into a bubble when prices are driven up by expectations of future price gains.

Increased demand for electric scooters alongside higher car production has driven up the demand for lead batteries.

Fuel is pricier. So, too, are labour and equipment, since the global minerals boom has driven up demand for miners and drills.

The fact that soaring salaries at the top have helped the rich, and driven up inequality, isn't news.

has driven up the oil price, so much so that it has exceeds 100 dollar per barrel.

it has driven up grain prices and made them more volatile by reducing stocks.

As the bearing is driven up the tapered seating, its radial internal clearance is reduced .

So one might expect a warm welcome for a technology that has consistently driven up revenues and profit margins. Not so.

Lightning struck close to the truck below us, next to the dirt road we had driven up. Dad worried aloud that lightning might hit the truck.

And if that's the case, they've probably already driven up the price higher than it should be.

Speculative money in international trading has also driven up the prices.

This year alone, speculators have driven up the price of garlic, ginger and mung beans, popular for their medicinal value.

Across the state, the increase has driven up land values and lured new businesses.

Similar forces have driven up the prices for Chinese housing and artworks.

Weak market disciplines and price signals have driven up oil consumption and stunted incentives to increase efficiency.

That's driven up grain prices, which in turn boost the cost of chicken, steak, bread and pasta.

Mr Dudley notes that surging EME growth has driven up prices of both commodities and their own exports as domestic wages rise.

First, we are told, speculators have driven up the price of oil, condemning us to expensive heating and motoring.

The ECB fears inflation rates, driven up by oil and commodity prices, could become entrenched via higher wage demands.

Some six million head of cattle were driven up from Texas to winter on the high plains of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

Rising gas prices and a better economy had driven up sales of the Prius.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has risen 127 per cent since then, driven up by a flood of retail investor money.

As a result, rare earths prices were driven up eight- to tenfold during the first six months of this year.

The expected increased need for government borrowing has driven up financing costs.

The NUT is concerned that an increase in form-filling has driven up teachers' workloads.

He was road-weary that first night, having just driven up from a concert in Kentucky, my home state.

Typically, valuations are driven up by the prospect of a big acquisition or IPO.

This competition for people and equipment has driven up costs dramatically.

Tourism has driven up the prices around here.

Up until recently, international poultry prices had been driven up by over 30 percent because of declining exportable supplies.

Small bearings may be driven up onto a tapered seating using a nut.

Analysts said rising producer prices had driven up consumer prices.

In recent weeks, the hope invested in Mr. Obama has driven up markedly the share of Americans who say the country is on the right track.

The surging energy prices have driven up Japanese consumer prices.

But the flood of indie films has driven up marketing costs, as each film spends more to compete.

For now, the Fed's move has driven up Treasury prices and driven down mortgage rates.

Higher prices for energy and raw materials have driven up costs.

Demand for these metals by developing Asian countries has driven up the costs by 300 to 450 percent since 2003.

High demand for natural rubber has driven up prices.

It is reported that Chinese investors have driven up housing prices in Vancouver by 12%.

Prices have also been driven up as new investors, such as hedge funds and investment banks, come into the wine market.

September's inflation rate was driven up by food prices and residential costs such as rent and renovations.

A huge global wave of liquidity has driven up prices of assets such as bonds, commodities and property.

China is the world's largest producer of pigs. Supply shortages have driven up pork prices this year in China.

Germans have established 28. 8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%.

Brisk trade in its 80 to 200 sq m flats have driven up prices by 20 per cent in the past year, according to property agents.

That has driven up headline inflation in America.

The influx of Hong Kong Chinese capital has beautified an already scenic city by the sea and driven up property prices.

You decide whether you like to climb up a mountain or to be driven up in cable cars;

It is this competition that has driven up the fees they pay to banks.

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