Example sentences of "up the [adj] points " in BNC.

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1 MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park .
2 His players carried out the plan to the letter and wrapped up the three points as a perfect birthday gift .
3 At half-time Gloucester were only a penalty down , but they soon made up the three points and took the game with the only try .
4 Less objective devices are provided by such methods as generalised contours which are attempts to reconstruct the original contours by linking up the furthest points reached by each contour from the area of highest ground .
5 Let us sum up the main points .
6 So , to sum up the main points so far : the scriptible as a value and the commentary as a form of reading both imply an approach which is largely incompatible with the chief principles of classical structuralism .
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