Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homes with large impersonal reception areas are better for orientation if they are broken up into smaller areas divided from each other . |
| 2 | Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) . |
| 3 | So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home : |
| 4 | Societies disintegrate from within more frequently than they are broken up by external pressures . |
| 5 | Today most of these assemblages are broken up by human activity but , for example , on the great plains of Serengeti in East Africa the relationships between seasonal vegetation , nomadic herbivores , and dependent beasts of prey can still be discerned and studied in detail . |
| 6 | The recessed planes are used in places , but more often they are broken up by bold three-quarterings and massings which give a quite different sense of the third dimension . |
| 7 | Learning , singing , and praying are rolled up into one : catechesis , as opposed to dialogue or concerned interest for religious matters . |
| 8 | Some — like that of Ryno the medic , exhausted and saddened after a struggle to save the life of a fellow constable — show how very young most men are when they are caught up in armed conflicts . |
| 9 | Sometimes you shout out the names of hon. Members who are caught up in British Rail delays . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , since we are keyed up for decisive physical action this is still the best way of working it off . |
| 12 | The report warns service providers against offering global ‘ one-stop shopping ’ services , as they may then find that the more attractive routes or services are picked up by other types of provider with cheaper offerings . |
| 13 | In some circumstances the supervisor is in a position to visit his own views about policy and practice onto his junior colleagues , since he is the channel through which information and recommendations are transmitted up to senior staff and policy directives are funnelled down . |
| 14 | ‘ Visible forms ’ , he wrote , ‘ are to edify , either by understanding , or when by affection the minds of the congregation are stirred up with that reverence , devotion , attention and due regard which in that case seemeth requisite , especially means which make a deep and strong impression on the eye . ’ |
| 15 | I really am fed up with other people 's old hat views about abseiling . |
| 16 | Commenting on the letter to Tolba , Mr Lapointe , who has previously insisted that his actions and those of his staff are entirely correct , would only say yesterday : ‘ My comment is that I am fed up with all the garbage . ’ |
| 17 | I am fed up with French plaits and ponytails and refuse to wear my hair in a bun . |
| 18 | ‘ I think Darlington fans are fed up with that policy . ’ |
| 19 | Once again , we shall win marginal seats in Lambeth , Haringey , Lewisham and Waltham Forest , where people are fed up with Labour government . |
| 20 | Ordinary run-of-the-mill players are built up into footballing geniuses . |
| 21 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 22 | The argument was that different components of personality are built up in particular individuals as a consequence of cultural conditioning . |
| 23 | In Latin America , relationships are built up in this way not just for personal support but , also , to promote commercial and political ends . |
| 24 | The atomic structures which characterize each family are built up in different ways with the basic SiO4 building-block . |
| 25 | There are lots of words are built up from other words are n't they ? |
| 26 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |
| 27 | Fortunately , though , all but a few volcanic rocks are built up by various combinations of only seven different minerals , or rather mineral families . |
| 28 | Expectations are built up by past experience of an author 's books , by a title , by the book 's dust jacket , and by its illustrations . |
| 29 | Postal bookings are accepted up to 48 hours before the screening or event . |
| 30 | However , if these items are made up into attractive dishes they can be photographed and used to good effect with features on " Supper Dishes with Soup " or " Crunchy Toppings ' . |