Example sentences of "be [verb] up from [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Phonic In the phonic approach , words are built up from the sounds of the individual letters or groups of letters ( phonemes such as th , ph , and so on ) .
2 But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour .
3 But erm the logistics costs are made up from the costs of procuring spares and support equipment largely and er for an aircraft such as this , the amount of equipment required to operate at first line is very low indeed .
4 The response certainly illustrates the transition to a less " intransitive " pedagogy and more " interpersonal style " : Questions are coming up from the students .
5 ‘ Of course , all the islands are volcanic in the sense that they 've been thrown up from the depths by submarine upheavals thousands of years ago ; but only one of them 's got a crater .
6 His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike .
7 However , the controls over local management in this respect were tightened up from the mid-1950s onwards .
8 The next wave of families were gathered in huddles : the next wave of berks , burglars and bunglers was being dredged up from the cells .
9 The idea of a triangle is made up from the ideas of being a closed figure , and having three straight sides ; the idea of gold from those of yellowness , malleability , and fusibility .
10 When Lenny McLean is brought up from the cells in his cardigan to strand trial for the murder of Gary Humphreys , there are no spare seats in the gallery of Court 13 .
11 The daughters of small farmers were best esteemed , but they were declining and the supply was made up from the cottages of artisans , shopkeepers and labourers .
12 As he was led up from the cells and into a cage , there was bedlam in the courtroom .
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