Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A telephone conversation allows the opportunity to build up a personal relationship . |
2 | Producer Michael Mills saw the opportunity to team up a new writer with an actor new to television comedy . |
3 | It was for the juy to tie up the loose ends , unemotionally . |
4 | The ARC/INFO ERASE command ( the Boolean equivalent of NOT ) is used to remove the constrained areas from the coverage to build up a composite coverage . |
5 | If the retailer builds up a good relationship with his customers they will keep coming back — and maybe tell their friends . |
6 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
7 | They could see a man with a ladder up against the cinema putting up the new poster , and the small round figure of Peggy Pine coming out of her dress shop to stand and look admiringly at her window display . |
8 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
9 | The first is more intense , with the buck putting up a spirited resistance ; in the second its lolling tongue and gentler stance suggest that it is about to succumb . |
10 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
11 | The chairman picked up a small Graeco-Roman bronze from his desk and turned it between his fingers , while a faint flush crept up the flesh above his stiff collar . |
12 | Does the Minister accept that when the wishes of the people of Scotland are reflected in the decision to set up a Scottish parliament , it will indeed make sense to reduce the representation of Scots in the House ? |
13 | Many of these will be unleashed in Britain by Lynmart , a company headed by Mr Raggett , who worked closely with the Russians to set up the British Astronaut Project , JUNO . |
14 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
15 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
16 | The Composers Pen instrument screen enables the user to set up the basic layout of the score . |
17 | What this means , of course , is that the user gives up a certain amount of control over the layout and the actual construction of the document . |
18 | It seems far more important to me to provide an effective and clear demonstration of those virtues of the product that you are trying to put across than to lose the proposition in the attempt to set up a credible context for it . |
19 | The attempt to build up a separate National Labour Party proved a dismal failure , while the Liberal Nationals continued as pensioners of the Conservative party until finally merging with them — as the Liberal Unionists had done previously — in 1966 . |
20 | Only some Suwaya were interested in this exercise of reconstruction , and the attempt to build up a rounded picture of life under Arab government exposed a certain impatience . |
21 | The industry built up a new audience not by giving a social elite privileges but rather by suggesting that anyone who had paid their admission price would be given value for money and in particular would be given films that had been made with care and attention . |
22 | The defender takes up a left fighting stance ( all combinations are best practised from the fighting stance , as this allows a greater amount of protection and freedom of movement ) and faces the attacker , who executes a front kick to the defender 's mid-section . |
23 | You can feel the G-force by just watching the cars roar up the famous Prescott Hill . |
24 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
25 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
26 | The Mail keeps up the relentless post-election good news : ‘ Birds are nesting . |
27 | Mr Gordon Greig of the Mail turned up a fresh page in his notebook , and Mr Chris Moncrieff of the Press Association , who could sleep standing up , opened a parrot-like eye . |
28 | The bid to set up a Chinese takeaway on Whinfield Road was turned down because of parking problems and likely disturbance . |
29 | Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn said he would be pressing for the review to set up a unitary authority for the town based on existing boundaries . |
30 | The client may feel the deal has been negotiated and merely wants the lawyer to tie up the loose ends . |