Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The measure of 1932 , which marked profoundly the discussions leading up to the Act of 1944 , was bitterly resisted ( especially in Wales ) and led the president of the Board of Education to argue in the Commons that secondary education should be reserved for ‘ selected children , the gifted and the intellectual ’ from whom ‘ we expect leaders of industry and commerce in the coming generation ’ . |
2 | It seems to have been assumed throughout the discussions leading up to the signature of the Convention that the use of the postal channel was indeed a mode of service , of notification . |
3 | I would n't be so stupid as to pretend to have any idea what Claudia was going through during the hours leading up to the birth . |
4 | Finding the courtyard full , latecomers were taking up their stations in perfectly straight ranks first on the steps , then in the roads leading up to the mosque , then out in the gardens and bazaars beyond . |
5 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
6 | Whilst on duty one Saturday afternoon during the early part of 1975 , he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the steps leading up to the box , then he became aware of the figure of a man about to enter the lobby or vestibule outside the door . |
7 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
8 | When he reached the steps leading up to the front door of the Guild Office , he found the place in darkness , with no sign of life . |
9 | Armed soldiers and refugee families were crowded round the foot of the steps leading up to the entry hatch . |
10 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
11 | Depending on the evolution of management during the early 1990s , the confusions building up in the Training Authority 's role may need to be unravelled : either it is strengthened as an effective arm of central policy , or it is abolished so that the market — created by itself — can have freer play . |
12 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
13 | Then think of the knees pointing up to the ceiling . |
14 | In the months leading up to the Stock Exchange 's damning findings , the DTI 's lack of concrete action was probably forgiveable . |
15 | In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square . |
16 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of Working for patients appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ internal market ’ — a patient-led system . |
17 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
18 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of the White Paper appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ Internal Market ’ — a patient-led system . |
19 | The debates over the merger had precipitated a number of leadership changes in the old parties and alliances in the months leading up to the final agreement . |
20 | Apart from the contributions they both made to raising the general temperature along the international border in the months leading up to the Iraqi onslaught in September 1980 , the first blow appears to have been struck in the same month by Baghdad with a broadcast announcement of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini.i The Iraqis had previously given a trial outing to a line of attack which underwent persistent repetition as the war proceeded . |
21 | The John Lennon Wall was an important scene of student protest in the months running up to the ‘ Velvet Revolution ’ . |
22 | The research identifies the areas in which they have survived in sufficient abundance to form the basis of a nationwide sample survey designed to illustrate changes in the level , composition and distribution of household wealth in the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution . |
23 | As has been mentioned , our limited resources made it impossible to examine the circumstances leading up to the arrest which might , or might not , explain this finding , and we were also unable to interview the police on this matter . |
24 | The circumstances leading up to the matter being before the family proceedings court on 23 December 1991 I need mention only in outline having regard to the course which I am going to take in regard to this appeal . |
25 | ‘ She also asked me to recount for her the circumstances leading up to the car crash in May 1968 in which poor Willy Morpurgo suffered brain damage . ’ |
26 | But they argue that factors such as regional variations , better Tory organisation in marginal constituencies and the ‘ incumbency ’ factor where sitting MPs are defending seats , could result in the Conservatives ending up as the largest party , if not with a narrow overall majority . |
27 | In the following section we shall examine the changes that have occurred in the UK economy in the decades leading up to the latest period of structural change , the changes over the post-war period culminating in what is often called the deindustrialization of the UK . |
28 | In the days running up to the match Rough had been cruelly accused of stealing meat from a local supermarket . |
29 | The success of Heseltine 's switch of focus was illustrated by a succession of opinion polls in the days leading up to the leadership ballot , all indicating that there would be a huge swing to the Conservative Party were he to become leader . |
30 | Verbal exchanges in the days leading up to the opening ceremony had served only to heighten the interest in the event . |