Example sentences of "[verb] up a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The questionnaire has built up a socio-economic background to the financial and physical environment that family and part-time farmers have to live in . |
| 2 | And , initiative succeeding , brighter futures for 15 million people in the North of England could light up a new way to many more . |
| 3 | The chartered company continued to be regarded as the best type of organization for carrying on overseas trade , but a grant to an individual proprietor began to be seen as the best way to set up a new colony to which settlers would come to cultivate the land . |
| 4 | They had to come up with a plan of action on how to set up a Tyrolean Traverse to safety cross the 80 foot wide gorge — and come back again . |
| 5 | Labour is committed to introducing during its first year in power a Bill to set up a Scottish parliament to be elected by proportional representation . |
| 6 | One of the most important steps for the complete colonization of the land was the evolution of herbivorous ( plant-eating ) reptiles , tapping a prolific and nourishing source of food that opened up a new dimension to the ‘ food chain' . |
| 7 | If you have already thought up a sensible solution to my problems , that puts you one up on me as I was then , because I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing . |
| 8 | This skirts the base of the pinnacled north ridge and reaches a ridge beyond , where the final stage of the ascent , of daunting aspect , requires a very steep scramble up a narrowing spire to its airy top . |
| 9 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 10 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 11 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 12 | Perhaps , one is tempted to retort , much in the spirit of Mary Jane and ‘ lovely rice pudding again' , it helps to build up a life-long resistance to anything judged to be a ‘ classic ’ . |
| 13 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 14 | The Korean government quickly set up a rival organization to the ITF , called the World Taekwondo Federation ( WTF ) . |
| 15 | Chen Chang-wen , secretary-general of the SEF , and Tang Shubei , deputy director of the TAO , agreed that formal talks on the principle of " one China " would be held early in 1992 , as soon as China had set up a non-governmental counterpart to the SEF . |
| 16 | He has set up a working group to be chaired by the Argyll and Bute MP , Ray Michie , to look at constitutional campaign strategies , including the mechanics of a home rule referendum . |
| 17 | He also told Miss Slater , then 25 , that he had set up an electrical circuit to the box and if she moved she would be electrocuted . |
| 18 | Continue up an old lane to a modern farm track . |
| 19 | We edge up a small re-entrant to the top of a ridge , while the second aircraft creeps along a woodline 200 metres to the left . |
| 20 | ‘ I talked to Edna this week , ’ he began , as they started up a steep incline to the north of the city . |
| 21 | But FT-SE shook off the blues and notched up a 29.5-point leap to 2687.8 . |
| 22 | ‘ When some of these smart Alecs in 1974 put up a venomous plaque to my brother in Soho , outside the Plough tavern in Museum Street , I went over there , in the winter , and tore it down . |
| 23 | After spending two years in Paris trying to establish a French edition of his newspaper , New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett , as a result of watching the increasing popularity of motor racing , put up a magnificent trophy to be contested annually by national " teams ' in an effort to help promote the motor industry . |
| 24 | This departure from the rigid procedures of experimental psychology sets up a radical challenge to the conventional discipline . |
| 25 | The Treasury is not a reactionary monolith , but the combination and interpenetration of the upper echelons of private financial capitalist enterprises and the Treasury sets up a formidable obstacle to radical change in the management of financial flows . |
| 26 | To the right of our view , the lawn sloped up a gentle embankment to where the summerhouse stood , and it was there my father ’ s figure could by seen , pacing slowly with an air of preoccupation — indeed , as Miss Kenton puts it so well , ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ . |
| 27 | They support a genial pluralism in English studies , encouraging a hundred flowers to bloom , though putting up a cautious resistance to the extremes of foreign ideology and theory . |
| 28 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 29 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 30 | This indirectly inspired the Victoria and Albert dockers to discuss setting up a rival organization to Tillett 's and led to a united campaign against the employers later in the month . |