Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was about to stand up to the policeman when Duncan spoke . |
| 32 | The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea . |
| 33 | A Japanese-led bloc of Asian nations would be militarily and economically secure , and able to stand up to the threat posed by the nations of Europe and by the United States . |
| 34 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 35 | ‘ It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry . |
| 36 | And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese . |
| 37 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 38 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 39 | Train passengers used to stand up as a mark of respect when they passed Mother Volga , but not any more . |
| 40 | Bolstered by Kierson 's flagrant ‘ one previous owner ’ Manc basslines and Mark Lester 's sterling drums , the songs manage to stand up amid the pop-funk ( con ) fusion that sometimes drifts in . |
| 41 | Bolstered by Kierson 's flagrant ‘ one previous owner ’ Manc basslines and Mark Lester 's sterling drums , the songs manage to stand up amid the pop-funk ( con ) fusion that sometimes drifts in . |
| 42 | The change involved the production of a protective ‘ skin ’ to ensure that water loss to the atmosphere was not excessive , and the stems had to acquire sufficient rigidity to stand up without the support of surrounding water , but also the cellular structure had to allow the passage of nutrients to the growing shoots ( ultimately , a vascular system ) . |
| 43 | Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes . |
| 44 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 45 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |
| 46 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 47 | This crying , this wailing , this mass of thick air gathered from thousand upon thousand square miles of nothingness , scooped up , pushed and banked against every object which has the temerity to stand up from the surface of the earth ; this was weird , oppressive , invasive . |
| 48 | just as Peter Slade had to stand up against a tradition of formalised children 's drama , so Brian Way had to educate teachers into understanding that children deserved something better than light entertainment . |
| 49 | And there was plenty to smash up in the shed . |
| 50 | He wanted to roar out James 's name , his own name , to scream for help , he tried to pull up on the sill but his fingers scrabbled uselessly and he dropped back . |
| 51 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 52 | The pilot , who was later court martialled , was unable to pull up from a dive and ploughed into the ground . |
| 53 | He 'd come on strong towards the end of his round to pull up within a shot of us . |
| 54 | He looked amazing , like Tarzan out of an old film , about to leap up into the tree-creeper . |
| 55 | He says that they were taught how to creep up on an enemy — quite interesting . |
| 56 | Aunt Louise seemed to swell up like a bullfrog , her eyes about to pop out of her head . |
| 57 | At the mention of this word , Miss Trunchbull 's face turned purple and her whole body seemed to swell up like a bullfrog 's . |
| 58 | Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised . |
| 59 | They had to come up with a plan of action on how to set up a Tyrolean Traverse to safety cross the 80 foot wide gorge — and come back again . |
| 60 | I really support the idea of trying to come up with a plan of action because quite frankly I find that London and England is just so full of talk shops . |