Example sentences of "come up [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 R. W. Blake in the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia , who made the discovery , has even come up with a name for the strategy .
2 The government has still not come up with a dump for the masses of intermediate wastes , such as fuel cladding , that the plant would produce .
3 SCIENTISTS from the General Electric Company in New York have come up with a way of measuring how much charge is left in a lead-acid battery .
4 The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up .
5 In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests .
6 So she 's come up with a way of trying to protect animals in Gloucestershire , Worcestershire and Herefordshire .
7 But this time the executive had come up with a compromise of sterling dimness .
8 ( UX No 435 ) Well , it 's come up with a variety of severance packages it 's offering people .
9 Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo .
10 Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo .
11 Banks have come up with a development of their IOR Checkmate sails , which were Kevlar and Mylar , and now build CHS Checkmate sails in a special Dacron fabric developed in the UK ; they carry no CHS penalty .
12 I HAVE burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals , but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive , factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators , computers and cassette recorders .
13 It has come up with a series of proposals in conjunction with City solicitors Davies Arnold Cooper which , it says , could enable judgment to be reached in 38 days in an undefended case and 66 days in a defended case .
14 The media are receiving such an informed , dynamic and visually striking group with open arms : from picketing South West Water to protesting in full surf regalia at Parliament , from surfing in gas masks to demonstrating with a huge inflatable turd , the SAS has come up with a series of media-friendly stunts that have caught the headlines .
15 However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting .
16 Recently the neurochemists have come up with a set of toxins which appear to be fairly effective in destroying only cell bodies , leaving axons intact ( Kohler et al .
17 Labour M P's and environment groups are saying tonight that Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has come up with a load of waffle in his three hundred and fifty point plan to rid Britain of pollution ; from Westminster , Des Fahey :
18 Well they 've come up with a lot of theories have n't they .
19 ‘ Operators have been in discussion with the Health and Safety Executive for some time , and we have now come up with a code of practice accepted by the HSE and drawn up by BERSA ( British Elastic Ropes Sports Association ) . ’
20 Some time before , Malcolm had come up with a list of half a dozen names .
21 They have come up with a list of questions to ask candidates when the come canvassing to your door to check how green they are .
22 One firm has come up with a number of ways to find letterbombs , before they find their target .
23 , The UN Secretariat has come up with a figure of $165 billion a year for saving the world 's environment .
24 I wonder if they have come up against a rapacity of the of the rates .
25 They had to come up with a plan of action on how to set up a Tyrolean Traverse to safety cross the 80 foot wide gorge — and come back again .
26 I really support the idea of trying to come up with a plan of action because quite frankly I find that London and England is just so full of talk shops .
27 Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised .
28 It 's a contract which the community is well aware of as the brewer has invited local people to come up with a name for the new pub .
29 Actually , the BMC does n't know all the details yet and it 's highly probable you 'll have to come up with a bit of cash yourself , but if you 're keen call Roger Payne on .
30 Take one simple example : in 1975 journalists Sydney Schanberg , Jon Swain and photographer Al Rockoff were holed up in the French Embassy in Phnom Penh trying to come up with a way of preventing Dith Pran being taken by the Khmer Rouge and to get out of there alive .
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