Example sentences of "[verb] up as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it goes on growing , ending up as a giant larva more than twice the weight of a normal adult . |
| 2 | But they argue that factors such as regional variations , better Tory organisation in marginal constituencies and the ‘ incumbency ’ factor where sitting MPs are defending seats , could result in the Conservatives ending up as the largest party , if not with a narrow overall majority . |
| 3 | Soon an object reaches meteorite size , and then finishes up as a planet-sized object , all within a few thousand years . |
| 4 | And Inderjit Singh , of the Council of Sikh Gurdwaras , said : ‘ Handsworth always finishes up as a chaotic dump and the traders are scared . |
| 5 | ‘ There 'll be a bit off for luck ? ’ he asked , proving that he still retained some of the guile he had picked up as a practising country lawyer . |
| 6 | Wo n't get picked up as a suspected drunk-driver , he 'll look like a rep getting an early start . ’ |
| 7 | So it can observe the animals illuminated by its red searchlight , while they swim in the dark , quite unaware that they are being eyed up as a potential meal . |
| 8 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 9 | Here the pope had the advantage over the emperor for , with the removal of the empire to the West , Roman law ceased to be declared and the Roman law dried up as a living law . |
| 10 | France : new orders dried up as the long run of 63 reactors either built or under construction came to an end and the country grappled with the problem of an over-supply of electricity . |
| 11 | Before he died in 1983 , Swire had the exhilarating experience of watching one of his Cathay Pacific aircraft landing at Gatwick airport , the first of innumerable scheduled passenger flights from and to Hong Kong by the airline he had built up as an international enterprise . |
| 12 | All this data is then written up as a technical report , and forms part of the information stored as an archive for future reference . |
| 13 | Part of the fever of the times ; if the Black Panther Huey Newton , posing with rifle and spear , could be written up as a theoretical genius , and his partner , Bobby Seale , interpreted as a tactical wizard , then how much a symbol was Ali — the first to tap and manifest glinting black pride , to dispute with vigour erosive self-laceration . |
| 14 | ‘ My nickname was ‘ Rabbit ’ because of my prominent front teeth — so when we decided to get married , I instantly thought of dressing up as the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland . |
| 15 | Would a possible solution be for the son F to set up as a sole trader and eventually move to separate premises with perhaps other family members becoming partners of this business ? |
| 16 | A car is picking me up at 1.30 to take me to Thames T.V. to be made up as a Chinese coolie . |
| 17 | This has n't shown up as a past need ’ . |
| 18 | M56 is not at all prominent , but shows up as a faint patch of light . |
| 19 | French towns , large or small , have a raffish , down-at-heel quality which shows up as a relaxed attitude to their urban fabric . |
| 20 | When a foot is damaged , the volley of nerve impulses produced by the damage and arriving in the spinal cord sets up a long lasting increase of excitability which shows up as an exaggerated flexion reflex , among other changes . |
| 21 | If you choose the second alternative , the result usually ends up as an unhealthy hybrid of the Sale Of The Century theme and a Mick Talbot solo album . |
| 22 | If you choose the second alternative , the result usually ends up as an unhealthy hybrid of the Sale Of The Century theme and a Mick Talbot solo album . |
| 23 | The story may in fact be read as an allegory in which the detective 's attempt to solve a series of crimes by the use of logic represents man 's efforts to decipher the meaning of the universe , but he himself ends up as the final victim , undone by his misplaced confidence in his intellect and baffled by a confusing world that makes a mockery of his pretensions to explain it . |
| 24 | Derek Douane was got up as a Dickensian urchin , with a broken neck and a dirty face . |
| 25 | They did not share the critics ' dismay that bumptious Mr Spielberg should have borrowed that nice Mr Barrie 's little boy , allowed him to grow up as an awful Dad , and then sent him back to learn a few lessons in Captain Hook 's theme-park paradise . |
| 26 | Jeanne Tripplehorn — who you may care to remember , rather laughably , was the one who ‘ dun it ’ in ‘ Basic Instinct ’ — is McDeere 's wife , while Holly Hunter , who has been rather quiet of late , turns up as a lovesick secretary . |
| 27 | The Commander is best left separate from the tank so that he can be painted up as an individual model and put in or left out of the hatch as desired . |
| 28 | Where the latter did keep shop , he might also double up as the local undertaker , as was the case in Essex between 1770–88 at Great Clacton , Thorpe , Toppesfield and Weeley , whilst the London precedent of upholders furnishing funerals ( in addition to their established role of auctioneers and general tradesmen ) was evident at Chelmsford and Halstead . |
| 29 | BENTWORTH Aided School are to get a new play area which will also double up as an occasional overflow car park for the village hall . |
| 30 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |