Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Fond memories of Jerry Lee Lewis who blew up a storm of indignation in the 1950s , not to mention Presley , whose subversive pelvis was banned from television in some American states where it was only permitted to film Elvis-the-Pelvis from the waist upwards . |
| 32 | Stephan Heitmann has stirred up a storm of protest for suggesting the Germans should draw a line under history including the Holocaust . |
| 33 | The numbers may partly be due to the reputation Switchboard enjoys as a good training ground for employment , mainly in the voluntary social services ( every time the organization manages to build up a core of daytime volunteers , half of them find jobs ) but the largest group of prospective volunteers are past callers , people who , having found the service useful , want to contribute to its continued existence . |
| 34 | The Project will have two phases : the first will , via a literature search and examination of current practice in Higher Education and non-Higher Education institutions in the UK and overseas draw up a taxonomy of quality assurance/quality management techniques . |
| 35 | THREE Middlesbrough councillors who between them have notched up a century of service to local people are to be made freemen of the borough today . |
| 36 | This account of normalisation focuses on opening up a range of life-style opportunities which are available to the rest of the population but which have tended to be closed to people with learning difficulties . |
| 37 | But I 've packed up a bundle of bedding — towels — things like that for you to use in the meantime . ’ |
| 38 | Anyone who is reasonably skilful can knock up a mounting without difficulty , and it is possible even for someone who is as clumsy as I am . |
| 39 | ‘ You do a row of liddle white lines , not too regular , then you back up a row of liddle grey lines next to ‘ em . |
| 40 | In 1793 Britain set up a Board of Agriculture to promote the growing of potatoes to counter Napoleon 's threat to starve this country into submission . |
| 41 | This Act set up a Board of Education to supervise the education system . |
| 42 | You 're all right if you can play a musical instrument one o' these one-string fiddles , Jew 's harp , ham-bone , play the comb , or one o' these sewing-machines ( gesticulates with his hands , pedals with his feet ) ; you can stick up a board in front of you saying ‘ Ex-Service Man ’ , ‘ Hero ’ , put on a row of medals — an' you can go into any of these back streets and nobody 'll stop you . |
| 43 | The blanket rubbed his tender back , setting up a prickle of pain . |
| 44 | But Eagles sub Hugh Waddell set up a try for winger Mark Gamson after 58 minutes , and loose forward Tony Farrell went in from 20 yards to confirm their superiority . |
| 45 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 46 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 47 | Because older people often relate events to " When I was six " rather than to a given date , there is a need to build up a framework of background dates and information ( a time-line ) about the person interviewed and his family , and the places he or she has lived in . |
| 48 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 49 | Without warning a big estate-car swung round a bend in the lane , its wheels throwing up a shower of mud and water . |
| 50 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 51 | Animals make up a category of painting with an uneven reputation , though the theme is one of obvious importance and interest in sculpture . |
| 52 | Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million . |
| 53 | In order to evaluate the most effective ways of meeting the needs of dementia sufferers and their carers , we decided to set up a variety of pilot projects — these will be discussed by Ian Baillie in his talk on the Strathclyde development Fund . |
| 54 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 55 | Or had he been immersed in his Black Arts , calling up a demon from hell in some lonely wood or deserted copse ? |
| 56 | Water is a major problem in this arrid region , so local technicians funded by Oxfam have set up a system with water from a local thermal spring , which up until now has been too salty to use . |
| 57 | They set up a system of hotel coupons ( 1867 ) , through rail tickets , international ship and rail timetables , and guidebooks , and between 1873 and 1874 they introduced the Circular Note , forerunner of the travellers cheque . |
| 58 | Later , the spectra of other stars were examined , and before the end of the last century astronomers at Harvard College Observatory in the United States had drawn up a system of classification which is still used . |
| 59 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 60 | Men such as Huxley and Hooker now played a significant role in the creation of the British scientific establishment by building up a system of government support for research and education . |