Example sentences of "up [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen Guy of Castlemilk Housing Energy Action , set up to combat the high level of fuel debt in the area , described the anger and despair with which people had reacted to the decision to add VAT to their fuel bills . |
| 2 | Are you staying up to see the New Year in ? ’ |
| 3 | He looked up to see the worried face of William Prime staring down at him . |
| 4 | The two got togged up to publicise the first programme in their new series of Watchdog tomorrow night ( BBC1 , 7.30pm ) which investigates the cost of school uniforms . |
| 5 | First , it was the gradual transformation of woodlands and grasslands into farmland , and then years later building it up to accommodate the ever-growing influx of people . |
| 6 | In spite of lowering clouds and apocalyptic forecasts , plenty of hardy souls turned up to sample the culinary offerings of Brecknock 's answer tot he Roux Brothers , and were rewarded with a pleasant , rain free evening , and a meal that reached even dizzier heights than last year — the proportion of charcoal to edible meat having been somewhat reduced . |
| 7 | One morning they woke up to find the Blessed Margaret in charge whilst their own leaders resembled very recently decapitated chickens . |
| 8 | Belinda 's head flew up to meet the blue onslaught of Tom Russell 's frowning gaze . |
| 9 | Membership applications were received from all over the UK , and the MLA was set up to meet the growing demand for a central organisation . |
| 10 | Gesner moved to mask her again , and once more she darted round the screen , suddenly making great play with the peacock tail , holding it up to hide the lower part of her face , managing to pretend never to see the front of Luxembourg 's face , and never to let him see her . |
| 11 | In the first place , a working party set up to simplify the complex technicalities of the original assessment proposals generated a system which was more intelligible and rational . |
| 12 | At such times , it may be useful to recall that the current financial services regime was set up to remedy the regulatory failures of the previous system , which was one of regulation under statute by a government department . |
| 13 | PUBLIC sector rents should go up to reflect the higher value of houses or flats in desirable areas , Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said yesterday . |
| 14 | And still she did not go , but hovered , touching with long fingers along his shelves of vessels , reaching up to rustle the hanging bunches of herbs overhead , keeping only her profile towards him . |
| 15 | Management consultant , writer and outstanding mountaineer Alan Blackshaw has been appointed chair of an SNH ‘ task force ’ set up to discuss the sensitive issue of public access in Scotland . |
| 16 | The societies had been created in 1964 out of the committees which were set up to organise the 1963 commemorations of the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfe Tone , the leader of the United Irishmen and martyr of the 1798 Rising . |
| 17 | Sydney Possuelo , a strong advocate of Indian rights who has recently been appointed head of Brazil 's Indian agency FUNAI , has put new impetus behind the massive initiative , ‘ Operation Free Jungle ’ , set up to rid the Yanomami land of gold miners . |
| 18 | She stood on tiptoe and reached up to cover the lower part of his face with her hand . |
| 19 | Her right hand crept up to cover the lower half of her face , as if to protect it . |
| 20 | A Board of Associateship was set up to manage the new regulations for admission to the Register of Chartered Librarians , and delegated to the Association 's expert Sub-Committee on Training the task of detailed assessment of the training programmes designated to meet these new regulations . |
| 21 | Both guitars have necks that are properly set to line up with the top of the bridges , and which are set up to give the correct amount of neck relief . |
| 22 | These men were brought up to do the clerical work of the household , to give the king advice , and eventually to become bishops and perform the duties of royal servants as well as of episcopal pastors in their bishoprics . |
| 23 | Dad goes off to the gin shop , gallant daughter stays up to put the old soak to bed . ’ |
| 24 | Hignett , lined up to share the new-ball bowling with Nigel Peel , had to pull out of last Sunday 's MCC Trophy game with Cumberland due to a rib injury . |
| 25 | Ross had no right to automatically expect her to suddenly become an efficient home-maker , she grumbled to herself as she got up to clear the dirty plates from the small dining-room table . |
| 26 | Meanwhile the company set up to market the Landini marque in the UK has gone and the Italian range has come under the Watveare wing . |
| 27 | The charges have been trumped up to satisfy the political aspirations of the British empire . |
| 28 | ‘ We have now been able to establish the most efficient operational procedure to be followed , ’ said Natasha , ‘ and this has been set up to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity . ’ |
| 29 | It would reveal not only the acceptance of cruelty , suffering , destruction , fighting , massacring , torturing and other terrible acts that humanity as a whole instinctively condemns , but also the corruption , superstition , misrepresentation of the truth and love of pomp and elaborate ritual that has been allowed to flourish within the powerful hierarchies built up to control the various churches within the religions . |
| 30 | With only three minutes remaining in their Sharwood 's Irish Senior Cup semi-final clash against Pegasus , Sinead , who had only come on at the start of the second-half , popped up to score the only goal of the game . |