Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 2 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 3 | But Andebraham Giorgis , who heads up the educational division of the EPLF , is as interested in talking about the achievements and challenges of education as about the difficulties resulting from the war . |
| 4 | [ Holds up an idealised portrait of Jesus with blond hair and blue eyes . ] |
| 5 | The penalty is that you have to decide what sizes you want and prepare them in advance , a process that can take quite a time and uses up a considerable amount of disk space . |
| 6 | Now in her case we put her on two fifties but that i uses up an awful lot of skin and it 's a real hassle , so er |
| 7 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 8 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 9 | The provision of council housing therefore links up the second basis of local — newcomer conflict , which relates to broadly environmental issues . |
| 10 | Woods ' concepts of reality and illusion become blurred and he ends up the living incarnation of the television lie , developing a slit in his stomach that can accept video cassettes , guns , hands — anything . |
| 11 | 1.16 Much has been written on ‘ English across the curriculum ’ , a phrase which , for some , conjures up an unacceptable vision of English reduced to a service subject , and for others an equally unacceptable vision of subject specialists burdened with responsibilities that should rightly be carried by teachers of English . |
| 12 | Nothing about what conjures up the distinctive perfume of a bookshop , however . |
| 13 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
| 14 | Despite some early lows ( ‘ Coming On Strong ’ ) , The Shamen string together a powerful set which plays up the rockier side of their pop equation . |
| 15 | Richardson is not uncritical of his subject or the paintings , particularly the blue period works , and certainly points up the variable quality of the paintings of the earliest years , where fully-fledged masterpieces were mixed in with hastily produced or rather gauchly sentimental pieces . |
| 16 | Of course , consistency in notation builds up a certain level of skill with that notation , but it is vitally important to develop skills at least partially independent of a single notation . |
| 17 | Released from duty and put on the case , Renko builds up a long list of suspects , Zita having slept with most of the crew and possibly some of the flatfish . |
| 18 | The important thing to remember is that NVQs are for the individual , are broadly based and non-specific , in five levels , and once accredited the individual , from school leaver upwards , builds up a personal record of achievement which will be recognised by employers across the country . |
| 19 | Marchant builds up a factual record of dereliction in Stepney with the intention of conveying a sense of loss . |
| 20 | Consistently good water quality and a stress-free environment builds up the natural resistance of your fish , so they can shrug off minor ailments . |
| 21 | Through this ‘ echolocation' ’ system a dolphin builds up an acoustic picture of its surroundings , and can hunt its prey over a much greater distance than the limits of visibility in the water . |
| 22 | The relationship between printer and buyer is then strengthened if , over time , the printer builds up an excellent knowledge of the customer 's business . |
| 23 | An Austerity 2–8–0 grinds up the final couple of miles towards Woodhead , seen approaching Crowden in 1951 . |
| 24 | Press the switch on the fascia and it lights up a new world of controlled cooking . |
| 25 | Far from being a narrow specialisation , an actuarial qualification opens up a wide range of employment possibilities from academic research to the whole spectrum of commerce . |
| 26 | ( According to the so-called " linking rule " , a spell of employment lasting less than this time is considered an interruption to a single spell of unemployment , whilst a spell of employment lasting longer than this but then coming to an end opens up a new spell of unemployment . ) |
| 27 | To become a ‘ presence ’ for others opens up a new dimension of being , and at the same time we know the joy of God 's presence in our lives . |
| 28 | Each image has something different to convey , and opens up a new range of aesthetic possibilities , and as beauty itself can move and inspire us , so different images can awaken new emotions within us . |
| 29 | The ability to build large glass display cabinets without frames opens up a new world of design possibilities . |
| 30 | Click on Define , which opens up a fuller version of the Style box , and then click on Merge . |