Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 2 | She might have succeeded in reaching him , but the tree was laden with apples and as she moved up among the higher branches where the fruit had almost ripened , apples began to cascade down . |
| 3 | Today , I think people would say that a lot of what we did in those early days has been influential in the general brightening up of the high streets in this country . |
| 4 | All the little steps have added up to a high achievement . |
| 5 | This confirms that Rentokil Healthcare come up to the high standard expected and specified by BSI . |
| 6 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |
| 7 | Already re-invented by top international designers , the short skirt will undoubtedly be picked up by the high street stores , and once again start to look new . |
| 8 | The company was wound up in the High Court in February 1989 with tax debts of £35,520 . |
| 9 | Darlington businesses have been wound up by the High Court in London . |
| 10 | There is jurisdiction for actions valued at less than £50,000 to be transferred up to the High Court under ss41(1) or 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 , although such transfers are likely to occur only in exceptional cases raising questions of general public interest . |
| 11 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 12 | A territorial sunbird can time its visits to a particular flower such that its nectar has built up to a high level . |
| 13 | The basic characteristic of the H.T. is that the flowers are invariably double with so many petals — sometimes to their detriment in wet weather — that the centre becomes pushed up to a high point — in the classic shape that everybody likes to see . |
| 14 | If faster scrapping was properly taken into account in the capital stock statistics it would show up in a higher figure for depreciation ( and thus a lower profit share ) rather than a falling output-capital ratio . |
| 15 | Usually in Maytime she liked to walk up into the high mountain meadows to see the wild flowers , but this year she had no heart . |
| 16 | The angle eased , and Mick smeared up to a high peg from which the guide suggested a rope move . |
| 17 | Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck , and not on foot . |
| 18 | This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status . |
| 19 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 20 | The slope in this new garden is to be terraced around a circular lawn with steps leading up to the higher level . |
| 21 | We kept spiralling up towards a high point on the ridge , and when we reached it there was a lodge , perched improbably like a ski-lift station . |
| 22 | The Harpenden test facility will show how these stand up to the high temperatures of the tropics . |
| 23 | No they 're all tucked well in , now she needs it still to be up here , right , so what 's the best thing that we can do to make sure it stays up in the high position ? |
| 24 | To complicate the situation , let us assume that the package under consideration is itself called up from a higher package with a different manager . |
| 25 | I think he 's coming I think he 's coming up to the high week group , what is he ? |
| 26 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 27 | Operation Gemini was set up as a high profile battle against criminals . |
| 28 | The application was duly made , the proceedings were brought up into the High Court , and on 27 January 1992 the Official Solicitor was appointed guardian ad litem of the four children who , together with the mother and the local authority , were respondents to the foster mother 's application . |
| 29 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 30 | Concentrate instead on your own reputation by continuing to live up to the high standards you always set yourself . |