Example sentences of "[vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wills , drew up a religious curriculum for Taunton School . |
| 2 | Undeterred , supporters of civil rights legislation drew up a similar bill for consideration in 1991 . |
| 3 | I see from today 's Financial Times that a leading member of the board of the Bundesbank said yesterday that the Maastricht summit was a failure and might prove to be ’ a suicidal failure ’ — serious words from a key member of the body that drew up the detailed proposals for European economic and monetary union . |
| 4 | In 1775 the Physiocrat Dupont de Nemours drew up an elaborate scheme for a hierarchy of local and provincial representative assemblies with a national one as its culminating point . |
| 5 | In company with an English artist , I climbed up the steep hill-side for many successive weeks to paint the Needle Rock . |
| 6 | How he used it opened up a new realm for investigation . |
| 7 | In the end Purvis and his records opened up a new world for me , starting on that very first dinner when we played Beethoven 's Archduke Trio , the one in B flat major , ‘ Opus 97 , ’ he added casually . |
| 8 | Jan-Ove Waldner , generally accepted as the world 's most talented player , opened up a 2–1 lead for Sweden , scorning Matthew Syed 's backspin to win 21–14 , 21–10 in 17 minutes . |
| 9 | England always looked dangerous and extended their lead in the 53rd minute when Merson opened up the Polish defence for Bull to slot in the third goal . |
| 10 | Every clan has a different colour , and they made up a special shade for us . ’ |
| 11 | She Dreamed up a new hobby for the Mayor , collecting antique paperweights , and made good use of them . |
| 12 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
| 13 | His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap . |
| 14 | ‘ We listened to Joe Lewis , In The Mood , that sort of thing and took up the whole floor for dancing — they hardly move around now . |
| 15 | Speaking on Jan. 19 , the Soviet President , Mikhail Gorbachev , took up an Austrian proposal for a UN-sponsored " international Green Cross " to help countries in " ecological distress " and for a UN force of " green berets " to intervene in ecological disasters . |
| 16 | The government set up a high-level council for alternative economics on Nov. 6 , under the chairmanship of Liberal Party leader Igor Merkulov , to work out a strategy for building a market economy , including measures to strengthen the currency coupon and , later , Ukraine 's new currency against the US dollar . |
| 17 | A neat interchange in the 24th minute set up a good chance for Dinamo 's Djamaravli , but he scooped his shot high and wide . |
| 18 | Editor STEVE WINDSOR and writer IAN LUCAS set up a basic tank for the beginner , step-by-step , and add their own tips to provide food for thought for the more experienced fishkeeper . |
| 19 | Before he set up a special fund for its upkeep it looked like this . |
| 20 | Brazil set up the National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( BNDES ) in the 1950s . |
| 21 | They did n't drive around in their fathers ' cast-off Rollers ; they pooled their resources , picked up a MkII escort for a hundred notes at an auction and took it in turns to drive it round a disused airfield practising handbrake turns until the car cried enough . |
| 22 | MICHAEL Tebbutt picked up a four-day ban for excessive use of the whip when beaten a short head on Briggsmaid by Vain Prince at Newcastle . |
| 23 | While at times playing quite brilliantly , the brash New Yorker picked up a formal warning for swearing at the umpire … typically vintage McEnroe . |
| 24 | Paul also picked up the monthly prize for February when other winners were Peter Daly ( South Home Counties ) , Bob Bray ( Midlands and South West England ) , Alastair Valentine ( East Scotland ) , Paul Melvin ( Glasgow ) and Marjory Simpson ( North Scotland ) . |
| 25 | Showing that their displays are appropriate for all types of buildings they picked up the third prize for their display at the Marriott Hotel also in Dyce . |
| 26 | Without anything said , Tuathal turned in the saddle and held up a flat palm for silence . |
| 27 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , and held up a finished lantern for inspection . |
| 28 | His last victory , by relieving the Turkish siege of Belgrade in 1456 , held up the Turkish advance for several generations . |