Example sentences of "up [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Springing up microscopically on the double helices to create that most controversial of creatures — the human embryo . |
| 2 | Because I have it , whether it 's anything to do with my aristocratic ancestors or the fact that I was brought up properly in the old-fashioned way to respect integrity and honesty and decency . |
| 3 | He looked up suspiciously at the northern sky , clear and tranquil . |
| 4 | Ninny , played with strength and softness by Jessica Tandy — tells her new pal a tale of two girls who grew up together in the racist Deep South of the Thirties . |
| 5 | But , in the end , Steven did n't mind at all when discerning folk puked up all over the loathsome Lost Boys and complained of dangerous levels of heartwarming brought on by an excess of Robin Williams . |
| 6 | Sicked up all over the hideous tangerine carpet . |
| 7 | To do this , the graphite was allowed to heat up naturally without the normal flow of cooling air . |
| 8 | His filthy hands showed up starkly against the white mug he was holding . |
| 9 | It was warm , crisp , fresh and set the taste buds up nicely for the main event . |
| 10 | Camille Aryeetey , buyer at WADE SMITH in Mathew Street , says Versace and Ozbek numbers are being snapped up regardless of the three-figure price tags . |
| 11 | The acceptance of the tax cut in the House last month , against the wishes of Democratic leaders , has used up much of the good will cautiously built up earlier in the year for a medium-term , bipartisan deficit-cutting campaign . |
| 12 | Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger . |
| 13 | Both approaches meet up just below the craggy bastion on its south-west face , from where the broad top is soon reached . |
| 14 | In my case , growing up just before the new wave of feminism , I consider that the transition from adolescence to adulthood was effected by participation in a strong peer group of girls at school . |
| 15 | Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , come and see what she picks up tonight across the great divide … |
| 17 | She never glanced up once during the entire lesson . |
| 18 | Party members can leave Britain , set up home on the other side of the world and retain their membership cards under Walworth Road 's overseas membership arrangements . |
| 19 | Those who visit the church in late spring and early summer will be entranced by the swifts who have set up home in the upper reaches of the building and wheel about the place , filling the area with their raucous but comforting squealing . |
| 20 | For one thing it seems that Ho 's reply , via Saigon , was held up deliberately by the French authorities so that it was not received in Paris until after the war had begun . |
| 21 | As I recalled , storms sprang up rapidly about the Swiss lakes , appearing to arrive from all corners of the sky at once . |
| 22 | Looking cautiously out , the intruders found that they had holed up directly opposite the main German headquarters . |
| 23 | This change shows up directly in the uneven spacing of Figure 2 , and corresponds to a change in shape of the nucleus from a sphere to a prolate spheroid , or ‘ rugby ball ’ shape . |
| 24 | Next day it was up early for the short trip to EuroDisney . |
| 25 | Referring to them as she detracts from the clarity of my work , since the reader is brought up short by the unfamiliar , inappropriate form . |
| 26 | They have a high pH level , rich in shell-sand lime , and are shallow , warming up quickly in the early months of the season . |
| 27 | Hari felt the impulse to ruffle William 's hair but she knew he would resent being treated like the child he was , boys grew up quickly in the harsh realities of World 's End . |
| 28 | The detachment forms up close to the main unit where it can offer support , either by using long range weapons such as bows or hand guns , or by employing hand-to-hand weapons to threaten an advancing enemy 's exposed flanks . |
| 29 | It is expected to be used up gradually over the relevant period — 15 or 18 years in this case — so as to be exhausted by the end of the period . |
| 30 | I slithered in his wake , looking up hopelessly at the great smooth wilderness rearing above us . |