Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |
| 2 | However , there are many new avenues opening up for qualified staff in areas which have not traditionally been associated with nursing . |
| 3 | Barwick had earlier made a spectacular start to this day , opening up with three straight birdies . |
| 4 | He imagined opening up on these feeble wretches . |
| 5 | I would like to announce that from now certain major sponsorship opportunities are opening up on this page . |
| 6 | ‘ Some years ago , Eritel had a captive market , but that 's opening up to non-state owned companies , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Indications of the lasting potential of workwear comes with the news that the traditional companies are now opening up to new design suggestions coming from the UK . |
| 8 | The worst of it was , she could n't even afford to apologise , could n't take the risk of opening up to this dangerous man . |
| 9 | Because of this delay in time , it is perhaps an exaggeration to say that the expansion of English maritime activity between 1460 and 1520 prepared the way for seizing opportunities which were opening up in many parts of the world ( 63 , p.163 ) . |
| 10 | The brine shrimps will grow during the course of the next 5 to 6 weeks , becoming up to 1 cm long . |
| 11 | That sensitivity rises when they are ovulating , becoming up to 10,000 times more acute than at menstruation . |
| 12 | Azerbaijani officials claimed that the attacks on the border were the consequence of frustration of local residents that they had received no response to demands presented during the previous month for freer access to their fellow Azerbaijanis in northern Iran ( numbering up to 14,000,000 — twice the number of Soviet Azerbaijanis ) , and to rich agricultural land given over to border defences . |
| 13 | However , the demonstrators , numbering up to 40,000 , were confronted by a smaller , officially sanctioned demonstration by NSF supporters already in Victory Square . |
| 14 | The joint Franco-German brigade ( which started operations in October 1990 — see p. 38507 ) would be the core of a future European defence force , reportedly numbering up to 100,000 , which could operate within the NATO arena . |
| 15 | On 21 January the Communists numbering up to 3000 made another assault on the Secretariat and were again repulsed . |
| 16 | Will he urge the chairman to carry out a study of the economics of mining anthracite from small drift mines employing up to 75 people because many believe that mined in that way , anthracite could be extremely saleable and competitive in relation to both opencast operations and imports of Chinese coal ? |
| 17 | Analysts were worried by a big property write-down which cuts shareholders ' funds by £73.2 million and pushes gearing up to 113 per cent . |
| 18 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 19 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 20 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 21 | Next to the gardens , there will be a sports and recreation arena seating up to 12,000 people , while brand new tennis facilities at the Oberhausen Tennis Club reflect Germany 's growing enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 22 | The Gainsborough Suite is a ground floor room , seating up to 150 , with private bar , the Roulette Room and Hogarth Suite are perfect for smaller meetings , while the Keates Room and Rakes Bar , are ideal for interviews and informal gatherings . |
| 23 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 24 | The book highlights the problem university staff have in keeping up with recent developments . |
| 25 | Time magazine was another way of keeping up with Western life . |
| 26 | Bush , at 68 , had a hard job keeping up with such a pace . |
| 27 | Similarly both the Rathenau Advisory Group in the Netherlands and the Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research in Stockholm , carried out simulations which indicated that slow introduction of microelectronic technology would have a worse effect on employment than keeping up with other countries . |
| 28 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 29 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 30 | Keeping up with that galloping pen of hers , Mrs Praga one day devised " a scheme based on deep orange-hued carnations " , the table-slip to be of deep sunset yellow satin edged with écru lace ( sunset yellow , she tells us elsewhere , was a Liberty colour — in fact most of her inspiration came from Liberty 's ) . |