Example sentences of "up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By loading in access frequency order , the accesses to synonym records — and these are the records that slow up the average retrieval times of the file — have been cut from 34.063 per cent to 14.878 per cent .
2 Gina picked up the warm handful gingerly in case of accidents .
3 To invoke these programs , it is necessary to set up the DCL verbs as follows :
4 To invoke these programs , it is necessary to set up the DCL verbs as described in Appendix F.
5 It is then up the Hanging Committee to decide which works fit best into the jigsaw-puzzle of an exhibition they are trying to construct .
6 Julia incredulously heard the Archdeacon say to the Dean , the tone , which was mellifluous , floating up the elegant staircase .
7 About then , word came from Salines , three hours away , to inform Nicholas that the Venetian sugar ship had reached Alexandria and would be leaving soon for Episkopi to pick up the combined Cypriot cargo .
8 ‘ We just couple up the combined battery powers of the Ariadne and the Kilcharran .
9 Hills sums up the combined effect of the tax and benefit changes since 1979 :
10 He had contributed time and money freely to causes in which he believed , and his energy was a vital factor in the completion of the Trent and Mersey canal , which opened up the continental trade and reduced transport costs through its connection with Hull and Liverpool .
11 Microsoft 's latest scheme to increase its market share in the Macintosh software arena is a trade-in deal which nets a customer the four Microsoft applications which make up the integrated Microsoft Office pack for less than the price of just one of those applications .
12 The contest to find ‘ budding ’ Percy Throwers was the brainchild of residents , who also make up the judging panel , along with executive representatives .
13 The more successful Du Pont synthetic rubber factory could never mop up the ever-growing pool of surplus labour .
14 Even the rain no longer seemed fresh : it congealed in the sullied air , splattering into filthy stinking puddles , hammering the roof and churning up the packed mud until it was slushy and loose .
15 Their sleep disturbed , their murmured resentment rises into a wind , stirring up the packed clay of the wasteground as if it were desert sand .
16 By 1952 almost all English education authorities had adopted an intelligence test in their selection process ; psychologists debated the effects of social agencies coaching and practice — on IQ scores ; but Hertfordshire gave up the eleven-plus exam altogether , after having had one for at least fifteen years .
17 ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ asked her mother aggressively , picking up the nearest dress to hand .
18 But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone .
19 When his pager bleeps , the members of staff being contacted picks up the nearest telephone and dials a prearranged number , such as the reception desk .
20 I picked up the nearest coil and began to gather it up , but whereas in the summer heat the pipe had been soft and flexible , it now had the consistency of a steel cable and was like trying to lift a bedframe designed by Salvador Dali .
21 At the same time you bleep the missing swimming pool attendant who responds by picking up the nearest intercom substation handset allowing you to issue instructions directly , all within a matter of seconds rather than minutes .
22 Without thinking , Moore picked up the nearest book and threw it .
23 He made a sort of ducking movement to acknowledge his orders and tipped up the nearest chair so that its burden of garments slithered to the flagstones .
24 But if it is cold , a monarch can not work up the energy to fly and can only manage to crawl up the nearest sage brush .
25 If you are in the river and pee in the water , it can sense your urine and will swim up to lodge in you , swimming up the nearest orifice and sticking out its barbs , which is meant to be excruciatingly painful — and it takes surgery to get one out .
26 ‘ Hand me up the other bottle . ’
27 She could hear Penry moving about upstairs as he made up the other bed .
28 ‘ I want to walk up the other valley too , ’ said Betty .
29 They make up half your face in colours to suit you , advising you on technique , and you make up the other half of your face to match .
30 When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’
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