Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This definition , according to Schumpeter , is a summary or basis of a revised theory of democracy which is much truer to life and at the same time salvages much of what the sponsors of democratic method really mean by this term' Schumpeter builds up a definition of the modern political system in the West , which he claims ‘ to try out on some of the more important features of the structure and working of the political engine in democratic countries ’ . |
| 2 | Moving like the late Dick Emery in his ‘ Ooh , you are awful ’ guise , Standerline eats up the role of the camp gay explaining his troubled yet amusing life in brisk gag-heavy declarations . |
| 3 | I 'm all for waiting till Mrs Fanshawe perks up a bit . ’ |
| 4 | The optimised X-Winserver speeds up the performance of X-Windows : DOS and Windows emulation facilities have been built into the kernel . |
| 5 | Far away from the great Victorian industrial districts , untouched even by the Midlands framework knitting industry , Northamptonshire conjures up an image of rural stability , great landed estates and ‘ close ’ villages . |
| 6 | In the brief soliloquy following Clarence 's exit Richard keeps up the equivocation : ‘ I will shortly send thy soul to heaven , /If heaven will take the present at our hands ’ ( 119 — 20 ) . |
| 7 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 8 | Vivian de Sola Pinto sums up the qualities required of this kind of professional scholar as a capacity for " exact scholarship " , an extensive " knowledge " of language and literature , and — if possible — " the most perfect taste and tact " . |
| 9 | Sir John Rimmer digs up the Presley hoard . |
| 10 | The loss of McCoist opens up the possibility of Jess playing his first full international from the start , having been used as a substitute against Italy . |
| 11 | The NHS picks up the tab , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Constantine picks up the thread . |
| 13 | That there is an application called desktop publishing is certainly not in doubt ; when IBM sets up a Business Unit ( the last one was to develop the PC ) you know that something is going on . |
| 14 | Ken McRobb rounds up the rest of the World Cup news . |
| 15 | With this paragraph in the preface to Newsletter Writing and Production Handbook for the Spirited Journalist , editor Alfonso B Deza sums up the philosophy of the handbook . |
| 16 | British Mogul Champion Neil Munro sums up the problem . |
| 17 | For example , Chafe sums up the expression of givenness as follows : |
| 18 | Hercules conjures up the image of a weight lifter . |
| 19 | TIVOLI OFFERS UP AN OBJECT APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO DESKTOP EFFORT |
| 20 | TIVOLI OFFERS UP AN OBJECT API TO DESKTOP EFFORT |
| 21 | Tajan clocks up a record $3.8 million for the Haute Epoque Perrier sale |
| 22 | Grant climbs up the aluminium ladder into the crow 's nest and surveys the horizon with binoculars . |
| 23 | A League title and European Cup winner with Aston Villa , Swain takes up the Springfield Park post next Monday . |
| 24 | DELL KEEPS UP THE PRESSURE |
| 25 | Dan Knight takes up the story ‘ We were somewhere over Germany on the way to Berlin , flak was very heavy . |
| 26 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
| 27 | The tyre keeps spinning , the revs remain skyward as Doohan shifts up a gear with the rear end still well out of line . |
| 28 | Kenny sums up the position : |
| 29 | In terms of valuation , Quarto brings up the rear . |
| 30 | Lamborghini 's Diablo brings up the rear with 9 and 14mpg respectively . |