Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother . |
| 2 | A lightweight racer/trainer many look sleek on the shelf , but it is n't going to stand up to heavy mileage and regular forays off-road . |
| 3 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |
| 4 | Before they met , Marshall announced the absurd news that enquiries in the rag trade had revealed that Trilyn , notorious for its inability to stand up to heavy wear , was most frequently used for trouser pockets . |
| 5 | As faith in the League declined , some called for a new alliance system — and a new Government — to stand up to fascist aggression . |
| 6 | Only the A E U have the courage to stand up against big brother , the T U C , warning against denying the unemployed a glimmer of hope . |
| 7 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |
| 8 | Since this is a theoretical chapter it is difficult to come up with practical work . |
| 9 | Washington declined his invitation to keep its troops on the island and disappointed Blaize by failing to come up with promised investment to reduce huge unemployment . |
| 10 | He accepts it 's extremely difficult to come up with conclusive evidence that violent films cause violent behaviour , but that a series of studies in America 20 years ago suggested it was a factor . |
| 11 | This left it to Mr , to come up with sufficient information to enable that decision to be made . |
| 12 | I have already discussed the notion of relative novelty in the course of an analysis of habituation ( Chapter 2 , pp. 44–5 ) and failed to come up with hard evidence that might require us to accept its reality . |
| 13 | The next two days had settled into a daily routine of cleaning weapons and trying to catch up on lost sleep as every night was disturbed by the constant shelling . |
| 14 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |
| 15 | This is a time to catch up on urgent paperwork and swap stories with colleagues about the events of the day . |
| 16 | He returned to England in the latter half of June and hardly had time to catch up with outstanding work before going into hospital in July to undergo the postponed operation upon his hernia . |
| 17 | Both seem to crop up with predictable regularity on my visits to this part of the world . |
| 18 | They can be laid to direct or contain flow or to form a dam , the pooling so caused being easier to pick up by wet vacuum than widespread water films . |
| 19 | India 's desire to open up to foreign investment evident in the relaxation on rules restricting foreign advertising , for example have further encouraged the present move . |
| 20 | A Freedom of Information Act ( also supported by the Liberals and the Social Democrats ) is advocated to open up to public scrutiny the workings of government departments . |
| 21 | Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises . |
| 22 | ‘ … someone 'll have to go up to Top Piece , too , and have a go at that wall . |
| 23 | But the result no longer has a bearing on the National Division Two relegation situation after Morley beat Newcastle Gosforth on Saturday to go clear of trouble , while West have forfeited the chance to go up to National Division One as champions , settling for second spot and promotion . |
| 24 | The upward flow tank , usually conical or pyramidal in shape , with its widest part at the top , allows the water to flow up with diminishing speed , the solid matter falling to the base , from which it can be removed as a sludge by the hydrostatic head in the tank , scraping gear being unnecessary . |
| 25 | The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull . |
| 26 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 27 | Evidence suggests that working class wives were prepared to put up with occasional drinking bouts by their husbands and the physical abuse that sometimes accompanied them rather than lose the economic support normally provided . |
| 28 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 29 | What is so humbling is the fact that workers see it as their lot in life to put up with bad management for the social structure is such that they do not see themselves as having [ the ] qualities of managers . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Government 's proposals to introduce powers to prevent local authorities from excessive spending by means of capping will be very well received by all those in Labour-controlled authorities who have to put up with excessive tax bills ? |