Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Karen 's quick intelligence and enthusiasm make up for any problems caused by her disability , and Janet says , she 's a big asset to the salon . |
| 2 | The world at that instant splits up into many worlds , in each of which one of the possible results of the measurement is the one that actually occurs . |
| 3 | The head of state is the President of the Republic ( currently Francesco Cossiga ) , elected for a seven-year term by an electoral college made up of both Houses of Parliament and 58 regional representatives . |
| 4 | The head of state is the President of the Republic , elected for a seven-year term by an electoral college made up of both Houses of Parliament and 58 regional representatives . |
| 5 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 6 | The World Bank has announced that its report for 1992 is to be dedicated to the themes of environment and development following the momentum built up around these issues as a result of the UNCED conference , to be held in Brazil in the same year . |
| 7 | At least they did not encounter what the builders of the Moscow Underground came up against many years later , a quicksand in their path . |
| 8 | Capable of a 109mph top speed , acceleration from standstill to 62mph in 13 secs and seating four adults , Volvo 's Environmental Concept Car stacks up like few others in claiming a place on the roads of tomorrow . |
| 9 | Long term follow up of these patients is underway to see if any of them develop PSC . |
| 10 | Long term follow up of these patients has shown that although they have similar mortality to an age matched control group , they have increased morbidity . |
| 11 | Her weight shot up during both pregnancies , first to 16 then to 18 stone and her doctor worried about the risk of pre-eclampsia , a sudden rise in blood pressure which can lead to babies being born prematurely and cause complications for the prospective mother , too . |
| 12 | The intrinsic value of the ball , in contrast — say its beauty — would follow from the intrinsic nature made up of such properties but not itself be part of that in virtue of which two balls might be exactly alike . |
| 13 | As we sat in the ATV canteen after recording the first eight episodes of The Power Game , he said : ‘ Think of all the fame stored up in those rolls of tape . |
| 14 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 15 | Well , I say that , but of course me and my sore back got up to all kinds of stuff . |
| 16 | I went to the store to check up on some things , and saw that eight Kandinskys which I had bought from the widow of Kandinsky 's secretary were missing . |
| 17 | If boards are in too bad a condition to be revived by any of the preceding methods they can almost certainly be retrieved by paint topped up with several coats of polyurethane . |
| 18 | However , anyone who is on the move , under stress or is likely to skip meals should think about taking a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement to make up for any deficiencies in diet . |
| 19 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 20 | The knowledge which the parents possess will be based on perhaps a superficial understanding built up over many years and based largely on misconceptions . |
| 21 | That Hubbard and Lewontin are biologists by profession shows up in several ways . |
| 22 | The crucial difference now is as Salome had declared , and is as true on a small and insubstantial island group like Tonga as in the capitals of Japan , Chile , Queensland or Korea : the difference is that the peoples of the Pacific no longer have a reason to look up to those adventurers from the old Atlantic . |
| 23 | Because of the internal pressure of these reactions , the star swells up to many times its former size to become a ‘ red giant ’ . |
| 24 | It is essential to look beyond the public utterance dressed up in these metaphors of battle , and seek the structural forms which determine the ideological base . |
| 25 | The decision to team up with former colleagues from Teesside and South Wales means the campaign is on the way to becoming nationwide . |
| 26 | He tugged and pulled at it until it eventually moved over his nose and ears , causing his hair to spring up in all directions like soft wire . |
| 27 | Rex dropped the dreaded Repo Man card into the slot in the keyboard and the screen lit up with all sorts of possibilities . |
| 28 | Mr Palumbo said : ‘ Excellence springs up in many places . |