Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expect the authorities to come up with imaginative schemes , designed to tackle specific local crime problems , such as kerb crawling , mugging and burglary . |
| 2 | It has reconstituted for six months to come up with specific proposals and a plan . |
| 3 | And they 'll press shops and trolley manufacturers to come up with better designs and clearer instructions . |
| 4 | DEMANDS to sound-proof up to 1,500 houses on a busy ring road look set to fall on deaf ears . |
| 5 | If the Bill is enacted , as I hope that it will be , I hope that extra impetus will be given to road traffic engineers to come up with innovative schemes . |
| 6 | When we come to deal with infant baptism we take the view that the failure of parents to measure up to certain standards is to be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for their children . |
| 7 | ‘ This is not just becoming more common , it 's actually expected of older , successful businessmen to take up with younger wives . |
| 8 | This new venture aims over a period of three years to train up to ninety students not only as teachers of BSL but as BSL English interpreters . |
| 9 | For example , the UK clearinghouse usually requires libraries to contribute up to ten copies of each item before they can automatically receive other material from LIMB ( the Library Instructional Materials Bank — see pp 139–40 ) . |
| 10 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
| 11 | While Balcon was encouraging his writers to come up with original stories , and steadily reducing the company 's reliance on the theatre , BIP remained largely stagebound . |
| 12 | The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land . |
| 13 | And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas . |
| 14 | Fights erupted outside supermarkets as shoppers battled for parking spaces in desperate efforts to stock up with canned goods . |
| 15 | This was followed by Lord Arran 's speech at the Balmoral Show where , according to some reports , Lord Arran seemed to challenge his own civil servants to come up with new ideas . |
| 16 | OATS has also won a contract from Kuwait Airways to train up to thirty pilots over the next two years . |
| 17 | But ask one of the sergeants to come up in ten minutes to pack up the mallet for the Yard lab , will you ? |
| 18 | Pursuant to Falkenhayn 's scheme of grinding the French Army to pieces by sheer weight of artillery , the Fifth Army 's guns had orders to move up to new positions as soon as the enemy first line had been overrun . |
| 19 | It took us ages to save up for those trainers . |
| 20 | The necessity of obtaining every ounce of production in the grim days of 1940 raised the standard week of the workshops to 66-hours and , it was not unusual for men to work up to 80 hours per week for long periods , involving seven days a week without a break . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Since 1991 , ERASMUS links with the Universities of Leiden and Crete allow Edinburgh-based students to spend up to three months abroad , on options such as Politics of the Horn of Africa , and Culture and Development in Africa . |
| 23 | It was then the moment for old colleagues to catch up on old times . |
| 24 | The bill was designed to permit workers in companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to care for a sick or new child , receive medical treatment or tend to a seriously ill spouse or parent . |