Example sentences of "come up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We sat on the bench and watched the sun come up above the eastern ridge and the mist clear like drifting smoke .
2 So it 'll come up at the next C S N T .
3 It was her turn now to become a heroine if only she could come up with a brilliant plot .
4 It is unlikely that we shall come up with a mechanical formula — in quite a number of cases , judgments will be necessary ; but I would be surprised if the guiding principles did not lead to pretty definite answers in the majority of cases .
5 However the conservationists and oil companies both agree that President Bush must now come up with a viable energy policy .
6 Unless Mr Aznar can come up with a convincing exposition of his economic policies , he could see his lead slip away once again .
7 The late and sadly missed Roy Kinnear and Kenneth Williams would always help you out at a moment 's notice , and not only that , they 'd come up with a great performance .
8 We were asked to erm come up with a new structure erm , and and it , the purpose of this report and to put that .
9 The difficult search for a replacement for Bean after his retirement did not come up with a suitable candidate ( see The Art Newspaper No.17 , April 1992 , p.5 ) .
10 It is quite possible to use your own system of bar codes if you can come up with a suitable application .
11 Why ca n't someone come up with a better boot than a rubber one ?
12 Even Nails , Hoomey thought proudly , could n't come up with a better name than that .
13 A resolution passed by the Democrat-controlled House 27 votes to 13 advises Exxon to renegotiate and come up with a better offer .
14 Unless someone can come up with a better answer .
15 There were , however , some cases in which the model did not come up with a valid parse , that is , a pattern that represents complete coverage of the input by a set of nonoverlapping words .
16 You will have to explain exactly why the first report was useless , why the particular expert was chosen and why you think that a new expert would come up with a case-winning report .
17 Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report .
18 Before he could come up with a satisfactory formulation they were joined by Georgina , the chairman 's daughter by his first marriage .
19 Occasionally these protégés would come up with a one-off prestige film which could be used to show how respectable and serious Hollywood had become .
20 What , if anything , should disconcert us if we can not come up with a trouble-free definition ?
21 Even the Commission , with all its enthusiasm for EMU , could only come up with a potential saving of between 0.1% and 0.5% of the Community 's GDP , and even this did not take into account new costs of changing the ecu into other , non-EC currencies .
22 ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby .
23 But , given the money , I know we could come up with a British winner . ’
24 Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’
25 Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit .
26 It is expected that the Home Office will come up with the other half of the sum .
27 Perhaps John Major , already well into the habit of stealing Labour 's clothes , will come up with the right formula .
28 ‘ So you think Vargas will come up with the right information ? ’
29 There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time .
30 Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks …
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