Example sentences of "[verb] up from [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 Phonic In the phonic approach , words are built up from the sounds of the individual letters or groups of letters ( phonemes such as th , ph , and so on ) .
2 His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike .
3 The daughters of small farmers were best esteemed , but they were declining and the supply was made up from the cottages of artisans , shopkeepers and labourers .
4 The idea of a triangle is made up from the ideas of being a closed figure , and having three straight sides ; the idea of gold from those of yellowness , malleability , and fusibility .
5 But erm the logistics costs are made up from the costs of procuring spares and support equipment largely and er for an aircraft such as this , the amount of equipment required to operate at first line is very low indeed .
6 It is built up as it ‘ gathers up from the influences of the environment the demands which that environment makes upon the ego and which the ego can not always rise to … . ’
7 Slowly struggling up from the depths of deep unconsciousness , Laura flicked open her eyelids , only to shut them firmly again as she winced at the brilliant sunshine flooding in through the windows of the bedroom .
8 confirmed that what was envisaged was , as identified but not without some reservations , a restructuring of the profession with future practitioners gaining their experience among and coming up from the ranks of the newly created cadre of internal auditors .
9 At times , a faint remembrance of the scent her mother used to wear drifted up from the folds of the clothing .
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