Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’
2 Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’
3 Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea .
4 Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea .
5 So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods .
6 The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service .
7 The removal of the cupboard and the sealing up of the women 's rest-room had seriously complicated his life .
8 Donita attributed it directly to the feminist line : ‘ Because this is the first generation that 's grown up with the women 's revolution .
9 He and Vivienne were also probably fed up with the teds ' meathead mentality .
10 The Consumers ' Assocation said : ‘ People are fed up with the banks ' incompetence , compounded by arrogance . ’
11 The Government watchdog Securities and Investment Board ( known as SIB ) has teamed up with the Consumers ' Association to run a stand at the Home Buying And Finance show at the Ideal Home Exhibition , Earls Court , from 4 to 7 April .
12 At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other .
13 He finished up in the chimpanzees ' cage , hanging from the bars , while trying to retrieve his beret , stolen by one of the animals .
14 I got the crow 's cage again and afterwards was sent inside to do the washing up in the Corporals ' eating area .
15 We found one part of the delivery bed in the labour ward but the other part turned up in the children 's ward .
16 Suddenly the Yeti turned up in the men 's department where I worked .
17 Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available .
18 We 're one up on the men 's team .
19 A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee .
20 There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing .
21 The velocity widths of the lines will range roughly up to the bullets ' speed .
22 She knew , however , that her mother could be relied upon to have fastened up the hens before coming up to the Oaks ' farm for the supper , so she settled her fears .
23 If lots of them signed up at a creditors ' meeting in London on May 27th , that could be decided quickly .
24 Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote .
25 The $2,000 prize was set up by a patrons ' organization of the National Museum of American Art in honour of Charles C. Eldredge , former director of the museum .
26 The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing .
27 The system is backed up by the Employers ' Liability ( Compulsory Insurance ) Act 1969 which makes it compulsory for employers to have insurance for personal injury to their employees .
28 A major new training initiative set up by the Women 's Unit and the Personnel Services Division could have a profound effect on women 's employment across Europe .
29 If a woman needs to go underground from the unsafety of her own home , she can find sanctuary in the network of " safe houses " set up by the Women 's Aid Federation .
30 He is furious that billions of pounds he wanted freed to put in people 's pockets are locked up by the banks ' determination to boost profits .
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