Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew how to create extraordinary visual effects simply by changing the direction of his brush stroke , so that light streams down from an unseen sun , or a horizon line is conjured up out of three horizontal bands of subtly modulated shades of blue . |
| 2 | They 're cooked , but I mean they just warm up out of this world ! |
| 3 | The mutual structure of building societies means that capital resources to finance expansion can only be built up out of retained surpluses . |
| 4 | If you have an organisation that is made up mostly of these two , they 're very good at planning and having ideas ; they have wonderful intellectual and logical discussions . |
| 5 | Instead , the separation occurs much later when the embryo is made up already of many hundreds of cells . |
| 6 | The high speed ambulance fleet consists of 127 Leyland DAF 400 turbo diesels , with the balance made up primarily of fuel-hungry V6-engined petrol Ford Transit , old Freight Rover 300s , and five petrol VW LT29s . |
| 7 | If I can put it in , not , I hope , in a boastful way , but to illustrate how important this is to us , about forty per cent , getting on for half of the income of the Education Area last year , was made up not of normal University funds , but of funds attracted from outside to support research from private foundations and from government departments like the Department of Education and Science . |
| 8 | The porosity of these rocks is made up predominantly of intercrystalline voids ( Fig. 22c ) formed by the selective corrosion and removal of dolomite crystals and the observed porosities and permeabilities typically range from 10–30% and 1–100 mD , respectively ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 9 | After 1750 domestic exports were made up predominantly of manufactured goods . |
| 10 | And of course that was the wages book , that was made up out of that . |
| 11 | Heavy clay is made up chiefly of tiny soil particles which bind together tightly and cling to the water around them , making the clay sticky and difficult to work . |
| 12 | And finally we would come to Finnegans Wake , apparently mocking our very attempt to read by calling in question what is , I suppose , the most basic of all assumptions about writing , that whatever form it takes it will be made up essentially of recognisable words . |
| 13 | As the planning team was made up mainly of part-time members , we quickly realised that communication was an important issue . |
| 14 | Is not that a discourtesy to the Select Committee , which is made up mainly of Conservative Back Benchers ? |
| 15 | The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us . |
| 16 | There must be some way he could clamber up out of this pit . |
| 17 | Sections comprise approximately twenty policemen and women , made up mostly of regular constables , but each has attached to it a number of full-time reservists . |
| 18 | Hydrolipidic film A protective natural emulsion on the skin surface made up mostly of natural oil and water . |
| 19 | But while this has injected a more diverse element into the Lords , it is still an establishment made up largely of rich people . |
| 20 | The Juventus player 's display was one of the few bright spots as England made heavy work of beating a San Marino side made up mainly of part-time players , including postmen , bus drivers and newsagents . |
| 21 | The pressure group , made up mainly of small business customers , wants the Government to set up an independent body to investigate cases like his . |
| 22 | The screen showed a disc , made up mainly of different shades of blue and wispy bits of cloud . |
| 23 | To ensure that the internal auditors have a significant degree of independence within the company the chief internal auditor should report to the chief executive and to a financial reporting and audit committee ( FRAC ) made up entirely of non-executive directors . |
| 24 | Then glancing at his watch , he said , ‘ Come on , get up out of that ; I 've got to be away , my train goes at four o'clock . ’ |
| 25 | But some people worry that the private sector does not have enough cash to mop up much of this vast sale , while others fear that the government may become so involved with selling the state 's assets that it forgets about the pressing problem of widening its tax base . |
| 26 | Begin by getting up out of that armchair and , with pencil and paper , find yourself a nice clear desk and a comfortable but upright seat . |
| 27 | Amazing cultures have sprung up out of that area . |
| 28 | Indeed she did , for having sacrificed herself for this damnable dress material it was no more than commonsense to make certain that no part of it had been damaged or soiled , that she could go to Miss Dallam presently , when she found the strength to get up out of this bed and tidy her hair and her cuts and bruises , as if absolutely nothing had occurred . |
| 29 | The whole thing , of course , is being blown up out of all proportion by the Western media . |
| 30 | ‘ That bit about him putting his arm around the Queen has been blown up out of all proportion , ’ Fay Shaw said . |