Example sentences of "[noun] up [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crawford Beveridge , SE 's chief executive , said the foundations for business had been laid by trade missions organised since the attempted coup in 1991 which led to the break up of the former Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 3 | It referred to a note which he 'd included with the Firearm Certificate application form and the fee , saying that he ( Sampson ) had a chance at a Weatherby Magnum Deluxe rifle at a price that was madness , but only if he could wrap the deal up within a few days . |
| 4 | Then , when the glider pilot recognises he is far too low , any quick movement to regain position takes the glider up through the same wind gradient , causing a sudden surge of speed and producing an unexpected and possibly uncontrollable gain of height . |
| 5 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 6 | Actually , the family lived at Trebyan up to a few months before I was born , then they moved next door to be near the shop . ’ |
| 7 | In the , in the current Middle East erm so this pattern certainly applies to Judaism , not to all religions , he 's not saying that all religions have to undergo persecution in order to as it were flourish , but some religions do and perhaps the characteristic Judaism or at least this kind of monotheism is these kind of religions tend to be intolerant and single-mindedly , tend to say that we know the truth , everybody else is wrong and consequently they tend to persecute others and get persecuted and this leads to these periods of suppression , but there 's a tendency for this kind of return of repress just as Mike was saying , his very brilliant analogy he suggested the French Revolution when the students put the barricade up in the same place or so the erm Freud 's idea is that the things that happened in that first traumatic period back in Ancient Egypt and for example erm he said this is why the modern erm Jews insist on circumcision because the Ancient Egyptians did and this is , this is correct . |
| 8 | The blastoids ( class Blastoidea ) had compact cups up to a few centimetres long , with five broad food grooves running down the sides ( lacking crinoid arms ) . |
| 9 | Pitcairn seamount lavas have O isotope ratios up to a few parts per million higher than the mantle value , which leads to the virtually inescapable conclusion that they contain a component that was once at the surface of the Earth . |
| 10 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21% higher than the previous quarter and 20% up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 11 | For these reasons it is seldom used for current measurement nowadays but it does find application in a modified form of operation that enables electrical power to be measured in both direct and alternating-current circuits at frequencies up to a few hundred hertz . |
| 12 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 13 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 14 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 15 | On moderately dry ground , for example along the coast of Antarctica , unsorted polygons are convex shapes in the ground up to a few metres across , ringed by a network of furrows that mark the positions of persistent cracks ( Figure 3.8 ) . |
| 16 | Jenny came back from Rome and rang Sara up within a few days of arriving home . |
| 17 | A prototype module of the barrier , known by the apt acronym M.O.S.E. , was in position for tests up to a few months ago . |
| 18 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 19 | The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work . |
| 20 | Platies and other livebearers do n't pair up in the same way as cichlids do — keeping them in pairs would be a waste of time , as they 're unfussy about which partner they choose to breed with . |
| 21 | are they going to put railings up to the same height as the wall ? |
| 22 | I dipped my head and brought the gun up at the same time without thinking . |
| 23 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21pc higher than the previous quarter and 20pc up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 24 | Figures released at yesterday 's meeting of the station 's Local Community Liaison Council show that so far this year more than 8,000 visitors have visited the station , 70pc up on the same period last year . |