Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [to-vb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 2 | Even in a presidency capital like Bombay , it took some time for the station to catch up with the developing pretension of the city . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that his earlier answer emphasised once again how essential and right it was for the Government to stand up against allowing homosexuality in the armed forces ? |
| 4 | The London International Opera Festival is now a regular fixture in the June calendar , and though its scale may be relatively modest — a skilful combination of performances annexed from the seasons of the Royal Opera and English National Opera with one- off ventures mounted by small-scale professional companies — it serves as a useful chance for the capital to catch up with a variety of new work that has failed to find a niche elsewhere . |
| 5 | Make sure there are no other ways for the weevils to climb up to the pots . |
| 6 | THE ousting of General Noriega is likely to make it easier for the US to live up to its commitments under the Panama Canal treaties agreed by President Carter and then Panamanian strongman , Omar Torrijos . |
| 7 | I stood in the kitchen waiting for the water to heat up with a distinct feeling of eco-smugness . |
| 8 | Underneath there would be a pit , deep enough for the soldiers to stand up in . |
| 9 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 10 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 11 | The time has come for the politicians to face up to their responsibilities , ’ Mr Rocard said . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , dear … ’ she said faintly , unable for the moment to come up with any stronger remark although Miss Needham could probably have obliged . |
| 13 | WAR CLOUDS OVER EUROPE read the banner headlines at the opening of Reed 's earlier film , Bank Holiday ( 1938 ) , a picture whose setting suggests escapism but whose narrative argues for the need to face up to the dark side of life in order to find meaningful happiness . |
| 14 | It was , they said , the moment for the people to rise up in arms and obtain independence , and even though this begged the question against whom they would use these arms , there was no doubt , as the Central Committee said , that it was a moment of exceptional opportunity . |
| 15 | ‘ Why did it take so long for the world to wake up to what was going on , ’ she asked repeatedly . |
| 16 | The head , in promoting the discussion and holding the ‘ overview ’ of developments across the school as a whole , will be aware that there are many different possible patterns , ranging from a simple ‘ lesson-a-week ’ pattern to a more complex planned programme which might ( for example ) integrate music into a thematic project or topic , and allow for an ‘ intensification period ’ at the end of term ( say for the children to build up to a performance ) . |
| 17 | When Teacher came out and rang his bell for the children to line up in neat rows , she held Frankie back so that he was the last to obey the signal . |
| 18 | Another common trait is for the model to pitch up as speed increases , making it difficult , if not impossible , to maintain a shallow dive as an entry to an aerobatic manoeuvre . |
| 19 | The report also emphasises the need for the UN to face up to the responsibilities of peace enforcement when peaceful diplomacy , economic sanctions and all other measures have failed . |
| 20 | Defence agent Jack Gowans said : ‘ It was not the best day for my clients to chose because it was a dawdle for the police to catch up with them . ’ |
| 21 | Once again , tax planning objectives need to be recognised and worked on during the negotiation to come up with a mutually acceptable deal . |
| 22 | But then the skull starts to grow in a strange , asymmetrical , twisted fashion , so that one eye , for instance the left , moves over the top of the head to finish up on the other side . |
| 23 | I found a quiet corner of the deck to gaze up at the moonless sky . |
| 24 | The banks financing the huge project have given Eurotunnel until the end of the year to come up with an agreed costing for completion of the tunnel sufficient to enable them to release fresh loans . |
| 25 | The banks have given Eurotunnel until the end of the year to come up with an agreed costing for completion of the Channel Tunnel . |
| 26 | He halted , forcing the rest of the field to bunch up behind him , a captive audience to all they said . |
| 27 | Tolkien wanted his characters in The Lord of the Rings to live up to the same high standard . |
| 28 | On Feb. 18 JKLF commander-in-chief Javed Ahmed Mir announced that he would lead a column from the Indian side of the border to link up with the marchers from Azad Kashmir . |
| 29 | Industry analysts consulted about the failure of the deal to sell up to 30% of Electronic Data Systems Corp to British Telecommunications Plc unanimously concurred that the deal was more critical for EDS owner General Motors Corp than for EDS and would have no short-term impact on the world 's largest systems integration company . |
| 30 | But ask one of the sergeants to come up in ten minutes to pack up the mallet for the Yard lab , will you ? |