Example sentences of "[vb base] up [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Necromunda , so it is said , you grow up at an early age . |
| 2 | It is not only the victims of mental or physical abuse who grow up with a faulty self-image . |
| 3 | This will differ according to the richness of the environment provided by the home and the wider community , but all children live and grow up in a print-rich world full of writing and people who write . |
| 4 | All modems hook up to a serial port . |
| 5 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 6 | But then , despite the gloss given by the court flatterers , the unspoken tensions in the palace eventually build up into a civil war which topples the old order . |
| 7 | The various decay products in the uranium chain are not present as they are not soluble in water , but they build up in a defined way , according to the decay rates of the individual isotopes in the chain . |
| 8 | Warm up with a cast iron stove from Aarrow 's range : The Stratford ( above ) and the Evolution ( right ) feature a new multi-fuel grate |
| 9 | Some devices for keeping costs low are employed and these can , where required , provide up to an extra 20% of expenditure : a popular ploy is to purchase stationery in advance and then resell it cheaply to the candidate as second-hand stock . |
| 10 | Skippers say up to a dozen tankers can be seen drifting among them . |
| 11 | This database , however large or small , can then be used to select very quickly certain employees who match up against a particular job profile . |
| 12 | It has been said that they show up as a striking pair with powers of × 12 or more . |
| 13 | As major appliance makers gear up for an expected world market for ‘ green ’ refrigerators , FORON is the first to offer a fridge completely free of so-called chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 14 | From here climb up to a large thread belay and cave stance . |
| 15 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
| 16 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 17 | As the summer came I could take the pram along the Hastings promenade , and meet up with an old form mate of mine from school days . |
| 18 | ‘ I square up onto a prepared board which for the larger paintings is medium density fibreboard , or MDF , half an inch thick which I have primed on both sides . |
| 19 | You start off with the truth , embellish it slightly , then gradually add to it , until you finish up with a fully-fledged whopper . |
| 20 | The , the way the hills get lighter as you go through until we get right to the back and you finish up with a little bit of erm very light cloud beyond the hills in the distance . |
| 21 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 22 | As police track a small boy 's killers , locals face up to a lurking danger |
| 23 | Together , our proposals add up to a co-ordinated programme for recovery . |
| 24 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 25 | These incidents scarcely add up to a coherent narrative , and the chronology is uncertain . |
| 26 | The different combinations of colour , beautiful designs , textures , fibres and weaves all add up to a vast range of fabrics from which to choose and at enormously varying prices . |
| 27 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 28 | They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package . |
| 29 | AN INSATIABLE appetite for squid plus an ageing workforce add up to a full order book for a Japanese manufacturer of computerised fishing equipment . |
| 30 | These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making . |