Example sentences of "[noun] put up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bowling League of Ireland side put up a heartening performance on Saturday , their biggest problem is finding front end players , especially leads . |
| 2 | DAVID Nicholson 's Banbridge put up a fair performance when running Clever Folly to four lengths at Ascot last month and must be fancied for the Tanners Claret Handicap Chase at Ludlow this afternoon , writes Chris Hawkins . |
| 3 | The broad gauge won , but the narrow gauge put up a respectable performance . |
| 4 | In retrospect , it is clear that this preemptive strategy succeeded : in most areas of France , the transfer of power into the hands of the Gaullist state went relatively smoothly ; Vichy 's bureaucracy put up no substantial resistance to de Gaulle ; and the AMGOT threat was averted . |
| 5 | Cambridge put up a tremendous fight and there was no more than half a length between the crews for 14 minutes . |
| 6 | Tom put up a shielding hand . |
| 7 | David Speedy 's goal enough to get all three points for Leicester and I think on the balance of play they just about edged it but Forest put up a marvellous performance in the second half especially when they had to make er changes and things did n't go well for them . |
| 8 | Dexters put up a big challenge in dairy classes |
| 9 | The last Labour Government put up the standard rate to 35p . |
| 10 | Robbie put up an exploratory hand . |
| 11 | Here Butcher 's union put up a spirited resistance against the " adventurer from Sunderland , doing his utmost to cause a separation or division , by endeavouring to form a rival association " . |
| 12 | Hereford put up a great fight … they really went for it last night and deserved more than they got … in centre forward Chris Pike they have a new goal hero … |
| 13 | Hereford put up a great fight … they really went for it last night and deserved more than they got … in centre forward Chris Pike they have a new goal hero … |
| 14 | When she was about to remonstrate after hitting a less than perfect iron aboard the 7th green in the final round , Jim put up a salutary hand by way of saying ‘ stop ’ . |
| 15 | Crosby-born Shirli-Ann Siddall put up a courageous fight against third seed Mary Joe Fernandez , but the French Open finalist edged through to the second round with a 6–4 7–5 victory . |
| 16 | Their value for the reader lies in enlarging or changing our perceptions , in helping us to break out from a deadening routine ; in short , the carnivalesque : ‘ The prophets of extremity put up a distorting mirror against our world — but one which properly attended to , can tell us something about that world , and about the possibilities of changing it , or changing ourselves . ’ |
| 17 | Sybillin put up a bold display when successful over the two-mile Victor Chandler course and distance last month , and FitzGerald 's reaction to the weight was positive . |
| 18 | Ernest Fryer put up an experimental stretch of netting to the height of a bank proposed as a means of protecting the road . |
| 19 | Nor was the OTC stock the only poor performer licensed dealers offered , although it without doubt put up a worse show than most shares traded on the Stock Exchange . |
| 20 | The British Chiefs of Staff and the Foreign Office put up an obdurate defence , yet it seems that Attlee did not begin to retreat until January 1947 , around the time of the decision to proceed with a British nuclear bomb . |
| 21 | Nissan of Bailey and Blundell put up a strong challenge and took second ( above left ) . |
| 22 | Martin Pipe 's New Zealand-bred put up a useful effort to beat Mad Thyme on his debut at Uttoxeter and has nothing of that calibre to deal with here . |
| 23 | The giant chaser put up an exciting performance on his debut for the champion trainer , romping home by 12 lengths from favourite Fit For Firing at Wincanton on Saturday . |
| 24 | Cricket now , and a bumper crowd has been watching Gloucestershire put up a good fight against Essex in the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy . |
| 25 | The poster has been displayed on Underground stations throughout London as part of the ‘ Art on the Underground ’ series , and on hand to help Adrian put up the first poster , naturally at The Oval station , was veteran commentator and director of The Cricketer , Brian Johnston ( both pictured left ) . |