Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Braque , on the other hand , has used Cézanne 's technique of opening up the contours of objects , so that in his paintings the eye slips inwards and upwards from plane to plane without having to make a series of abrupt transitions or adjustments . |
| 2 | Commenting on the grant , Alex Wright of the Commission said , ‘ We welcome this grant and we hope it will assist Lancashire County Council in opening up the rights of way network by dealing with several major problems and paths that need modifications . ’ |
| 3 | He was one of the managers who drew up the articles of impeachment of Henry Dundas , first Viscount Melville [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | Three words to sum up the feelings of the Hereford fans on Saturday . |
| 5 | The nonchalant dismissal of the worth of Birmingham by Jane Austen 's Mrs Elton seems to sum up the attitudes of many people towards the city . |
| 6 | It 's a work that must have seemed to sum up the traumas of the war years and their aftermath for you ? |
| 7 | We have tried to sum up the fragments of information which we have for the last three centuries in our second chapter , ‘ Glimpses of a Lost History ’ . |
| 8 | Zuwaya nearly always used ‘ Arab government ’ to compare their present unfavourably with the past , to sum up the virtues of a golden age : heroism and independence , autonomy , fraternal solidarities , an absence of hierarchy . |
| 9 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 10 | These notes were invaluable when I came to write up the results of the study . |
| 11 | When they come to write up the results of their research different anthropologists will , for doctrinal reasons , give very different weight to these two major aspects of the data , but , in the field , the anthropologist must always pay attention to both sides . |
| 12 | This can be done in a variety of ways , but researchers are unanimous that it is essential to write up the events of a day before going to bed at night , or , at the very latest , the following morning . |
| 13 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 14 | He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them . |
| 15 | Timber which has been properly kiln-seasoned ( which needs expensive kilns and close supervision ) is in no way worse than ‘ naturally ’ seasoned timber and indeed is rather less likely to have picked up the infections of rot during the seasoning process . |
| 16 | She hurried back down the stairs to find Will mopping up the remains of his soup from the stone-flagged kitchen floor . |
| 17 | It does not take much imagination to conjure up the kinds of arguments that EDF will introduce should it wish to inhibit serious competition to itself . |
| 18 | Hence some kinds of reading lead to more intellectually-demanding thought , challenging ideas , concepts and structures that build up the skills of critical observation , bodies of knowledge , and , at a further stage , wisdom . |
| 19 | The marriage of Louis-Napoleon to Eugénie de Montijo undoubtedly stoked up the fires of her discontent , but the hearth was comfortably alight even before the marriage . |
| 20 | Tiny figures with wands of fire were milling about the canalside , hopping from boat to boat , their shadows leaping up the faces of the buildings on the other bank as the fleeting light caught them and threw them about . |
| 21 | There are so many to admire … the young river , rushing headlong over the Linn of Dee … salmon leaping up the Falls of Feugh … the austere beauty and grandeur of mountain scenery always surrounds you in this gloriously unspoilt land . |
| 22 | And we have speeded up the benefits of revaluation for those businesses who gain from it . |
| 23 | ‘ Unfortunately , I shall have to patch up the results of your mistakes ! |
| 24 | The other isotopes mess up the workings of the nuclear reaction . |
| 25 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk ( illustration 2 ) . |
| 26 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk . |
| 27 | Picking up the feelings of the other person |
| 28 | Fabia felt a nibble of excitement get to her as she ran a comb through her long golden hair , and even found that there were traces of a smile picking up the corners of her mouth . |
| 29 | ‘ They look to be part of a community and picking up the rules of the culture . |
| 30 | Picking up the pieces of his career , Hunt managed to move into F– at the end of the year . |