Example sentences of "[adv] up in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regime had been under strain for some time , not only up in the Syrian heartland but also in far-away Khorasan in northeastern Persia . |
| 2 | Once up in the front line , troops found that life had been reduced , in the words of a Beaux Arts professor serving with the Territorials , ‘ to a struggle between the artillerymen and the navvy , between the cannon and the mound of earth ’ All day long the enemy guns worked at levelling the holes laboriously scraped out the previous night . |
| 3 | Similarly , right up in the Canadian Rockies , the Mississippian Rundle Limestone forms an impressive escarpment , for example above the town of Banff in Alberta ( plate 1.10 ) . |
| 4 | Usually , at this time of year , they stayed out of sight right up in the highest mountain peaks , where the monsoon rains fall as snow . |
| 5 | And er but of course the whole force of the explosion went right up in the light room . |
| 6 | Far up in the northern reaches of Canada roam vast herds of caribou , a deer which we in Europe call the reindeer . |
| 7 | By eight o'clock , when the first pair was due to tee off , the sun was well up in a clear sky . |
| 8 | But the number of those who compromised their faith was largest among the propertied and those well up in the social hierarchy . |
| 9 | She let a hint of tears well up in the green eyes ; it was a stage trick , not often enough practised . |
| 10 | Opposite the town , high up in a sandy ridge , lie the Tombs of the Nobles , ancient Egyptian border officials and governors of Aswan . |
| 11 | Through a cracked squinting window high up in a cracked squatting tenement , a 25 watt woman is wearily flattening her husband 's future shirt with a nearly-steaming iron in an environment where the purple sweat and aggro must eventually print its feeling on the creamy-browny ever so piled up non dish washy ever so squashy piled up feelings ever so — ironed out onto the stove under the sink beyond the plug-hole of anyone 's conception . |
| 12 | All were selected by national coaches and all are currently ranked high up in the 16 and 14 and under categories . |
| 13 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 14 | ‘ My main aim will be to stay in the team and help Ipswich finish high up in the First Division . ’ |
| 15 | High up in the deep blue midday sky were the contrails of three Israeli jets . |
| 16 | The last recommendation was seized upon by critics who calculate that storing the most frequently-used books high up in the four towers will create a considerable time delay in transporting them down to the reading areas . |
| 17 | Troia Cathedral , begun in 1093 , is built high up in the small hill town and is visible for miles as it stands out of the surrounding flat plain . |
| 18 | It was almost painful to listen to , and Robert was about to pull his face away from the window when , suddenly , high up in the far darkness , a tiny figure in white robes jumped into vision . |
| 19 | Maxwell , rooting about in his new office high up in the Daily Mirror 's Holborn tower block , found Thornton 's Sunday paper plan sitting in the in-tray and immediately rubbished it publicly as ‘ evidence ’ of Thornton 's uselessness . |
| 20 | Somewhere high up in the cloudless sky , hidden by the leafy canopy , an aeroplane droned lazily , the sound mirrored closer at hand by the drowsy noise of insects . |
| 21 | COP do n't believe in pulling punches , and while they 're not too high up in the musical originality stakes , there 's blood and fire mixed in there somewhere . |
| 22 | COP do n't believe in pulling punches , and while they 're not too high up in the musical originality stakes , there 's blood and fire mixed in there somewhere . |
| 23 | And finally you can look out from the balcony , high up in the White Cliffs , from which Winston Churchill viewed the Battle of Britain . |
| 24 | Little wonder he went through the series with an unbeaten record and a plus high up in the forties . |
| 25 | In his office high up in the twenty-five storey building that is 550 Fashion Avenue , mecca of the New York fashion industry , Hugo Varna sat at his desk and fiddled with the executive toy Sally had bought for him last Christmas . |