Example sentences of "[verb] up images of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over three days , speakers repeatedly conjured up images of incompetent social engineers , bent on disarming honest citizens and leaving them helpless in the face of criminals ; ‘ anti-gun fetishists ’ in the media , with their expense-account life-styles and homes far from the front line ; lawyers who turn criminals out on to the streets to kill and rape again ; and , above all , the federal government , which is determined to subvert the constitution by establishing a monopoly of arms . |
| 2 | Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads , calorie-counting and saying no to all your favourite foods but our five day diet plan proves that it does n't have to be dull and boring . |
| 3 | Even the most ardent critics of council housing would find it difficult to conjure up images of featherbedded , oversubsidised council tenants driving expensive cars . |
| 4 | It is a bitter indictment of our own time that the phrase ‘ inner city ’ should today universally conjure up images of disorder , poverty , fear , vandalism , and alienation . |
| 5 | If doubt can conjure up images of heroism ( the David of Doubt standing up to the Goliath of Lies ) , it can just as easily represent what is most cowardly , indecisive and dictatorial in us all . |
| 6 | The word ‘ chalet ’ may conjure up images of detached wooden shacks to the uninitiated , but those at Butlins are one-bedroom flats in long parallel two-storey balcony-access blocks packed tightly together . |
| 7 | ALTHOUGH the name Castalian Band may conjure up images of something exotically Mediterranean , the ensemble has its roots firmly placed in Scotland , writes Carol Main . |
| 8 | Riven tried to dredge up images of their foes from his books , but the reality of the rain , the darkness , and the approaching pack left him no time to think . |
| 9 | It is a smart little tag , conjuring up images of Monie bootling off to the library . |
| 10 | Even quite wealthy individuals confess to conjuring up images of going cold and hungry . |
| 11 | Such works were very popular ; conjuring up images of past ages of grandeur , and fostering a yearning for a new future . |
| 12 | It conjures up images of Victorian family evenings round the piano . |
| 13 | In one season alone Gallacher scored 46 goals for Airdrie , striking up an almost telepathic relationship with the club 's left winger Jimmy Sommerville , a name that conjures up images of late '80s gay-disco rather than Broomfield Park in the midst of industrial depression . |
| 14 | It conjures up images of the old Nimble bread adverts with the girl in the balloon , or the bit in The Snowman where the kid flies over the coast . |
| 15 | But my mind conjures up images of how they know my secret shame , and are talking about me behind my back . |
| 16 | I do n't want to go religious on you , but the approach of April naturally conjures up images of Easter , and hence , the Lamb of God , lamb on the table , and all of that . |
| 17 | Ironically , one graduate of the 1980s remarks , in the same publication , that she finds the idea of being called an embroiderer quite amusing because it conjures up images of the edges of tablecloths ’ . |
| 18 | At the time , the television networks served up images of Gap-wearing middle-managers having a day out . |
| 19 | By surrounding the subject 's head with a detector array , connected to suitable computer hardware , it is possible to build up images of the brain , indicating the areas of different levels of radioactivity , and hence of metabolic activity . |
| 20 | Recognizing the influence of these figures , advertisers who wish to promote products in a youth market or to discourage drug abuse will summon up images of the alternative culture . |
| 21 | Flat expanses of sand conjured up images of the savannah it had once been : giraffes picking leaves from high branches , an antelope grazing , and young zebras running in circles while their mothers eye a drowsy lion in the long grass . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend conjured up images of people coming out of taxis and meeting friends . |
| 23 | She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her . |
| 24 | COMPUTERS often conjure up images of whirling tapes on giant machines , or of bespectacled precocious kids wrestling with incomprehensible maths . |
| 25 | The beaches await but even if you consider yourself more of a sun worshipper than a sightseeing buff , you may be tempted to venture further afield , out to explore the rolling hills and picturesque cornfields which stretch across this region 's landscapes and conjure up images of some rich renaissance tapestry . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't think of two more depressing words then ‘ healthy eating ’ — together they conjure up images of grated carrot , naked lettuce and slices of vegetarian quiche . |
| 27 | Forests conjure up images of Robin Hood and here in the Great North version there are quarries , the odd colliery and open countryside . |