Example sentences of "[is] [verb] up by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims . |
| 2 | Much of the difference between costs and revenues is made up by the losses of owners . |
| 3 | I believe the problem is worse in Craven Arms that is shown up by the figures , |
| 4 | A critical factor appears to be the enhanced influx of external calcium which is taken up by the stores with two consequences . |
| 5 | A large part of its small area is taken up by the grounds of The Crystal Palace and by a residential school . |
| 6 | Those are important and worthwhile projects , and we must ask the Government where the money for them will come from , especially if £1.4 billion is gobbled up by the proposals for King 's Cross . |
| 7 | The theme music is faded up by the Grams Operator , and then faded down again after the final credit has been captured on tape . |
| 8 | This is backed up by the accounts we have of many aspects of the economic structure of the music business then : the drive for profit , the trend towards monopoly and conglomeration , the conservative appeal to the predictable and universally understood ( see for example , Peterson and Berger 1975 : 160–4 ; Laing 1969 : 43–5 ; Sanjek 1988 ) . |
| 9 | The system is backed up by the Employers ' Liability ( Compulsory Insurance ) Act 1969 which makes it compulsory for employers to have insurance for personal injury to their employees . |