Example sentences of "come up [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now a plastics firm called FOLARPILO has come up with tiny semi-permanent condoms for guppies . |
| 2 | The Department of Transport has come up with two alternative by-pass routes as the best way of relieving the heavy traffic using the A forty Green Road Roundabout junction at Headington . |
| 3 | And Lucy Edwards , 21 , of Fairways , Frodsham , has come up with two bizarre stunts to raise the £2,950 she needs to go on the trip |
| 4 | But now they 've come up with two original-design guitars . |
| 5 | Many people have looked at this before and they 've come up with various prognostic markers , some of which are extremely complicated . |
| 6 | But now Seth ( the name rhymes with ‘ gate ’ and ‘ great ’ ) has come up with another offputting concept . |
| 7 | So — the magnitude of Maria 's feelings is given to us because Duras has come up with another jealous person , whose jealousy was great enough to provoke him to murder . |
| 8 | The Royal Society has now come up with some concrete recommendations for broader-based science education and postponement of specialisation . |
| 9 | The 18 months that Del Amitri have been away from the spotlight have n't been wasted and they 've come up with some belting songs to prove it . |
| 10 | I know that many of you have already come up with some interesting ideas on seventy fifth theme . |
| 11 | ‘ He had n't come up with any specific reason . |
| 12 | Perhaps I 'll be unpopular here , but in fact until you think of a way preventing vandals from vandalising the toilets , as you know , I do n't think there is , nobody has come up with any other way of doing it . |
| 13 | But Li Ka-shing , head of Cheung Kong , confirmed he is ‘ interested in some of Olympia 's assets , but has not come up with any solid plans ’ . |
| 14 | Forensic scientists have scoured the scene but have not come up with any conclusive evidence . |
| 15 | It was so hot that Perdita would have liked to have worn shorts or a dress , but her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps and were oozing and itching like mad , so she settled for her pale pink jeans and a dark blue shirt . |
| 16 | Throughout the silent journey Luce racked her brains , trying , and failing , to come up with any logical explanation for the portrait . |
| 17 | So far I have not been able to come up with any musical symbol that has not been catered for , whether arranging for full orchestra , brass-band or choir — with the single exception of guitar chord symbols . |
| 18 | Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply . |
| 19 | A plant yes , because if you 're solving problems you want somebody to come up with some good ideas to get you out of your rut . |
| 20 | But you also need them in your team , because if you 're trying to solve a problem that is difficult , or what 's called a messy problem , we 'll come back to nice messy problems in a minute , you need somebody to come up with some good ideas , some ways of solving it . |
| 21 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 22 | ‘ Our resources are limited , but we hope to come up with some constructive recommendations , ’ said Coun Coppinger after the group 's first meeting yesterday . |
| 23 | For most of the week she 'd been seated at her desk , wading through piles of old G.W. design books , taking notes , making sketches , dashing off diagrams , in an effort to come up with some common thread in the mish-mash of styles that dragged dully across the pages . |
| 24 | Do n't these people realise that dozens of reviewers are likely to spend several hours gazing blankly at the album sleeve as they try to come up with some natty simile to describe the musical contents therein ? |
| 25 | You want somebody to come up with some divergent ways of thinking . |
| 26 | The survey also came up with 10 reported cases of cataracts , which can also be caused by radiation exposure . |
| 27 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 28 | However even with nine representatives of British industry on the working party , the report only came up with two specific problems . |
| 29 | The study came up with two main conclusions . |
| 30 | One thing that might be relevant to this is the fact that er one study came up with two different types of tag question , they call the two different tabs , aka tag question Modal tags and Effective tags . |