Example sentences of "up [prep] its [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologists believe a new-born infant learns to combine what it picks up through its various senses as it lies wriggling in its pram . |
| 2 | The Georgian side is trying to smear the Russian armed forces to make up for its own errors , ’ he said . |
| 3 | State governments will continue to have their own radio stations — that much is guaranteed by the constitution — but in 1981 the FRCN was authorized to draw up plans for the setting up of its own stations in every state . |
| 4 | Where this model comes up against its own limitations is in explaining ‘ popular ’ or working-class racism . |
| 5 | An expert from L'Oréal will talk about what happens to skin as it gets older and explain how to keep up with its changing needs by choosing from the extensive Plénitude range , which helps to combat the signs of ageing . |
| 6 | Its ability to adapt is , however , inextricably bound up with its financial underpinnings and , as the next section points out , these do not provide very secure foundations for facing the future . |
| 7 | Then there 's kissing : I kiss anyone , does n't matter who , could be the milkman , who stinks , or the cat , and , you 've guessed it , every time , the Monster starts reaching up with its podgy arms and its lips all crimped into a wet sucky snout . |
| 8 | When the camouflage of this praying mantis fails and a killer is closing in , the insect adopts the last-ditch defence strategy of flashing its wings open and rearing up with its front legs spread . |
| 9 | As I walked , this mood was gradually but smoothly replaced by one of utmost depression , while my body — as though jealous of all the obsessive regard my emotions were receiving — came up with its own demands for attention , evidenced by an unsteady , fluid shifting in my guts , and a cold sweat on my brow . |
| 10 | Hungary 's foreign policy is now catching up with its domestic reforms . |
| 11 | This initially breaks the space up into its major divisions : the engine unit , passenger unit , suspension , transmission , etc . |
| 12 | It 's a bald statistic which can not really tell what life is like for those bound up in its flat figures . |
| 13 | Yet many easterners complain that , since their revolutions began in 1989 , the Community has been too wrapped up in its own affairs to give them the attention they deserve . |
| 14 | The French RATP railway operator has Qualiparc up on its 7,000 workstations . |
| 15 | The French RATP train service has Qualiparc up on its 7,000 workstations . |
| 16 | The Wagner Development Group ended its deliberations last week with the launch of its third report Positive Answers , and immediately heard junior health minister Tim Yeo tell delegates the government would not be following up on its key proposals . |
| 17 | The beast reared up on its hind legs , screaming with blood showing at its lips and teeth . |
| 18 | As we pulled through a grove of bedraggled trees , the horse shied violently and stood up on its hind legs , neighing , between the shafts , so that we were tipped backwards . |
| 19 | His car , nudged in a duel with Austrian Gerhard Berger , reared up on its back wheels and shot 12 feet into the air . |
| 20 | It was only when it was sold that the bank began to face up to its other problems , ’ said one former executive . |
| 21 | The marketing blitz has raged at full tilt for some time now , making it likely that this blockbuster will live up to its imperial ambitions . |
| 22 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 23 | WHERE TO DRAW THE GREEN LINE Can UK industry be criticised for not living up to its environmental responsibilities when clear , universally agreed targets are still lacking on many issues . |
| 24 | With these issues in mind , Management Today commissioned some research into one of the most important UK groups , the MPs , to gauge their opinions on how British industry is living up to its environmental responsibilities . |
| 25 | The previous owners had acquired the property for redevelopment , and only a public inquiry in 1985 forced the health board to face up to its environmental responsibilities as the owner of listed buildings . |
| 26 | Or is Labour just using the SDLP as an excuse to avoid facing up to its democratic responsibilities to the people of Northern Ireland ? |
| 27 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
| 28 | Though they hate the war and they hate the draft , they still believe America can be beautiful if it lives up to its own principles . ’ |
| 29 | You get your own ego to face up to its own problems and to make its own decisions , er as I mentioned before a very painful process and a , and a , and a rather gruelling one . |
| 30 | Life up to its old clichés again . |