Example sentences of "up [prep] a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 2 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 3 | Lining up for a photocall in front of the latest Leyland Daf trucks , just before the announcement of the rosy future the newly formed companies have predicted for themselves . |
| 4 | Although Newton did not hinder the setting up of a programme in animal morphology under Balfour , he was suspicious of the laboratory-based discipline and played an important role in galvanizing the country 's amateur bird-watchers to form a network that could provide information of real scientific value . |
| 5 | ‘ I was thinking what 's the point you lying in the sun if you swathe yourself up like a woman in purdah . |
| 6 | In one , during the Pandava brothers ' exile , Arjuna , cursed and unmanned by a woman he has rejected , dances and camps it up like a drag-queen in warpaint . |
| 7 | ‘ And when he attacked you , you picked him up like a baby in front of all those people , ’ Doone said . |
| 8 | Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised . |
| 9 | So you could literally have a situation in which you could live say er er a woman could er live er you know a mile from the state line and in one state er abortion er could be something which ended up with a doctor in prison for life , in another state , across the state line , it could be something which was er you know er provided free of charge by the state public health authorities . |
| 10 | He also served on the advisory council set up under an order in council of 28 July 1915 , for the ‘ organization and development of scientific and industrial research ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ On one occasion I woke up from an operation in hospital and asked her if she had brought my Echo . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You have an inoperable cancer of the right lung , ’ said the great man , and he pointed to a large X-ray photograph blown up on a screen in front of us . |
| 13 | The pot was taller than a man , and a prisoner had to climb up on a table in order to extract a sample with a huge ladle . |
| 14 | The hay had been brought up on a wain in front of which two of the farm horses stood , blowing plumes of steamy breath . |
| 15 | If convicted , Pierce faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine , which Van Halen have offered to pay . |
| 16 | SINGER Harry Connick Jr faces up to a year in jail after being found carrying an unlicensed gun as he tried to board a plane . |
| 17 | The move will not halt Brazilian exports immediately , because many exporters have received registration for shipments abroad up to a year in advance . |
| 18 | Well organised folks can book a permit to camp up to a year in advance , but we managed to get in despite having no permit when we arrived . |
| 19 | This brochure is published up to a year in advance of your holiday date , however , we aim to provide clients with the optimum service possible , therefore , our Operations Department plan each FREELINK route approximately 8 weeks before the date of departure . |
| 20 | This brochure is published up to a year in advance of your holiday date . |
| 21 | ‘ This kind of weight reduction ca n't be met by plastic 's rivals — and it all adds up to a reduction in waste at the beginning of the cycle , which is where the environmental action should start ! ’ |
| 22 | Specimens up to a foot in length have even been recorded . |
| 23 | In the Carboniferous swamps large trees with leaves , of the genus Cordaites grew to 30 or more metres in height , with long slim trunks terminating in branches that bore strap-shaped leaves up to a metre in length . |
| 24 | Phone bookings should be made up to a fortnight in advance on 0229 66063 . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll beam you up to a point in space close to the centre of a galaxy . |
| 26 | These problems point very clearly to the need for training , and many library systems would benefit from the introduction of regular training courses ( of up to a week in duration ) on book provision . |
| 27 | One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do . |
| 28 | According to Peter Cook and John Shergold , of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra , this event probably occurred through a sudden release of phosphates from the deep ocean brought up by a change in ocean currents or crustal movements . |