Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malone absorbed the pressure and against the run of play took up a position inside their opponents 22 . |
| 2 | When the European Communities Act 1972 became law each House of Parliament set up a committee to advise on how scrutiny of European legislation could most effectively take place . |
| 3 | Summerbee struck right on the stroke of half-time to set up a clash with France impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal in the final tomorrow . |
| 4 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 5 | It took the squadron all the remaining hours of daylight to clean up the airfield . |
| 6 | This verve , this ambition and Jay 's laid-back curl of desire threw up a picture of Lucy as a B-movie dominatrix — but very , very civilised . |
| 7 | The prehistory of Islay is not easily understood and one must use a great deal of imagination to build up a picture from what has been learnt by Investigation and excavation , bearing in mind that isolated pieces of evidence may be entirely unrepresentative of the normal life of the community . |
| 8 | No doubt it would not be beyond the wit of nature to join up the cellulose molecules sideways with primary chemical bonds so that it would be thoroughly tied together and would have much the same strength in every direction . |
| 9 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 10 | Authorises the Accountant of Court to deliver up the petitioner 's Bond of Caution . |
| 11 | It requested him " to direct the Board of Education to set up an inquiry into the present state of the education of the deaf or to direct that a combined system of oral and manual instruction should be adopted in the schools for the deaf " . |
| 12 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 13 | It also means that if difference in its sense of non-identity sets up the possibility of history , then difference in its sense of delay means also that it can never be finally concluded , for such deferral will always inhibit closure . |
| 14 | ‘ The lack of authority to build up a network of trans-Atlantic routes from Stansted was another factor in this decision , ’ said Mr Mirka . |
| 15 | A dash of lightning lit up the inn sign . |
| 16 | When a flash of lightning lit up the sky to the south we decided we 'd better go now ! |
| 17 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
| 18 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
| 19 | The Minister confirms what we are saying , that there is no commitment on behalf of the Secretary of State to set up a funding council . |
| 20 | In addition to the subject working groups , the Secretary of State set up a Task Group on Testing and Assessment ( TGAT ) , which reported in early 1988 with recommendations for assessment arrangements for the national curriculum ; by and large , these were accepted by the Secretary of State . |
| 21 | The B M A wants tougher controls on the use of pesticides ; Sir Christopher Booth , the Chairman of the working party which produced the report , also wants the Department of Health to set up a pesticide incident monitoring unit , in addition to a reduction in the use of chemicals . |
| 22 | Jean Moncrieff ( Mrs Seglow ) has been seconded to the Department of Health to set up an information ‘ clearing house ’ on the Children Act 1989 . |
| 23 | A friend of Bailey stationed at Hullavington at the time , Corporal Steven Paterson , is accused of helping cover up the crime . |
| 24 | That and the odd bit of gardening takes up the time . ’ |
| 25 | The muted stripes can be worked with any quantity of yarn making up the total , just add in the colours where you will , provided you have enough left over for borders . |
| 26 | Then the angry dancing glare of fire lit up the darkness from further back along the main corridor . |
| 27 | The International Association for the Study of Pain set up a Taxonomy Committee whose first job was to generate an agreed definition of pain . |
| 28 | It was double-breasted with two rows of pearl buttons up the front . |
| 29 | For example , a hearer might derive a range of implicatures about athletes and races , in which case you could say that the use of sprint conjures up an impression of athleticism not suggested by run . |
| 30 | This does involve a lot of money laid out on different colours and a lot of time to build up a collection . |