Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He says : ‘ It 's the ideal match up between two men of different styles , which should make it a very , very exciting fight . ’
2 Originally , the deli was an antidote to culture shock , where all the salt , sweet , hot , sharp , garlicky flavours of home could be conjured up between two pieces of bread .
3 Apart from that , it also shows how wide a gulf had opened up between this sort of natural religion and classical Christianity .
4 ( This also gives the texts of the statutes , but they are often broken up between different titles in rather an inconvenient way , which is one of the reasons why the text in Statutes in Force is preferable . )
5 An invisible barrier put up between different departments in a financial organisation , preventing them from discussing matters which could give rise to a conflict of interest .
6 We spent three nights there , initially having a lazy day exploring the beaches , and the next day cycling up the coast fifteen kilometres to Pontevedra , another classic granite Galician town , before climbing up through cool forests to a TV masts on the 2,000-foot summit of the peninsula .
7 In any of these the life of the town could be built up through various activities including role-play , mime , map making , art work .
8 The main job of the agent would be to assist the band in moving up through various grades of gig .
9 he 's worked he 's way up through various branches of the law , he he 's practically certain to being a Q C and then a recorder , you know
10 It seems that the quality of information built up through this kind of rating is different from that collected during more detached observations .
11 As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped .
12 One of my colleagues went up to D 's cottage last weekend and PK was up for eight days about a fortnight ago , and had a really super week and not bad weather though there was a lot of snow at the roadsides on their way back — she went with current boyfriend , a nice chap who lives in Midlands .
13 Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly .
14 The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage .
15 CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP .
16 CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP .
17 He set off again almost as soon as he had returned to Hobart to make up for lost time on an overland expedition to Launceston and George Town , 60 miles from Hobart on the North Coast of the island .
18 SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston .
19 But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity .
20 I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue .
21 ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 .
22 GIRDING up for six hours with the Mahabharata is a long training .
23 Patients were followed up for six months with ultrasound and assessment of symptoms .
24 Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress .
25 Because you will know in advance when you need the cash , you can use a 90-day-notice account or even tie it up for five years for a better return .
26 Both reports constitute post hoc analyses of data on several thousand patients followed up for varying periods at regional hypertension clinics .
27 Pancreatic enzymes are given to help improve digestion — and a high-protein , high fat diet with added vitamins is needed to make up for poor absorption of nutrients .
28 This grub would set me up for forty-eight hours at least .
29 A telephone hotline , manned twenty four hours a day , has been set up for former pupils of a school where the head has been suspended and a governor arrested by police .
30 It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment .
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