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

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1 ‘ As an example , we have come up with a de-sulphurization system to prevent damage to natural gas pipelines and a North Sea gas rig has had the equipment installed .
2 After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation .
3 It 's nice of the Persil people to come up with a washing-up liquid .
4 ‘ Because it seems they 've managed to come up with a bone marrow donor . ’
5 ‘ Generally , if I 'm playing on a track , I 'll listen to the lyrics and then I 'll try to come up with a guitar part that suits the song in terms of imagery .
6 The workshop had looked certain to shut down after the local authority withdrew its funding , but now it 's been given two months to persuade the private sector to come up with a rescue package .
7 Another resolution would force Mr Urban to come up with a merger proposal involving Pirelli 's tyre business in time for Continental 's annual general meeting in June .
8 After dinner that evening , Cocello instructed Randy Mueller to set up a task force team from Detroit to come up with a phase-out plan for vehicle manufacture , and a phase-in plan for supplying the UK market from imports ,
9 And what do you do when to come up against a brick wall ?
10 THE Premier League yesterday came up with a peace formula that seemed likely to avert the first strike by English footballers .
11 After months of experimentation he came up with a vanilla ice cream bar on a stick , bonded with cocoa butter to a coating of chocolate .
12 The few feminists who did consider the problem of women 's domestic labour came up with a collectivist solution similar to that of Beveridge .
13 Forster searched in a pouch and came up with a glucose sweet .
14 ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me .
15 The first time I came up against a woman comandante
16 We 're coming up to a bank holiday , and most people will be going away .
17 The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach .
18 If it does n't come up with a rescue deal by the summer , these men and women could be reaching the end of their working lives .
19 SP/32 anticipates adding AIX and HP clients and by the middle of next year will come up with a Unix server model for Sun , IBM , HP , Ultrix and perhaps Alpha OSF/1 .
20 The question of money would always come up with a team operation like the ‘ Carry Ons ’ .
21 RCA also come up with a tape cassette but shelve the idea as LPs begin to dominate the audio market .
22 Thank you yes , I mean our purpose is not here to try and judge competing bids for the new settlement , but to try to come to if we can , objective appraisal of if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , could we in fact come up with a district location .
23 When you are at this age and you come up against a brick wall , you do sometimes feel like screaming with frustration .
24 As a teacher I try to do what I can , but in a lot of cases you come up against a brick wall with a lot of racist graffiti on it !
25 God help us with the economy , if he comes up with a crackpot idea like he did over these grading appeals .
26 THERE IS nothing particularly difficult about Creag Meagaidh , unless it comes up in a spelling test , yet it took me three attempts to get to the top of the damned thing .
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