Example sentences of "up [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrangement of the Local Management of Schools is one of the best initiatives of the Conservative Government and it has freed schools from the heavy-handed control of Local Government , and in particular that of Labour controlled Authorities because it 's a step into the unknown for some , with obviously some doubt at first , and many Labour Groups fed on those doubts with lies and threats but nevertheless it was taken up wholeheartedly by many schools . |
| 2 | After 1750 domestic exports were made up predominantly of manufactured goods . |
| 3 | The porosity of these rocks is made up predominantly of intercrystalline voids ( Fig. 22c ) formed by the selective corrosion and removal of dolomite crystals and the observed porosities and permeabilities typically range from 10–30% and 1–100 mD , respectively ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 4 | Sections comprise approximately twenty policemen and women , made up mostly of regular constables , but each has attached to it a number of full-time reservists . |
| 5 | After the behaviour yesterday , someone claiming to be spokesman for the Tory group on the environment backed up vocally by these minions , I said to my group today , no more Mr nice guy . |
| 6 | Those over forty should build up slowly over several months before arriving at a suggested target of half an hour three times a week of vigorous exercise , which can include dancing , squash , tennis , running , or energetic swimming . |
| 7 | If you get out of position and if you find yourself too low , move up slowly in small steps , checking the movement every few feet . |
| 8 | The 20-mile chalk stream has dwindled to a trickle , and it dried up altogether for long periods in the past three drought years , after the drilling of six drinking water boreholes by the Thames Water Authority ( now the Thames Water company ) lowered the water table . |
| 9 | New thinking in rural development planning in general has only been taken up piecemeal by conservation planners and commentators in the international literature and they have been idealistic and exhortative in tone . |
| 10 | I think you deserve the full 40 lashes for sticking up fiercely for liberal values — I 'm always liberal with my whip ! |
| 11 | It begins with a look at the various types of looms and how to set them up together with full details on how to operate each type , with hints and tips on weaving procedures . |
| 12 | It is a complex carbohydrate and consists of starches and fibre bound up together in such things as bread , potatoes , fruit , vegetables , nuts and pulses . |
| 13 | Some teachers may be adept at introducing their pupils to grammatical concepts , or matters of punctuation , by means of jokes and puns which depend on ambiguities , to be cleared up only by distinguishing nouns from adjectives , or different spellings of the same word ( ‘ Giant Waves Down funnel ’ ; ‘ Gladly the Cross I 'd bear ’ = ‘ Gladly , the cross-eyed bear ’ , and other well-known punning equivalents , beloved of all children ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Compute performance is increasing by 1.7 times every year , while bus bandwidth is going up only by 1.3 times . |
| 15 | Stretch up gently for 10 counts . |
| 16 | Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second . |
| 17 | Stretch up gently for 10 counts . |
| 18 | Raise the arms towards the toes , lifting the head and shoulders off the floor as far as possible without straining.Continue stretching up gently for 10 counts . |
| 19 | Stretch up gently for 20 counts , pulling up a little further with each count . |
| 20 | Stretch up gently for 20 counts , pulling up a little further with each count . |
| 21 | Stretch up gently for 15 counts , pulling up a little further with each count . |
| 22 | To ensure that the internal auditors have a significant degree of independence within the company the chief internal auditor should report to the chief executive and to a financial reporting and audit committee ( FRAC ) made up entirely of non-executive directors . |
| 23 | Seeing it there , foursquare in soot-streaked stone , with its barred windows , great studded iron door , and high walls trimmed with barbed wire , makes her think with a shudder of the men cooped up inside in cramped cells smelling of sweat and urine , rapists and pimps and wife-beaters and child-molesters among them , and her heart sinks under the thought that crime and punishment are equally horrible , equally inevitable — unless men should change , all become like Charles , which seems unlikely . |
| 24 | He knew she was n't up enough in foreign words to understand him . |
| 25 | A bailiff at a local lake bought ONE TON of DRY wheat and boiled it up daily in huge cauldrons purchased specially . |
| 26 | Turnout held up best in Tory wards . |
| 27 | Instead of lobbying at City Hall , he liked to turn up early to civic events and leave , ostentatiously , just before the mayor arrived . |
| 28 | Heavy wrought-iron black fireplaces were installed once more , to Ted 's irritation , as he 'd spent much of his working life tearing out fireplaces so women like my mother did n't have to get up early on freezing mornings to make up the fire on their knees . |
| 29 | Once , banks cuddled up close to industrial firms . |
| 30 | The central reception area was red-tiled , walled most of the way up also in dried-blood-red tiles , high windows way above eyes . |