Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 2 | The only gateway from the Walks was directly opposite the church , so that the Lassiters rarely walked up the village itself . |
| 3 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 4 | Coleraine suddenly stepped up a gear in the last 20 minutes of normal time , a gear no-one , least of all Ards , believed they had . |
| 5 | All these -isms together set up a serious fact/belief divide whereby facts are regarded as objective , reliable and unbiased , and values , principles and beliefs as subjective , unreliable and probably biased . |
| 6 | Opulent decors and images only point up the jadedness , and the tale of a deracinated interloper ( Beatrice Dalle ) caught up in family plotting at the chateau turns into a risible cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Homes And Gardens . |
| 7 | With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost . |
| 8 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 9 | Zimbabwe 's traditional agricultural and mining sectors still make up the major portion of exports and are vulnerable to price changes . |
| 10 | THE draw for the last sixteen of the FA Trophy yesterday threw up a battle of the Irish . |
| 11 | Hill gradually moves up the grid … he 's second for the last of the starts but his engine is n't quite powerful enough and comes home in fourth spot … |
| 12 | make a note to check any " odd ones " in other lists later match up the separate lists one against the other to make sure that each list contains a different sound . |
| 13 | McKinsey also drew up an analysis showing how different facets of financial management should vary according to the stage of the life-cycle . |
| 14 | Coyle also picked up a Guinness Player of the Month award from the Northern Ireland Football Writers . |
| 15 | Her mother Diana , who five months later set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to publicise the dangers of women working alone , fears the worst . |
| 16 | Signor Finchera also set up a table with a bottle of wine on it to ‘ welcome the lava ’ . |
| 17 | A couple of bands were hired several months ago to jolly up the celebrations , whose main participants appeared to be trade unionists who had been on free holidays to one of the last proletarian paradises . |
| 18 | And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more . |
| 19 | There is not only a form of filtering within homes of the rooms offered to those on income support , but homes sometimes put up a bar against those whose only contribution is up to the ceiling laid down by the Government . |
| 20 | He remembered the morning he had watched Bert proudly hang up the brand new sign . |
| 21 | I hope that our Government will encourage other EC states within the United Nations fully to back up the United Nations and put pressure on Turkey to find an early solution . |
| 22 | The ferric-chloride side of the cell then picks up the electron from the quinone reduction while the ascorbic-acid side donates an electron to the porphyrin ( oxidation ) . |
| 23 | Aldercine Hodson recently took up the challenge of organising a ‘ Fun Sports Afternoon ’ for the disabled that would cater especially for those handicapped people who have athletic inclinations but not necessarily the strength to cope with competition at County , Regional or National level . |
| 24 | When Wattana effortlessly opened up a 2-0 advantage , Parrott looked in trouble again . |
| 25 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |
| 26 | The special tube shapes for the rocket are achieved by baking cake mixture in empty food cans just make up the required raw cake quantity as shown in the chart on page 12 . |
| 27 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 28 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 29 | Molecules thus take up a specific shape , and this shape is particularly important in the complex organic molecules formed by living systems . |
| 30 | In October 1966 , however , one year after the decision not to take up the option on the book , David V. Picker at UA bought the movie rights . |