Example sentences of "up [art] [noun] 's [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tore up the Pope 's picture in front of 30 million TV viewers . |
| 2 | One six-year-old Our Gang refugee stood solemnly by the car , too-long pants concertinaed around his feet , holding up the officer 's revolver in both hands , covering the fat driver . |
| 3 | An Occidental spokesman claims that the government has repeatedly tried to cover up the Army 's role for fear of diluting its case against the company and having to admit some federal responsibility for the situation . |
| 4 | The powers of the College of Chancery were increased by an ordinance of 1773 and in 1791 , just before his assassination , Gustavus set up the King 's Office for Foreign Correspondence . |
| 5 | It is against this background of restricted choice that one should initially view what was really a middle-class pressure group for women 's rights : the campaign to open up the compositor 's trade to women . |
| 6 | Each day at low tide these extraordinary microscopic plants glide up through the sand to soak up the sun 's energy for photosynthesis . |
| 7 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 8 | Authorises the Accountant of Court to deliver up the petitioner 's Bond of Caution . |
| 9 | Judith Church , Health and Safety Officer of the Manufacturing , Science and Finance Union summed up the government 's attitude to health and safety as : |
| 10 | The 1991 White Paper on Higher Education flagged up the Government 's intention of linking quality assessment to decisions about funding Higher Education institutions . |
| 11 | The Griffiths Report had summed up the service 's capacity for inertia and resistance to change just as graphically : |
| 12 | Gamma , a decidedly orange K-type star , makes up the Dragon 's head with Beta , Xi ( 3.7 ) and Nu , which is a wide double ; each component is of magnitude 4.9 , and the ‘ twins ’ are identical . |
| 13 | Neff built up the firm 's business in the USA not by dint of one overwhelming individual personality , as Roche had done for Heidrick and Struggles , but by exemplifying the success of the Spencer Stuart method of problem-solving in management crises across a range of corporate sectors . |
| 14 | Her name , ’ he picked up the Brigadier 's report from beside the telephone , ‘ is Katrine , Katrine … |
| 15 | In this system one individual worker , employed by an agency responsible for community care services , is appointed to assess the needs of an individual client , plan a comprehensive set of services for the individual , coordinate the various services and follow up the individual 's progress over time . |
| 16 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
| 17 | Do n't let this dishearten you , the little greenies are there to soak up the enemy 's attention after all . |
| 18 | It would be quite impossible to discuss all the plates and sub-plates making up the Earth 's crust in this book , and it would n't be very useful either , since some of them are extremely complex and not at all well understood . |
| 19 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 20 | Roberts and his cohorts have persuaded venture capital specialist Candover to stump up the lion 's share of £9m for shares in this potentially growth business , and the Bank of Scotland to provide £8m of loans and working capital facilties . |
| 21 | The Fundació 's maintenance costs eat up the lion 's share of government subsidy , and as the programme is expanded the directors hope to cultivate funds for the exhibition and education programmes from sponsorship and patronage . |
| 22 | ‘ However , I think the large institutional investors , who make up the lion 's share of the market , will be interested in NIE if they see there will be a good return . ’ |
| 23 | They would trudge up the mine 's track before dawn , heads bowed before the onslaught of a sleet laden gale , fearful of being dashed into the chasm down which the Church Beck roared unseen . |
| 24 | He will surely end up the county 's player of the year . |
| 25 | He also built up the railway 's fleet of passenger and cargo ships sailing to Ireland and the Continent from Goole , Fleetwood , and Liverpool ; by 1914 it was the largest of any of the British railway companies . |
| 26 | The same place she 'd gone after driving up the Dersingham 's drive on Saturday morning ? |
| 27 | He looked down now on to the plate on which lay a pig 's foot and two pieces of streaky pork ; and picking up the pig 's foot in his two hands , he gnawed at it for a moment before looking at the child again and asking her , ‘ Well , what 's your other name ? ’ |
| 28 | The camera moved up the woman 's body to her eyes , searching , searching . |
| 29 | Under Franco , they used to be distributed among representatives of the different political groups that made up the regime 's base of support ; under democracy , incumbents in such posts have tended to be replaced with each change of government . |
| 30 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |