Example sentences of "and [vb -s] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 3 | The White Dwarf pulls material away from its companion , and builds up a shell around itself ; when enough hydrogen has accumulated there is a violent though short-lived outburst . |
| 4 | Anyone who earns below the lower earnings limit does not pay national insurance contributions , and builds up no record within the national insurance system . |
| 5 | The floor scissors exercise is an all-rounder which stretches and tones up the abdomen and the whole of the lower body . |
| 6 | This exercises and tones up the muscles to the side of your tummy , helping not only to improve your waistline but also to flatten your tummy . |
| 7 | If , however , the motor trader defendant is not responsible for turning back the mileometer and covers up the reading , the motor trader should be able to escape from liability on the basis that no false description was in fact applied to the goods ( s1(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 8 | ‘ SEEMS LIKE Morrissey himself gives up the songs half-way through when he stops the vocal and uses up the rest of the needletime with yodelling . ’ |
| 9 | Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for ! |
| 10 | However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view . |
| 11 | Eventually the track emerges from the woodland onto open moorland , and climbs up the hillside . |
| 12 | Vanessa settles in New York and ends up a hooker . |
| 13 | Or as Marshall P. Knutt , the conscientious sanitary engineer who gets mistaken for a hot-shot and ends up the hero of Carry On Cowboy . |
| 14 | The pigeon is released and takes up a stance nearby . |
| 15 | Teclis returns to Ulthuan and takes up the position of High Loremaster in the Tower of Hoeth . |
| 16 | It is critical at this stage , though , that the head conveys positive messages and takes up the opportunities on offer . |
| 17 | The box with the question mark — ? — operates only with boxes 3 or 4 highlighted and calls up the technique numbers or cast on numbers as lists . |
| 18 | A knowledge of Gaelic increases the options open to Scottish Ethnology students and opens up a range of additional sources for Highland and , to some extent , Scottish History . |
| 19 | This creates charitable understanding and opens up the way to conversion through ‘ a constant appeal to the head and the heart . ’ |
| 20 | Every time the child makes demands the parent provides a retort and opens up the possibility of more interaction about the demand . |
| 21 | This carries up to eight channels of sound for each vision channel and opens up the prospect of broadcasting a soundtrack in several languages simultaneously . |
| 22 | This opens the weave , shortens the length and opens up the diameter of the braid . |
| 23 | Announcing the normalization of relations , Jiang Zemin said that the meeting " concludes the past and opens up the future " and that normalization would have " a profound impact " on the development of bilateral relations . |
| 24 | He ca n't pay the television licence and tosses up every week between washing powder , toothpaste or soap : " I can only afford one at a time — personal hygiene is an expensive item . " |
| 25 | She stammers a kind of apology and wriggles up the bed so her face touches mine . |
| 26 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |
| 27 | The second man smiles , wags his index finger and picks up a copy of his company 's annual report . |
| 28 | George was second out of the hat and picks up the £100 second prize , while Yvonne is £50 better-off in third place . |
| 29 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 30 | He clucks his tongue again and picks up the script . |