Example sentences of "for [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One social worker wrote : ‘ [ The ] young person enjoyed completing [ the ] questionnaire and it was a very useful tool for bringing up a whole range of issues from the very practical ( needing to arrange visits to the dentist/optician ) to the very complex and emotional . ’ |
| 2 | On May 18 the ANC announced that it would not participate in further constitutional discussions with the government , " or in any all-party congress to discuss the mechanisms for drawing up a new democratic constitution " . |
| 3 | He was responsible for drawing up the first comprehensive anti-drugs strategy , unveiled in September 1989 , which involved increased spending , heavier penalties for casual users and incentives to drug-producing countries to clamp down on narcotics production . |
| 4 | a facility for drawing up the next plan in the light of the |
| 5 | Mr Cohen said there was ‘ great scope for building up a British-based group hand tools business over the next few years . ’ |
| 6 | She caused an international fuss and was banned from Monte Carlo by Prince Rainier for tearing up a tiny paper flag of Monaco in pique at a banquet . |
| 7 | The frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more , and as moles thrive in light soils , their mounds are a good source of clean local earth for potting up a floral arrangement or a small tree . |
| 8 | These nine examples drawn from a vast literature illustrate many of the key issues of innovation : the importance of observant people , the value of experience , the linking of different technologies to turn failure into success , the need for perseverance , the contribution of group problem solving techniques , the potential for opening up a wide range of opportunities and for changing , even destroying , existing organizational and market structures . |
| 9 | And bizarrely , there 's no function for opening up an empty budget planner ; you have to save the example planner under a different name and delete all the data from it . |
| 10 | You will be able to choose from traditional , elegant , white decor doors , which are popular for bedrooms , or silver mirror doors , which are great for brightening up a dingy hallway or adding light to a small , dark room . |
| 11 | This exercise is brilliant for toning up the loose skin under the chin . |
| 12 | For toning up the whole body and increasing your stamina , swimming and running are both excellent . |
| 13 | the relaxing garden terrace and very peaceful swimming pool are a fantastic place for soaking up the long hot days in the sun , and the pool is served throughout the day by a restaurant/bar . |
| 14 | For long-range fishing you can do without the elasticity , for picking up a long length of line and planting a hook is difficult enough without any ‘ give ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It was bad luck on Darryll Holland , who probably would have been riding here but for picking up a four-day suspension . |
| 16 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 17 | In this land of the lawyer , there is no more appropriate place for picking up the social , business and political threads of the city than a spectacle viewed from the public benches of a federal court . |
| 18 | The price to pay for picking up the public asset should be respect for the pension rights of the public company employees . |
| 19 | The German Environment Minister , Klaus Töpfer , has announced that 15 billion Deutschmarks ( £6.3 bn ) will be made available for cleaning up the estimated 70,000 hazardous waste dumps in former East Germany . |
| 20 | The equivalent of US$2 million was allocated last year for cleaning up the polluted areas , but specialists say this is not nearly enough . |
| 21 | However , if the adventurers make a thorough search here , they have a 50% chance each for turning up a sealed vial with 2D4+1 doses of Trollbane , and another with D4+1 doses of Graveroot . |
| 22 | Well everybody 's conversations for to build up the new Lo , Longman 's dictionary with the new words and things . |
| 23 | Its rubbish-collectors extracted a pay rise in January as a reward , in effect , for giving up a nonsensical collection schedule that they had foisted on the city in 1989 . |
| 24 | You were both heroes for giving up a beautiful sunny day to further the cause . |
| 25 | France signed an agreement with China whereby in return for giving up the territorial concessions in the treaty ports , handing over the Yunnan railway , and meeting sundry other Chinese demands , they agreed to withdraw their troops from Indo-China by 15 March . |
| 26 | They came as a lightning surprise to them when two hundred American planes came over the city clearly visible in the cloudless sky , the Italians kept separating in two camps because of fascist and non- fascist fleet ran around frantically trying to get fog machines working , trying to obscure the target but the fog prevented warships in the harbour for putting up an effective anti-aircraft barrage . |
| 27 | Now Mr Onanuga 's bosses have suspended him for making up the whole story about Mr Lamont . |
| 28 | One widely used criterion for dividing up the cerebral cortex is the organization of inputs from the thalamus . |
| 29 | They undoubtedly deserve them for being flexible enough to listen to the people and to bodies like the Royal Fine Arts Commission and for thinking up the innovative scheme itself . |
| 30 | Conversely , where there is potential for electronic improvement to a particular process or activity , the analysis could provide the basis for identifying the relationships necessary for setting up a suitable system . |