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