Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] up the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the Generalísimo 's unprecedented attentions to the visitor were no more , but also no less , than a lavish propaganda exercise designed as a show of political strength to conceal or shore up the underlying economic weakness and isolation of the regime . |
| 2 | At 0300 hours on 30 June 1989 , 1st Battalion the Royal Scots found itself deployed into hides , along with the attached tanks , artillery and engineers that make up the Royal Scots battle group . |
| 3 | I always thought the dropping of litter showed a lack of environmental relationship awareness , but could it also be linked with the " defacing " thing in that cities , streets with paving-slabs etc. are sensed by the human as too perfect and devoid of the texturous imperfections that make up the multi-levelled human life experience ? |
| 4 | Rick Bateysifts through the veritable medley of classic influences that make up the latest sepia-tinted offering from Chandler in San Francisco … |
| 5 | The bass cut which this control provides has the effect of removing some of the boxiness that clutters up the lower mid-range at high volumes . |
| 6 | At the Labour Party Conference of 1957 , it was generally accepted that to give up the independent nuclear deterrent would disable a future Labour government from pursuing a foreign policy not approved by Washington . |
| 7 | As yet it was only eight o'clock and the sun reluctant to leave without treating its worshippers to a pyrotechnic display of rose and gold flames that burnt up the whole western sky . |
| 8 | He had often been on duty at the hospital , and then Comfort and Julia would lie on long cushioned chairs on the terrace , breathing in the lemon scent of the immense magnolia that sprawled up the old red brick of the house and talking about him and about what life might be like when they all left Oxford . |
| 9 | Both originated in a split in the nationalist movement of the early 1920s about the acceptability of the 1921 treaty with Britain that set up the Irish Free State . |
| 10 | There , I crossed the ancient Monnow Bridge and rode up the broad main street to Agincourt Square , where colourful umbrellas set before the inns give the place a continental air . |
| 11 | I could then walk much faster and push up the average daily mileage . |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman ignores the fact that I head a Government who have cut interest rates seven times in the past 12 months , halved inflation in a year and built up the best industrial relations in half a century . |
| 13 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 14 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |
| 15 | Does he agree that what they need is support and proper resources so that they can carry out their work , not what has been happening over the past 12 years — continual restructuring and reforms which do the service no good and break up the comprehensive national health service that we all know ? |
| 16 | We had been talking on the National Consumer Council a bit about the lack of accountability in broadcasting , and I had also , as part of my Advisory Council work , directed and written up the first major study about adults , educational experience and needs — two and a half thousand interviews all over England and Wales . |
| 17 | Now several people in the audience were on their feet and waving in an attempt to attract the attention of Gerrard , who left the dais and walked up the narrow central aisle , holding a hand microphone high in the air . |
| 18 | She went to the Underground , sat on the train planning what she was going to do , and walked up the big rich tree-lined road where Theresa and Anthony had their home . |
| 19 | Spurred on by a new hope , she ran across the road and scrambled up the smooth grassy side of the hillock . |
| 20 | The structural adjustment policies of the government , designed to reduce the budget deficit and the country 's debt and to build up the depleted foreign exchange reserves were supported by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) . |
| 21 | You simply use the Walking Diet , put your foot down , and clock up the necessary aerobic miles to get you back to your goal weight . |
| 22 | Ludovico went straight to the Via Santo Spirito , strode purposefully through the leafy courtyard , and ran up the broad shallow stairs to the top floor . |
| 23 | It was then that France , after two centuries of increasing penetration by its missionaries and traders , decided to establish dominion over the Annamese lands and the separate kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia by force of arms and set up the French Indochinese Union . |
| 24 | A majority of the 1916 conference called for action to end the war , immediately provoking Hyndman and his supporters , including Jack Jones ( soon to become Labour MP for Silvertown ) and Thorne to depart and set up the National Socialist Party ( NSP ) . |
| 25 | FRANK BRUNO is urging bitter rival Lennox Lewis to world title glory — and set up the biggest British heavyweight battle of all time . |