Example sentences of "is [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 2 | and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase . |
| 3 | This bloke is propped up in the corner of the cab , and blood all over the place . |
| 4 | The table top is tipped up into the picture plane more sharply even than in a painting by Cézanne . |
| 5 | The knot of hair at the back of the neck is , in some of the paintings , incorporated in an almost full-face view , and the back of the shoulder is tipped up into the picture plane . |
| 6 | Or else , because one is lifted up in the air , to be unsettled and therefore restless , anxious , tense and doubtful . |
| 7 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 8 | In most minds that entertain thoughts on either subject , the SSC is mixed up with the idea of the Higgs particle . |
| 9 | The tag is picked up at the end of a track and the synonym will also , on average , be at or near the end of a track , not in the middle . |
| 10 | Subtle shades of beige from the Crown Expressions range have been ragged to cleverly break up the colour which is picked up in the marble fireplace , pale loose cotton covers and unbleached cotton curtains . |
| 11 | As the ribber needle moves back , the stitch on it comes over the latch of the ribber needle and is picked up by the transfer needle . |
| 12 | The paint is picked up by the texture of the paper and the previous layers of paint . |
| 13 | Daily maintenance consists merely of giving the walls and floor of the pond a once-over with a soft-bristled broom , to keep down blanketweed : suspended matter is then whisked away to both filters , and what they miss is picked up by the skimmer . |
| 14 | The reaction is speeded up by the presence of enzymes , hence the name enzymic browning . |
| 15 | A film recorder works by taking three exposures of the image which is built up inside the box on a small high resolution monochrome CRT . |
| 16 | The subject class is made up of the majority of the population whereas the ruling or dominant class forms a minority . |
| 17 | Each rhodopsin molecule is made up of the aldehyde part of the vitamin A molecule and a protein . |
| 18 | Ouija is made up of the French and German words for ‘ yes ’ , and this would suggest that it was originally an ‘ answering machine ’ for the spirits of the board . |
| 19 | The larger part is made up by the host of specialised equipments that such a frigate contains . |
| 20 | The likeable Welshman , who came via the coaching route from Western Province , says he is fed up with the intrigue and politics of rugby . |
| 21 | Will my right hon. Friend tell me how best to reply to a constituent of mine who has recently completed a course of treatment at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and who tells me that the nurses and doctors were fantastic , that the treatment was magnificent and that he is fed up to the back teeth with the constant efforts of the Labour party to undermine and talk down the achievements of the health service ? |
| 22 | A friend of mine suggests this is because my system is all transistor rather than valves , but the processor and power amp both sound fine when the volume of each is turned up with the volume of the other turned down . |
| 23 | To ensure a tight connection fix the boom when it is angled up to the mast |
| 24 | The short list is drawn up on the advice of existing judges , seeking to establish whether the candidates combine the qualities of legal skills , status within the profession and ‘ respectability ’ . |
| 25 | Here the tramway cortège is drawn up outside the Cemetery gates and the coffin is removed from the tramcar hearse , by uniformed tramwaymen . |
| 26 | This is drawn up by the curriculum committee , which argues that since God , death , suffering and the purpose of life are all at the heart of religion , and since children sometimes ask questions about them , the class teacher should not only teach about these matters , but be subject both to assessment procedures and to official inspection . |
| 27 | Copious , thin , frothy , white mucus is coughed up by the mouthful . |
| 28 | Therefore , the arbitrage of underpricings ( which requires short selling shares ) is opened up during the stock exchange account which includes the delivery date to traders who can not usually short sell . |
| 29 | ( Similarly , the self-relatedness within God 's triunity is opened up as the basis on which he calls into being creatures other than himself , creatures whose raison d'être is to mirror and participate in his relation to himself . ) |
| 30 | And a life below stairs is opened up to the public . |