Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing .
2 She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again .
3 One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea .
4 Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel .
5 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
6 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
7 After a two-hour meeting , the Lib Dem leader , Jim Wallace , said his party had given the organisation another chance to come up with a new way forward .
8 It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome .
9 Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 .
10 Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula .
11 BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice .
12 This left five days for the Patent Office and its advertising agency , Ayer , to come up with a new version .
13 The SSC will hold a meeting in June , when all sorts of would-be participants will try to come up with a new detector .
14 Workers at Britain 's Institute of Geological Sciences aim , however , to come up with a new set of tools that can indicate minerals much further under the ground .
15 Now I struggled to come up with a good word or phrase to describe that , but the one we use for now is multicultural .
16 Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more .
17 Being able to come up with a strong hook in a bass line can make a song .
18 Originally intending to go on stage , drop ten poems and have them recorded for vinyl , Galliano have enlisted the help of former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot to come up with a calling card that bodes well for the future .
19 That surely Mr Mayor is the very essence of politics , to come up with a modern solution to today 's problems .
20 Mr Consey told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We are going to try to come up with a modified plan whereby overflow parking may be off-site .
21 They desperately need a top-class fast bowler and ordered their cricket committee to come up with a suitable candidate .
22 ‘ Given access to the data back at your office , I should be able to come up with a suitable package . ’
23 This precise dilemma led Shaun Mason from Doncaster , South Yorkshire to come up with a tremendous brain-wave .
24 It was a ritual that distressed Anna Essinger and her staff but , given the pressure to move the children out of the camp so that others could take their places , nobody was able to come up with a better alternative to what was known as ‘ the market ’ .
25 Town 's reprieve FOOTBALL : A winding-up hearing yesterday gave Northampton chairman Michael McRitchie eight weeks to come up with a financial package to save the debt-crippled club .
26 It has n't changed but as we said on Friday morning the D of E amongst others have sugg er expressed a view that the panel ought to try to come up with a general location if we can .
27 Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment .
28 I spent hours trying to come up with a brilliant argument that would demolish the ‘ no deals ’ policy in seconds and solve everything .
29 They have to come up with a long-term training strategy — and offers of help have come from both the World Federation for Mental Health and the Richmond Fellowship .
30 Certainly the Home Office was unable to come up with a convincing case against such scrutiny by a House which is ‘ elected to protect the democratic rights of [ the ] people ’ .
  Next page