Example sentences of "have [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chart 3 indicates that , as a result of the advertising , growth in Gold 90 balances in Scottish branches initially grew much faster , although , subsequent to the advertising campaign , growth in English and Welsh branches has caught up with the help of other communications , including the Personal Customer Newsletter and posters in branches supporting some magnificent local sales efforts . |
| 2 | So it has come up with the idea of a tape ‘ loop ’ to delay the broadcast of ‘ live ’ debates for long enough for an engineer to hit a panic button until the offending words have passed . |
| 3 | One good piece of news — alas not definite , since it is still subject to possible changes — is that at the moment the European legislation process has come up with the idea that the national definitions of ‘ antique ’ for weapons will apply when the European harmonisation takes place . |
| 4 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |
| 5 | AT&T has come up with the ComputerWatch service , calling it a breakthrough for system security administration . |
| 6 | While British Rail says it ca n't afford to help disabled travellers at Leominster , it has come up with the cash to improve a commuter line that 's been plagued with delays and breakdowns . |
| 7 | Right if you have a look at what has come up on the screen , on the screen . |
| 8 | Since the first edition of this book both the Matrimonial Homes ( Co-ownership ) Bill introduced in the House of Lords in 1980 ( which would have made provision for statutory co-ownership of the matrimonial home ) and the Land Registration of Law of Property Bill ( affecting the practice that has grown up following the case of Williams & Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland ) [ 1981 ] AC 487 ) have failed . |
| 9 | Any book about Scottish football inevitably brings the reader into direct contact with the major Glasgow clubs , Rangers and Celtic , and such is the passion they arouse , that a degree of false diplomacy has grown up around the way the clubs and their players are treated . |
| 10 | There are the end-of-tether diaries published as My Sister and Myself by his literary executor , Francis King , and any number of references in the voluminous literature that has grown up around the figure of E M Forster , whose acolyte Ackerley became between their first meeting in 1922 and his death , aged 71 , in 1967 . |
| 11 | I feel his glare now , but let my own eyes wander past the fence to the yellow lattice of the heavy lifting gear and the big iron disc of the magnet hanging down , and the motorcar-mountain that has built up over the holiday season . |
| 12 | Spring-cleaning , repainting and clearing out cupboards can all be good ways of dispelling any unpleasant or heavy atmosphere that has built up in the home . |
| 13 | Another slight problem is that when the filters are cleaned , much of the bacteria colony that has built up in the foam could be washed away . |
| 14 | Meconium is the foal 's faecal material that has built up in the rectum before foaling and sometimes gets quite firm and impacted and must be passed within the first 24-hours of life . |
| 15 | The Trade Marks Act 1938 , following previous legislation , serves two main purposes : first , to protect the goodwill and reputation which a trader has built up around the mark involved and , secondly , to prevent the public from being deceived into buying inferior goods in the belief that they are made by another manufacturer . |
| 16 | Mrs Brooks , forty-three , has moved up from the role of president of US operations to overall president and chief executive officer of the company , a newly created post . |
| 17 | Wanchai used to be the hostess-bar district , but it has moved up in the world and is now home to one of the colony 's classiest new hotels , The Grand Hyatt ( ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 19 | The chemical , which is about 150 times as toxic as cyanide , has turned up in the soil and in waters that flow into the Mississippi River at levels up to several hundred times those thought to be safe . |
| 20 | She noted , however , that cotenine , a substance that the body can break down only from nicotine , has turned up in the semen of smokers . |
| 21 | I then tell them a story which they act out : one day the children all set off home only to find that a great big hole has opened up in the playground . |
| 22 | For most of the past decade at least one major thoroughfare in the city centre has been shut to traffic while workmen repair a large hole that has opened up in the tarmac after the collapse of one of the old brick sewers beneath . |
| 23 | A rift has opened up within the leadership of the parliament , which could be the beginning of the end for it . |
| 24 | This is afterwards , when he has got up from the couch , when he 's making a date for the next appointment and putting on his overcoat in the hall , returning to his ordinary guarded self before he walks out on to the street . |
| 25 | A consensus has welled up around the church and left as its high-water mark a distinctive view of doubt which is prejudicial to faith and quite illegitimate . |
| 26 | ‘ Look , lady , nothing about you has measured up from the beginning . |
| 27 | A whole new service industry — office design — has sprung up in the city , and the demand for furniture , secretaries and commercial space has pushed up prices . |
| 28 | In the first contract , British Robotic Systems has teamed up with the Department of Industry 's National Physical Laboratory to sell a ‘ Linear Array Processor ’ . |
| 29 | Wimpey News has teamed up with the tournament organisers to offer readers the chance of special offer rates for the afternoon and evening performances on Tuesday , 27 July . |
| 30 | The Limit has teamed up with the Care For Romania charity to offer one reader and partner the chance to see Jacko perform in Bucharest on September 30 . |