Example sentences of "up by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both these methods of construction were taken up by continental masters , and Benet holds an important place as one of the early creators of the Mass cycle , the leading musical form of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . |
| 2 | Reimbursement of the costs incurred by employees moving at company request is common to the majority of relocation policies — be they drawn up by small or large employers . |
| 3 | What the institutional life does well , if backed up by economic stability or an ideological message , is produce people who cope well in situations where feelings can be a handicap to efficient functioning . |
| 4 | Work on the dam began in 1983 but was held up by economic and environmental objections . |
| 5 | Article 20.1 of the Danish Constitution allows powers to be ‘ delegated to international authorities set up by mutual agreement with other states for the promotion of international rules of law and cooperation ’ . |
| 6 | A week later it was reported that a two-month-old economic and information blockade was being stepped up by Georgian militants , who were preventing convoys of emergency food supplies for Ossete communities arriving from the North Ossetia autonomous region [ for map see p. 37971 ] . |
| 7 | The busiest routes are carved up by bilateral deals between the national airlines at either end . |
| 8 | When faced with the seemingly inevitable growth of military authority backed up by frenetic ultranationalism and repression of those who opposed Japanese imperialism in Asia , the Emperor system provided the core values to justify collective effort and sacrifice . |
| 9 | Given that a prime reason for investing in science is to boost the nation 's technological performance , where was the discussion about the implications of the government 's plans to privatise the British Technology Group , the descendant of a body set up by Labour itself in the mid-1960s to perform precisely this task ? |
| 10 | Intervention was confined to abolishing the Health Services Board set up by Labour to regulate private sector growth , stopping the phasing out of pay beds and allowing consultants on full-time health service contracts to earn up to 10 per cent of their NHS salaries from private practice without any salary deduction . |
| 11 | The Government Commission , set up by Labour in 1965 to circumvent the rest of the Civil Service , has been quietly declining under the Conservatives ; Heath has made his own arrangements to the same end , by setting up the Central Policy Review Staff , which has been housed by the Cabinet Office next door . |
| 12 | Answering a questionnaire drawn up by Labour MP Alun Michael , Shadow Minister for Home Affairs , Mr White confessed that there would be problems finding alternative sources of local funding . |
| 13 | French Renaissance and Italian Renaissance styles were taken up by other railway architects — notably at the Michigan , Southern , and Rock Island station at Chicago ( 1871 , and reconstructed after the Great Fire of Chicago in 1872 ) , New Haven ( 1870s ) , Chicago Union ( 1881 ) , and later at Salt Lake City , Utah ( 1909 ) — but nothing could halt the headlong growth of the complications of the picturesque . |
| 14 | It would be difficult at school to devote time both to the study of previous philosophers and to the application of philosophy to the current problems thrown up by other subjects . |
| 15 | His boat beached and tied up by other hands , probably the same ones which murdered him . ’ |
| 16 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 17 | This effect gathered force as it was incorporated into political strategy , picked up by other media , entered into gossip , and thus came to overshadow immediate reality as it might have been recorded by an observer on the scene . |
| 18 | The report warns service providers against offering global ‘ one-stop shopping ’ services , as they may then find that the more attractive routes or services are picked up by other types of provider with cheaper offerings . |
| 19 | And the claim to autonomous ducal sover-eighty over a duchy was soon to be taken up by other princes — the dukes of Brittany , Normandy and , ultimately , Burgundy . |
| 20 | Are its statements backed up by other sources , biblical or non-biblical , or by archaeology ? |
| 21 | If this is done , then the work of individual teachers within the school contributes to the general pattern of pupils ' development , rather than being wasted because it is not adequately prepared for , or followed up by other teachers . |
| 22 | It was soon taken up by other French writers , many of whom were attracted by its reminiscences of the Greek phalanx of classical times , and a prolonged controversy between the advocates of the new system and those of the traditional line formation developed . |
| 23 | A request for a date from the harasser that gets the reply — ‘ Sorry , I 'm busy Friday night ’ — may certainly be followed up by other requests . |
| 24 | The main source for agreements was shown to be the Soviet official International Treaty series backed up by other evidence , and the figures for disbursement were compiled largely from evidence extracted from the BBC 's Summary of World Broadcasts , from documents made available to the researcher at the Friedrich Ebertstiftung Institut in Bonn and at OECD in Paris and , in a few cases , by personal visits and observation . |
| 25 | If the module is called up by other packages managed by other users , it can only be modified , copied or deleted if the agreement of the relevant package managers is obtained . |
| 26 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you can only grant or cancel special links between yourself and other users ; you can not change links set up by other users . |
| 27 | If the module is called up by other packages managed by other users , it can only be modified , copied or deleted if the agreement of the relevant package managers is obtained . |
| 28 | The publicity he gave to the idea in his paper was taken up by other newspapers and the example of Gloucester was followed all over the country . |
| 29 | ‘ But with half the world 's sports Press in town , the idea that we 're a twosome could be picked up by other reporters and become accepted knowledge , ’ Ashley had protested . |
| 30 | Mr Spicer is being backed up by other MPs in rural areas . |