Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [prep] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This adds up to more good marks than most cars get . |
| 2 | A shorter and easier route of ascent may be made from Birkdale Summit , the top of the B6270 road linking Kirkby Stephen and Keld , by making the car do most of the climbing ; the ribbon of tarmac spirals up to almost 1700 feet where there is parking space . |
| 3 | You need to bear in mind that style links up with more important beliefs about what literary analysis is for ( e.g. is it a form of humanistic debate , in which case conventions of gentle persuasion should be observed ; or is it investigative research , in which case more rigorous and systematic discourse is required ? ) . |
| 4 | Hence the lack of competition shows up in abnormally high airline costs . |
| 5 | Toddler diarrhoea usually clears up by about two years of age , and the usual medical advice is to leave it untreated . |
| 6 | There was a joke doing the rounds in art history faculties about the archetypal New Art Historian : invited to give a lecture , s/he turns up with only one slide . |
| 7 | It is in three parts and the main physical bulk takes up at least three metres of shelf space , in addition to which there may be one metre of reference books and some local information on file or cards . |
| 8 | He 's got a brilliant sense of humour and he comes up with very good ideas and he keeps the energy there . |
| 9 | So does RELIGION , but science is better because it comes up with more understandable excuses when it 's wrong . |