Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It agreed to draw on creative Marxism and other traditions and transform itself into an empowering organisation in order to contribute to opening up the new political formulations that will be needed across Europe in the post cold-war era . |
| 2 | In an article entitled ‘ Quand le Symbolisme fut mort ’ which appeared in Nord-Sud in 1917 , Paul Dermée attempted to sum up the new aesthetic trends . |
| 3 | Keeping up the good old traditions . |
| 4 | The Republicans also picked up an estimated 14,000 votes from the Social Democrats and yet more from people who have not bothered to vote before . |
| 5 | Henry looked at himself in the kitchen mirror , as he crumpled up the other three pages of this latest missive and threw it in the swingbin . |
| 6 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 7 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 8 | Projections suggest that FUNCINPEC will have 57 seats in Cambodia 's constituent assembly , against the CPP 's 52 , with minor parties picking up the remaining 11 seats . |
| 9 | He left the room , picking up the little erotic figures and locking them into his desk drawer . |
| 10 | the relaxing garden terrace and very peaceful swimming pool are a fantastic place for soaking up the long hot days in the sun , and the pool is served throughout the day by a restaurant/bar . |
| 11 | Since forming in' in Brighton , they have steadily built up a huge following thanks to classy record releases and action-packed live shows . |
| 12 | Russian colonization , cities and railways cut up the great grazing lands of the nomadic peoples as violently as American settlers had done to the Amerindians in the United States . |
| 13 | Additional economic corrective measures , announced on Nov. 4 , to reverse serious economic decline included ( i ) a new tariff structure to open up the protected domestic markets to cheaper imports in order to boost domestic consumer demand ; ( ii ) a promise to reform inefficient ports and customs services ; ( iii ) an anti-monopoly decree ; ( iv ) the privatization of selected state companies ; ( v ) the freeing of the exchange rate ; and ( vi ) a sweeping reform of the tax structure [ see p. 37851 ] . |
| 14 | The annual report artificially parcels up the underlying economic trends into years . |
| 15 | The aim of the paper was , it said , to draw the minister 's attention to the way ‘ UK Ltd ’ was helping Iraq ‘ often unwillingly but sometimes not ’ to set up a major indigenous arms industry . |
| 16 | This error could arise in two ways : either LIFESPAN is not running , or the ( correct ) user access file to set up the required logical names has not been invoked . |
| 17 | This error could arise in two ways : either LIFESPAN is not running , or the user access file to set up the required logical names has not been invoked . |
| 18 | Prior to running the software , the user should check that LIFESPAN is running with facilities made available , and should then invoke the LIFESPAN user access file to set up the necessary logical names ( see the ‘ Installation and Management of LIFESPAN ’ ) . |
| 19 | Prior to running LIFESPAN PMR , the user should check that LIFESPAN is running with facilities made available , and should then invoke the LIFESPAN user access file to set up the necessary logical names ( see ‘ Installation and Management of LIFESPAN ’ ) . |
| 20 | The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once . |
| 21 | A creature appeared , a lion , red and huge , bounding up the narrow winding streets of Edinburgh , splashing through rivers of blood which poured from the castle . |
| 22 | In other words , it will have to buy up the excess foreign currencies on offer with extra pounds — pounds it has created , thereby building up the foreign currency reserves . |
| 23 | Becky , of Shanklin , on the Isle of Wight , will need at least one more operation in January to cover up the remaining bald patches on her head . |
| 24 | In the wider field of information processing in general , the development of computers and other sophisticated instruments has opened up a great many possibilities for really elaborate information retrieval techniques , but there remain very substantial difficulties of thesaurus control which librarians and information scientists in , particularly , the United Kingdom are at present exhaustively examining . |
| 25 | I run up the open wooden steps to the office to ask the price of a self-catering suite . |
| 26 | Since the acquisition of beautiful paintings and objects became one of the ways to clambering up the slippery social slopes this sort of chatter has become jet-propelled . |
| 27 | It is clear that the architects intend to take their revenge for years of perceived slights by firmly nailing up the poor old builders . |
| 28 | As we argued throughout the proceedings of the European parliamentary elections bill , the Conservatives are entirely responsible for the fact that this process of drawing up the new European boundaries had to be compressed into such a short time . |
| 29 | Darren Pearce 's Sapphire 1.8 LX has racked up a remarkable 112,000 miles in four years without missing a beat — and without regular servicing |
| 30 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |