Example sentences of "[verb] up the [adj -est] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 24-year-old sweeper will lose three days ’ wages for deserting his father 's electrical business to take on the infinitely more difficult job of shoring up the leakiest defence in international soccer . |
| 2 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 3 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ asked her mother aggressively , picking up the nearest dress to hand . |
| 4 | However , the adoption of this policy alone does not solve the problem of making optimal use of the volume , because filling up the highest part of the nave with habitable accommodation arranged on one or several storeys deprives the lower-level spinal space of the church of natural light . |
| 5 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 6 | Outside Europe international finance would pool its resources to open up the biggest prize of all — the vast reservoir of cheap labour awaiting Western exploitation in China . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions . |
| 8 | Mono-unsaturates ( MUFAs ) should make up the largest proportion of fats consumed . |
| 9 | When the Windsor herd arrives in late July they will make up the largest group of African elephants in the country . |
| 10 | Two author studies made up the highest proportion of articles in both journals . |
| 11 | For the working poor , social-security payments typically make up the largest part of their tax bill . |
| 12 | Participants in the Youth Training Scheme ( YTS ) make up the largest share of these , accounting for nearly nine per cent of all temporary workers , and participants in the Community Programme ( CP ) together with a small number in the Community Industry programme make up almost all the remainder , accounting for just over four per cent . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 14 | In the case of the Anglican Church , whose buildings make up the largest group of ecclesiastical structures , there exists a quite involved and considered procedure which is defined by the Pastoral Measure of 1983 . |
| 15 | When he was an undergraduate at Christchurch in nineteen seventy-five , he and a friend , Tim Sanderson , decided to put up the biggest folly in the world in Christchurch meadow : |
| 16 | Charging up the smallest rod with deuterium took only two days , the 2 mm rod took a week and the 4 mm one took a month ; an 8 mm rod took several months to charge before any detailed experimental measurements could begin . |
| 17 | We 're checking on every person who spent the night under this roof , in order to build up the fullest picture of events . |
| 18 | Having no idea of the detonation mechanism , he mentally called up the shortest route to the deck , while grasping the device and pulling it off the wall . |
| 19 | Here is a test : if you were in Warsaw , faced with an hour to fill before catching a train , would you go up the tallest building in the city to experience a panoramic view , or rush to the bookstore/poster shop in order to buy a massive Telly Savalas poster ? |
| 20 | Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market . |
| 21 | Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market . |
| 22 | Take an advanced lesson tomorrow and call up the poorest performer in your team ( there must be one ) arid make him or her feel really good about the challenge ahead . |
| 23 | In the continuing war of words between reformers and hardliners , Mr Nemeth conjured up the best insult of the day when he referred to his opponents as ‘ Stone Age conservatives ’ . |
| 24 | News of their ill-luck may have dampened the post-match celebrations at Branch Road last night after Derry rattled up the highest score of the round , 61–17 against north west neighbours Omagh . |
| 25 | Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority . |
| 26 | ’ Gertrude lowered her voice as she yielded up the spiciest morsel of her story . |
| 27 | HENRY WHARTON set up the biggest fight in Yorkshire for years when he successfully defended his Commonwealth super-middleweight title by stopping Australian Rod Carr in eight rounds at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday . |
| 28 | Coal is likely to make up the largest part of UK energy demand in the year 2000 at 32% , slightly more than oil at 30% . |
| 29 | She clocked up the largest number of seizures for any postwar cutter to date , ranging from the Polish fishing fleet on the north east coast , to yachts in the south and west . |
| 30 | For Clelia was , as she had claimed , a good audience : she listened with an attention that picked up the faintest vibrations of meaning . |