Example sentences of "up [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Founded in 1971 DIOK have built themselves up as the strongest outfit in Holland and were Dutch champions in 1981 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 and 1992 . |
| 2 | If you work in the EFL profession , it is in your interest to keep up with the latest developments in the field . |
| 3 | It was surely great to be an American going up in the greatest company in the world and in the greatest country in the world . |
| 4 | Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . |
| 5 | RESIDENTS in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead will be able to check up on the latest developments in health care at a special health awareness day . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's rather fanciful to think you will be able to walk into a solicitor 's office in Carlisle , engage one lawyer , then argue your case up to the highest court in the land . |
| 7 | And this ‘ vague altruism ’ apparently permeated up to the highest levels in government : for example , Neville Chamberlain , who had been a leading figure in the pre-war National Government 's denial of the problem of child malnutrition , was so shocked by the stories of the children 's condition that he commented to his sister , ‘ I never knew that such conditions existed , and I feel ashamed of having been so ignorant of my neighbours . |