Example sentences of "move [adv] up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved cautiously up the corroded metal steps on to the catwalk and knelt beside the German , the Beretta pressed into the nape of his neck . |
| 2 | Don Peters had failed in his UK assignment and had effectively blown his chances of being moved further up the corporate ladder to a Vice Presidency and , maybe , to the Presidency itself . |
| 3 | Despite Thursday 's show of petulance at Old Trafford when he kicked over a couple of stumps and a comparative lack of first-class wickets this season , Foster has moved steadily up the fast bowling pecking order . |
| 4 | Despite Thursday 's show of petulance at Old Trafford and a comparative lack of first-class wickets this season , Foster has moved steadily up the fast bowling pecking order . |
| 5 | As a consequence of these and other disasters , of rapid and world-wide broadcasting of them and of the concerned action of many individuals , the environment is now ‘ moving fast up the political agenda ’ ( Patten 1989 ) . |
| 6 | Moving speedily up the Left Bank of the river , General Riemann 's 22nd Reserve Division joined up with von Zwehl 's men , to effect a neat pincer on the French hemmed within the bend of the river at Regneville . |