Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NATO will now plan opening up a land corridor to the beleaguered city of Sarajevo for armed relief convoys . |
| 2 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |
| 3 | A modern patio with a large glazed area is the ideal way of opening up a living room by leading the eye out into the garden . |
| 4 | The scheme was set up to encourage a broader section of the public to buy works of art by living artists , thus opening up the art market while at the same time helping artists to earn an income . |
| 5 | Opening up the printing trade to women could be seen either as the unscrupulous recruitment of low-paid labour or as the expansion of opportunities for educated working-class girls . |
| 6 | Thornton spelled out how the new technology was rapidly opening up the newspaper scene , and offering enormous cost-cutting possibilities . |
| 7 | The SDP had been formed in 1981 with the intention of opening up the centre ground of British party politics [ see pp. 30911-12 ] , but after the Social and Liberal Democratic Party ( SLDP — now termed Liberal Democrats ) was formed in March 1988 combining most members of the former Liberal Party and of the SDP [ see p. 36501 ] , David Owen led the rump as a " continuing " SDP . |
| 8 | While in social terms this objective may be desirable , opening up the investment aids to reach an even wider range of farms could seriously exacerbate the agriculture/nature conservation conflict in the LFAs as more pastures and hay meadows are converted to grass leys , roughland improved agriculturally and wetlands drained although the reduction in drainage grants and the abolition of grants for land cultivation in December 1984 makes such an extension to smaller farms rather academic . |
| 9 | Bruce is particularly proud of ICI 's role in opening up the spirits market . |
| 10 | He explained that in 1886 he was making enquiries about the possibilities of opening up the canal routes to the south and was put in touch with a syndicate in London which was proposing to improve and develop these navigations . |
| 11 | These can be disappointing because the camcorder 's auto-exposure system , in opening up the lens aperture to maximise the average brightness of the shot , will probably record the coloured lights as colourless points of light . |
| 12 | She opened the heavy oak doors and the dogs swept past her bounding across the drive to their master who was opening up the car boot to remove his luggage . |
| 13 | Public accountability and transparency might be assisted by opening up the negotiation process between Central and Local government to participation by disinterested , knowledgeable parties and to non-expert advisors who could seek to ensure transparency , which is manifestly lacking in current procedures , particularly for the assessment of Grant Related Expenditure . |
| 14 | Opening Up The East Josephine Lanyon reports on the second year of East & South which has attracted an extraordinary number of women artists |
| 15 | Lord Silsoe , QC , opening up the CEGB campaign and taking two and a half days to do it ( there 's nothing like Latin for spinning words out ) , said that the board 's case had three main points . |
| 16 | Compaq Computer Corp accompanied its new product blitz yesterday with the news that it will no longer publish suggested list prices for its machines in the US — but unlike IBM Corp with its mainframes , it 's not tearing up the price list . |
| 17 | Wonderful ! — like tearing up the ration books . |
| 18 | Readers of The Favourite Game will remember Breavman dissecting a frog , which arose out of such early experiences ; they will also remember his tearing up an economics textbook outside a bank on Sherbrooke Street — another reaction to the struggles and disinterest he later recalled . |
| 19 | I always remember 'er walkin' up the turnin' wiv 'er 'ead 'eld up . |
| 20 | Yeah , try those for and er , I mean there , but there , they 'll go on to a similar any way , but just keeping up the enjoyment side and er |
| 21 | All the resources of the place went into keeping up the God-Kings life-style , rather than improving the lives of the people . |
| 22 | Keeping up the pricing pressure , Dell Computer Corp yesterday cut prices by $50 to $300 on six of its Dimension systems : the cuts affect three mid-size desktops and three floor-standing systems , and move than 60 Dimension configurations . |
| 23 | At the moment they are prepared to work with the political parties in keeping up the momentum December generated , but it 's clear they intend to progress with their agenda whether or not the formal politicians continue to drag their feet . |
| 24 | Jed spent most of the afternoon in the parking-lot , wiring up the back seat . |
| 25 | Before mounting and wiring up the panel l.e.d.s , a bit of preparation is needed if the finished job is going to look neat and presentable . |
| 26 | After wiring up the Xmas tree lights and programming the computer , even managed the washing up ! |
| 27 | Once they are removed , all that soil , like the fertilizer , has to go somewhere , and , often as not , it ends up in the watercourse , silting up the stream bed , eroding banks , and worsening flooding . |
| 28 | Not content with this triumph , Joseph Thomas turned his attention to the groyne at the mouth of the harbour which attempted , not very successfully , to prevent sand from the beach silting up the harbour mouth . |
| 29 | Moon Valley Software 's Icon Hear-It is a program offering lots of fun utilities for brightening up the Window Desktop . |
| 30 | Moon Valley Software 's Icon Hear-It is a program offering lots of fun utilities for brightening up the Window Desktop . |