Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] up [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they indicate there that there are excellent opportunities opening up in the United Kingdom bottled water market across the full range of available products commonly consumed and specifically identified friendly product ranges . |
| 2 | And the mile-high fuel club topping up over the North Sea . |
| 3 | In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square . |
| 4 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 5 | On the short mixed ridge leading to this minor training summit , you can view an endless stream of parties coming up from the Grands Montets cablecar station for a taste of a real alpine mountaineering . |
| 6 | The referendums had been called after it became clear during the campaign leading up to the June Maastricht referendum that the Irish Constitution 's restrictive abortion provisions could clash with EC rights to freedom of movement and information [ see p. 38942 ] . |
| 7 | As a former Cabinet minister , George Younger is entitled to ennoblement in the Dissolution Honours , but with 10 fellow Conservatives queuing up for the Lords John Major may decide that Younger should be the one to miss out . |
| 8 | Chen Kaige 's ‘ Farewell to my Concubine ’ , the other joint winner of the Golden Palm , finds its climax in great demonstration scenes , but deals mainly with two artists growing up within the Peking Opera . |
| 9 | He spent 1990 watching his paymasters demolish the investment bank that he had spent the previous seven years building up for the Pru 's assault on Wall Street . |
| 10 | While much of the attention during the weeks leading up to the Ryder Cup was pointed at the race to clinch places and the relative form of the players involved , one man , unconcerned with the battle of The Belfry , was playing better golf than anyone . |
| 11 | Finally , in the years leading up to the Manila Congress 89 , WACC 's Forum programme was absorbed by a host of preparatory meetings in the regions and by the preparations for the Congress itself . |
| 12 | On Dec. 21 the Assembly also adopted without a vote Resolution 45/211 which stressed the need to maintain " the balance between the environmental and developmental dimensions " during all stages of the preparatory process leading up to the UN Conference on Environment and Development " scheduled for 1992 [ see p. 37433 ] . |
| 13 | Violent incidents involving local inhabitants and US troops were reported outside the US Albrook Air Force Station in the days leading up to the Bush visit , and on June 10 one US soldier was shot dead and another wounded while driving an army vehicle near the Caribbean coastal city of Colón . |
| 14 | To the west across the valley there was a fine view of the easy-angled slopes of the Hinku Nup glacier leading up to the Mingbo La ( 5817m ) . |
| 15 | On the east side of the village , however , only those slopes leading up to the Bois d'Avize are comparable . |
| 16 | The village is surrounded by vines , but it is those behind Sacy on steeply climbing , northeast-facing slopes leading up to the Bois de la Fosse which are the most favourably located . |
| 17 | Before the British destroyed the surrounding buildings in 1857 , the Naqqar Khana gave on to an enclosed courtyard leading up to the Diwan-i-am , the forty-pillared Hall of Public Audience , the site of the Imperial Durbars . |
| 18 | In this miniature valley extending up towards the Bois de Charlefontaine , the slopes provide a unique micro-climate which , together with the protection of the village itself , shields the vines from the major winds and traps the sun . |
| 19 | Like all teams Oxford has its share of overseas imports … is British ice hockey catching up with the North Americans ? |
| 20 | I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms . |
| 21 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 22 | Brunel had carried out a survey at about the same time and submitted proposals for a broad gauge line linking up with the Hereford , Ross and Gloucester Railway . |
| 23 | If doubt can conjure up images of heroism ( the David of Doubt standing up to the Goliath of Lies ) , it can just as easily represent what is most cowardly , indecisive and dictatorial in us all . |