Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [noun] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 2 | Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . |
| 3 | Eleanor Rathbone firmly believed that the only way to remove a major barrier against equal pay in professions such as teaching would be to take account of the differences in standards of living reflected in the higher costs of bringing up children in the higher income groups . |
| 4 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 5 | Conflicting interpretations of this move saw it either as a sign that the armed forces were no longer capable of confronting internal subversion , or as an astute move aimed at allowing the guerrillas to save face and disarm before taking up seats in the Constitutional Assembly . |
| 6 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 7 | MOSCOW ( Reuter ) — Armed insurgents were reported yesterday to be setting up camps in the hilly terrain of Nagorny Karabakh as tensions between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 8 | If a bureau has only two interview rooms then four volunteers are the most that can be accommodated in the advisory role : two interviewing , one taking telephone enquiries and the fourth following up cases in the general office between clients . |