Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We have recently had another Degree Day and an opportunity to meet up with a few familiar faces .
2 Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing .
3 She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again .
4 One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea .
5 Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel .
6 The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief .
7 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
8 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
9 Well , I 'm terribly sorry if I did n't add another notch to your bedpost , but look on the bright side — at least I saved you the bother of having to come up with a nice little farewell speech at the end of it all .
10 Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 .
11 The SSC will hold a meeting in June , when all sorts of would-be participants will try to come up with a new detector .
12 This left five days for the Patent Office and its advertising agency , Ayer , to come up with a new version .
13 Workers at Britain 's Institute of Geological Sciences aim , however , to come up with a new set of tools that can indicate minerals much further under the ground .
14 So , whichever way we bob and weave , I 'll be able to re-jig the data or reporting structures to come up with a new geographical analysis or responsibility centre , whatever way we want to report . ’
15 Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula .
16 It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome .
17 BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice .
18 After a two-hour meeting , the Lib Dem leader , Jim Wallace , said his party had given the organisation another chance to come up with a new way forward .
19 IBM is promising to come up with a cost-efficient CMOS microprocessor-based 390 in the second half of the year .
20 Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more .
21 Now I struggled to come up with a good word or phrase to describe that , but the one we use for now is multicultural .
22 Being able to come up with a strong hook in a bass line can make a song .
23 Originally intending to go on stage , drop ten poems and have them recorded for vinyl , Galliano have enlisted the help of former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot to come up with a calling card that bodes well for the future .
24 That surely Mr Mayor is the very essence of politics , to come up with a modern solution to today 's problems .
25 Mr Consey told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We are going to try to come up with a modified plan whereby overflow parking may be off-site .
26 They desperately need a top-class fast bowler and ordered their cricket committee to come up with a suitable candidate .
27 ‘ Given access to the data back at your office , I should be able to come up with a suitable package . ’
28 On the shores of uncharted CCT requirements the Computer Co-ordination Section has realised that it had to come up with a leaner , meaner , faster name for the Section .
29 This precise dilemma led Shaun Mason from Doncaster , South Yorkshire to come up with a tremendous brain-wave .
30 It was a ritual that distressed Anna Essinger and her staff but , given the pressure to move the children out of the camp so that others could take their places , nobody was able to come up with a better alternative to what was known as ‘ the market ’ .
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