Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 32 | We have come up against some prejudice in the dressage , but the nice thing is that at the end of the test sheets you often see the same comment from the judge — ‘ What a super pony ! ’ . ’ |
| 33 | From being despised , feeling inferior , wanting to be invisible , one is lifted up in full view on a cross of one 's own devising . |
| 34 | The ‘ magic realism ’ is conjured up with great skill and paints a vivid historical picture which few history books can better . |
| 35 | How different a picture is conjured up by this remark : |
| 36 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 37 | The Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on Intel Corp iAPX-86-based machines ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 38 | Meantime the Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on iAPX-86-based machines ( CI No 2,133 ) . |
| 39 | Back in Manchester a glossy fanzine called Muze had picked up on this story and published a naively frivolous article which dared to question the somewhat confused ethical position of the band . |
| 40 | After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established . |
| 41 | it 's solely for , it 's erm i , yo you could have six or seven parcels all picked up in one consignment if it 's picked up by that carrier |
| 42 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 43 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 44 | Common examples of infective foot disorders are athlete 's foot and verruca , notoriously picked up from public swimming pools and communal bathrooms . |
| 45 | it 's solely for , it 's erm i , yo you could have six or seven parcels all picked up in one consignment if it 's picked up by that carrier |
| 46 | Later that Saturday afternoon , about 1400 hours , three of them , including Micky Wynn , were picked up by German patrol boats ; a fourth man , Able Seaman Len Denison , swam to a concrete pile in the river . |
| 47 | This gives time for water to drain away or to be picked up by wet vacuum . |
| 48 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 49 | This argument was not expanded upon but the implication that there should be more evidence of ‘ class struggle ’ in the programme was picked up by Socialist Worker . |
| 50 | He was eventually picked up by another driver . |
| 51 | An RS232 interface is provided so that output can be picked up by another device such as a BBC micro with a disc drive . |
| 52 | In other cases the particular translation of a sign may fail to show similarity : the Danish and British signs for WOMAN are different , but the British sign LADY resembles the Danish sign WOMAN ; such information is not picked up by this method of data collection . |
| 53 | A government spokesman confirmed on May 22 that China had conducted an underground nuclear test ; evidence of a major nuclear explosion had been picked up by several monitoring stations the previous day . |
| 54 | Aircraft parks are arranged in themes , warbirds all park together , homebuilts are parked up in another area , antiques and classics have a section all to themselves and so on . |
| 55 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 56 | On important archaeological sites torn up by windblown salvage operations were carried out . |
| 57 | There was not a great deal to see , as he was curled up on one side with his thumb jammed in his mouth , and four chubby fingers obscured that part of his face not pressed deep into the bolster . |
| 58 | There was some activity , and the fires were clearly being stoked up with fresh wood to give more light ; and lit lamps were moving here and there . |
| 59 | BCCI to be wound up by High Court |
| 60 | He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged . |