Example sentences of "[noun sg] come up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think there 's a day of action coming up on this sort of D I Y stuff . |
| 2 | Sky fell fast asleep when the bidding came up for Italian football — that 's ironic , since they had shown it so compulsively themselves . |
| 3 | Another correspondent came up with this analogy : ‘ It 's comparable to requiring Detroit to produce automobiles that can be overtaken by faster police cars . ’ |
| 4 | erm I have had to do in my work quite a lot of work coming up against that act , so to speak . |
| 5 | Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the author comes up with this approach only eight pages before the end and gives himself insufficient space to spell out his solution , so in the end he fails to satisfy our hopes . |
| 7 | It 's taken me quite a while to come up with this team and i 'm sure i 've missed some absolute wankers out , but here goes . |
| 8 | In any event many contracts for the provision of the service come up for regular renewal , giving you the chance to tender when they do . |
| 9 | ‘ If OPEC is having so much trouble coming up with this agreement , it 's a bad sign for how they will be able to deal with the start-up of Iraq , ’ the analyst added . |
| 10 | All are supposed to turn into multi-processors by the middle of next year when HP comes up with symmetric multi-processing upgrade packages that would boost performance at the top end by 75% . |
| 11 | Watkins says SunSoft is happy to support what SunSelect offers in the way of MS-DOS emulation right now , but adds that if another firm comes up with better technology at a lower price ‘ we 'd be stupid not to do business with them . ’ |
| 12 | It is only in embryonic forms of thought , or professional fields trying to establish themselves ( paramedical areas ) , or subjects where there is a lot of infighting ( sociology ) , where the standards of critical judgement come up for much review . |
| 13 | Toughening their endurance by frequent climbs to nearly 3,000 feet ( 900m ) up the crags of Goat Fell on Arran they saw , when it was not raining — a rare occasion in west Scotland — Lieutenant Roger Courtney at sea , training his canoeists around the island 's choppy waters where a short sharp sea comes up with little warning . |
| 14 | The disloyal mutterings about his leadership will grow , as will the possibility of a token candidate standing against him when his party position comes up for formal renewal in November . |