Example sentences of "up [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I 'd picked it up off a clean pile , but I was mistaken . |
| 2 | The major agreements are drawn up between a small number of tightly-controlled organisations and the outcome of their central negotiations sets guidelines and limits to the industry-wide negotiations which then subsequently take place . |
| 3 | Most prison reformers , including Howard , have emphasized that any rehabilitative effect which prison may have will derive primarily from the quality of the relationship built up between a respected member of staff and an individual prisoner . |
| 4 | They climbed , passing up through a zebra-crossing kaleidoscope of dark and light . |
| 5 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 6 | In one single movement , raise both the torso and the legs — up through a curved spine to a sitting position , grasping the ankles . |
| 7 | The sour smell from the communal rubbish bins in the alley below drifted up through a broken window and Carrie grimaced as she knocked on the door . |
| 8 | Thus , in his chapter ‘ The Elimination of Metaphysics ’ , Ayer cites a number of philosophical problems which he believes can be rapidly cleared up through a proper understanding of language . |
| 9 | The net swept them up through an oblong portal faced with irregular , soapy-looking tiles , into a concourse bathed in harsh amber light . |
| 10 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |
| 11 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 12 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 13 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 14 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 15 | Plans are being drawn up for a new production line that will provide additional capacity of 60,000 tubes per day at the factory currently making 317,000 tubes per day . |
| 16 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 17 | Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb |
| 18 | Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb |
| 19 | The charity already has plans drawn up for a ten-bed hospice at Middlesbrough to care for terminally ill people and contractors are currently submitting tenders for the work . |
| 20 | One saves up for a lifelong dream , another |
| 21 | All appointees have to provide a urine sample — even Pamela Harriman , the new ambassador to Paris , had to stand in line , clutching her paper cup — and turn up for a face-to-face interview , which usually lasts between one-and-a-half and two hours . |
| 22 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 23 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
| 24 | To make up for a late start , the government this year announced it would make available £125 million of grants to push industry into the robot age . |
| 25 | The Britons are trying to keep ahead of Norwegian lawyer Erling Kagge , who hopes to make up for a late start in bad weather . |
| 26 | ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles . |
| 27 | Ami Popper , a 21-year-old Israeli civilian dressed in an Army uniform and carrying his brother 's Army-issue M-16 rifle , drove to the area from his home in Rishon Le Zion and rounded up for a bogus security check a group of Gazans , whom he then sprayed with bullets , killing seven and wounding nine others . |
| 28 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 29 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 30 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |