Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 2 | Lionello Venturi considered lives of artists made up a basic category of art criticism , buttressing his opinion with accounts of writings by Vasari and others . |
| 3 | Like many animals , birds build up a mental map of their home area from sight , sound and other cues . |
| 4 | LEGAL peers renewed their attack on the Government 's plans to shake up the legal profession yesterday , when the Courts and Legal Services Bill had its second reading in the Lords . |
| 5 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 6 | Thus David Reynolds and Christopher Thorne have resorted to such phrases as " competitive co-operation " or " allies of a kind " in their attempts to sum up the famous wartime partnership . |
| 7 | If this is so , then any attempts to conjure up a single popular will can only be factitious , and dangerous to the rights of individuals and groups within society : hence , in part , the suspicion with which mass political movements are viewed from within this perspective . |
| 8 | The latter two are vital in controlling particulate ( soot ) emission , as burnt oil and sulphates make up a significant chunk of the black stuff that swirls away from the exhaust stack . |
| 9 | Bad luck on the Liberal Flemish Freedom and Progress Party ( PVV ) and the Francophone Liberal Reform Party ( PRL ) , who got left out and with a handful of other minority parties make up a discordant opposition . |
| 10 | This initiative had the particular support of President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia , who had noted that in most Latin American countries " the indigenous peoples make up the largest seriously poor groups " . |
| 11 | Winds blowing over lakes pick up a tremendous amount of moisture which is then precipitated downwind of the lakes . |
| 12 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 13 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 14 | Bonuses make up an important part of their total annual earnings . |
| 15 | Erm and his claim that in fact the regional draft regional guidance er that has emerged is consistent with this alteration , is not really surprising since the same parties drew up the same document . |
| 16 | British car manufacturers built up an unenviable reputation over the late 1940s and in the 1950s in both respects [ Bhaskar , 1979 ; Pagnamenta and Overy , 1984 ] . |
| 17 | I kept seeing these double helices like two snakes winding up an invisible tree , only smaller . |
| 18 | Mr Bates , a local school governor , is a supporter of the controversial Macmillan City Technology College in Middlesbrough and is fighting his campaign on four main issues : law and order , the Conservative Government 's ability to lead the country out of recession , the Prime Minister 's commitment to the health service and his expectation that Langbaurgh voters will reject the plans of other parties to set up a regional assembly . |
| 19 | Bend down at the knees to pick up a bulky object , thus avoiding back strain . |
| 20 | Among its other demands are : i ) that manufacturers should be obliged to take back and recycle products at the end of their useful life ; ii ) that the EC should take steps to set up a comprehensive system of environmental liability ; and iii ) that environmental impact assessments on construction projects and other EC-funded programmes be strictly enforced both within and outside Europe . |
| 21 | Projections suggest that FUNCINPEC will have 57 seats in Cambodia 's constituent assembly , against the CPP 's 52 , with minor parties picking up the remaining 11 seats . |
| 22 | It wants to raise funds to set up a special service for Northern Ireland , and ensure that every child 's call is answered first time . |
| 23 | The Scots opened up a 20-shot lead over Ireland after just five ends and then pulled away to finish convincing 56-shot winners . |
| 24 | He was gnawed and pinched with cold ; the scabs on his knees showed up a bright purple because of the cold and his nose was red and raw-looking . |
| 25 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 26 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 27 | They then commandeered a battery operated amplifier and two loudspeakers from the local constituency association , and via the roof of one of their cars set up an excellent PA system . |
| 28 | In August 1990 opposition parties set up a Democratic Antitotalitarian Forum , in February 1991 a National Convention of the Extra Parliamentary Opposition was set up , and in May 1991 a National Convention for the Establishment of Democracy was created . |
| 29 | You can feel the G-force by just watching the cars roar up the famous Prescott Hill . |
| 30 | Her words set up a faint echo among the room 's bare boards , its scabby walls , its uncovered windows . |