Example sentences of "up [noun] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in his own troubled mind , Vologsky dredged up sympathy for the old man . |
| 2 | Type 3 shows that elite competition can be stable , with democratic arrangements building up support for the political system in a ‘ centripetal ’ fashion , so long as the political culture of the country is relatively homogeneous . |
| 3 | Outflanking Imelda Marcos , Cojuangco emerged as the leading right-wing opposition contender , continuing his campaign to build up support in the former Marcos bastions of northern Ilocos province and the Cagayan valley , and in the Mindanao and the crucial Visayas , estimated to represent some 21 per cent of the total vote . |
| 4 | There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields . |
| 5 | The family drew up plans for the four-bedroom house after their previous home on the same site in the village of Meopham , Kent , was destroyed by fire . |
| 6 | As the Republic seems set to qualify for America , they are drawing up plans for the biggest television sports blockbuster ever . |
| 7 | MORE evidence of an upturn in the housing market came yesterday with home builders reporting more than 16,400 new starts in April up 17pc on the same month last year . |
| 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 . |
| 9 | In the second half Giannini again created the best moment , first intercepting a pass , then setting up Serena for the clearest chance of the match . |
| 10 | While he discerns a bank of computers by the wall ( one student is typing up minutes of the monthly group meeting now in progress ) , Michael begins to feel a little more at home in this rather ramshackle world . |
| 11 | He told the Centre for Economic Policy Research that what was needed was an in-depth comparison of the costs of cleaning up emissions on the one hand with the economic benefits on the other . |
| 12 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 13 | They set up camp on the uninhabited island ; and started a barbecue . |
| 14 | With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings : |
| 15 | In 1628 , now established as chief minister , he drew up proposals for the systematic preservation of official papers of all kinds , including those relating to foreign affairs ; but nothing came of this . |
| 16 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc , reporting second quarter net profits of $3.0m against a loss last time of $19.8m , on sales up 44.1% at $72.2m , says that in the UK , sales were up 90% on the year-ago period , and rose 89% in the quarter , 87% in the half , across Europe as a whole . |
| 17 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 18 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , during journeys to Palestine and to Egypt , I picked up copies of The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding . |
| 20 | We parked in the car park and picked up copies of the RSPB-designed trail leaflet at the Visitor Centre , a converted stone chapel . |
| 21 | She said , ‘ We 'll all be pulling up sticks about the same time , then ! |
| 22 | Alien is primarily a mood piece as well as a visual display — there are slow passages in which little happens , building up suspense for the main action scenes , the deaths of six crew members . |
| 23 | The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles . |
| 24 | They are the Brockman River 1990 Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon and the 1991 Chardonnay , products of the Chittering Estate Winemaker Steve Scapera learned his art in California and last year built up exports to the American market to 41 million . |
| 25 | He could serve up waves in the right place at the right time — or not . |
| 26 | What many fear is that , despite negotiated settlements ’ being fashionable in other parts of the world , the US will be more than happy to leave El Salvador to Arena , freeing it to step up aid to the Nicaraguan contras and removing , once and for all , any chance of success for the peace plan being negotiated by the five Central American presidents , which has never been supported by the US . |
| 27 | The sleeping-bag began to soak up tea from the steaming groundsheet , and I screamed , ‘ Damn ! |
| 28 | In the past financial year companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ) raised a staggering ¥25 trillion through various forms of equity financing — up 65% over the previous year . |
| 29 | Follow up data for the 18 patients who were alive when the 1988 report was assembled have been obtained from the most recent inpatient assessment at Harefield Hospital ( 1991–2 ) , where all but one patient are reviewed in depth each year or more often if problems arise . |
| 30 | The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated . |