Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , although it is possible to conceive of any event as an incarnation of the totality , insofar as it must itself make up a part of that totality in its determination , unlike the case of the boxing match , where we can define the overall entity ‘ boxing ’ , it still remains unproven that an overall entity , ‘ History ’ , can be said to exist at all . |
| 2 | They had microwave ovens where he was able to heat up a portion of hot food to eat in the car . |
| 3 | So the question is this : if the developing property relations and pattern of financial flows within British capitalism increasingly open up a space for socialist argument in favour of planned investment to benefit both ‘ workers ’ and ‘ savers ’ ( substantially overlapping categories ) , how is that space to be exploited ? |
| 4 | It is the DRO 's job to find suitable employment for the disabled and this entails building up a knowledge of suitable work available in the locality and of sympathetic employers , as well as discussing the individual disabled person 's particular problems and inclinations . |
| 5 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 6 | to keep up a pretence of social co-operation . |
| 7 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 8 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 9 | Does his eagerness amount to setting up a trust to that effect ? |
| 10 | A little while later Matilda bought up a bucket of steaming water . |
| 11 | Cohesion is maintained by building up a structure of consensual decision-making to make every individual feel an important participant . |
| 12 | You actually make up a structure like this tetraneedle carbon we did have another one but er , obviously there 's some students have erm decided to do something different with the er things that 's all that 's left ! |
| 13 | From the fetid depths of his mind , Bataille dredged up a fantasy of human evolution one part pseudo-science , one part myth ; as the apeman became homo erectus , all the erotic energy vested and mind . |
| 14 | ( John Searle , the Reith Lecturer in 1984 , built up a critique of computational psychology around considerations such as these . ) |
| 15 | Line up a row of pretty jam jars on the kitchen windowsill and fill them with daffodils , for example . |
| 16 | Furthermore , they suggest that some researchers who have reported correlations between emotional support and health in the absence of life events might in fact be picking up a correlation between chronic strain and support . |
| 17 | The FIS had put up a candidate in each constituency ( and claimed to be the only party to do so ) . |
| 18 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 19 | Everyone wished to be buried there , or at least to set up a cenotaph on hallowed ground . |
| 20 | That those responsible for the choice of music in our churches take account of the varying tastes and preferences of their congregations and set up a system for congregational feedback ( 526–527 ) . |
| 21 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 22 | They stressed London 's constant theme of ever-more open markets which chalked up a success with this week 's unexpected decision to break down restrictions on competition in the European airline industry . |
| 23 | A man picked up a bottle of soy sauce on his way out , without paying for it . |
| 24 | Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell . |
| 25 | This could be done through questions , by building up a diagram of some kind , by giving a synopsis with gaps in it , or simply by giving a resume in the learner 's native language . |
| 26 | You do n't run up a backlog of mutual resentment when forgiveness is present . |
| 27 | The Peloponnesians ravaged the mine district in 430 ( Thuc. ii.55 ) , but it is hard to destroy a mine without explosives , and it was not till the Spartans envisaged setting up a fort on Attic territory at Decelea ( p. 142 ) that there could be talk of seriously damaging Athens ' mining revenues ( vi.91 ) . |
| 28 | You do n't feel the need to prove yourself , to seek approval , to be careful what you say , or to put up a façade of any kind . |
| 29 | Record companies generally send these out some time before an event or the release of a product in order to whip up a bit of advance interest from the press . |
| 30 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |