Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Whilst we were very pleased with its towing capabilities and cruising speed were were extremely disappointed with its ability to pull up the slightest incline .
2 Outside Europe international finance would pool its resources to open up the biggest prize of all — the vast reservoir of cheap labour awaiting Western exploitation in China .
3 We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities .
4 Choose from : festivals of food , music photography and fashion , craft shows , waterfront music and illuminations , or even cruises for carol singers , to brighten up the darkest winter evenings .
5 ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions .
6 When he was an undergraduate at Christchurch in nineteen seventy-five , he and a friend , Tim Sanderson , decided to put up the biggest folly in the world in Christchurch meadow :
7 But if it is cold , a monarch can not work up the energy to fly and can only manage to crawl up the nearest sage brush .
8 We 're checking on every person who spent the night under this roof , in order to build up the fullest picture of events .
9 HERE 'S how to call up the latest Stock Exchange prices of the shares listed below .
10 HERE 'S how to call up the latest Stock Exchange prices of the shares listed below .
11 Coal is likely to make up the largest part of UK energy demand in the year 2000 at 32% , slightly more than oil at 30% .
12 That is to say , they attempt to follow up the best scoring hypothesis depth-first and back-track to earlier interpretations only if the current interpretation appears to be failing .
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