Example sentences of "up [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have grown up rather a solitary boy , and afterwards not by nature a businessman — unlike his brother , who quickly outstripped him in enterprise , property , and prosperity . |
| 2 | When determining their poll tax levies , districts were thus faced with already agreed demands from the counties , and their own precepts actually made up only a small proportion of the total amount community charge payers were required to pay . |
| 3 | This painful catalogue makes up only a small part of the inventory of the ‘ art ’ of the restaurant … |
| 4 | Usually , proctoscopy is only performed on known gonorrhoea contacts and these make up only a small proportion of female patients seen in the clinic . |
| 5 | The film as film , as ‘ text ’ , as visual artefact , takes up only a small place amidst this kaleidoscope of angles — and I have n't even touched on the economic aspects of production and reception , such as box office pressures , state subsidies , distribution and exhibition . |
| 6 | In the Khartoum region , female enrolment outstripped that of males at secondary school level , though women make up only a small proportion of students in the technical secondary schools . |
| 7 | The injected cells remained healthy within the liver parenchyma and corrected the phenylalanine defect for the normal life span of the mouse ( even though the cells made up only a small percentage of liver cells ) . |
| 8 | Were the kinetic energy of the wind to be converted by the shock into radiant energy , the localized H-H objects could expect to take up only a small fraction of the wind 's energy , in which case the radiated power far exceeds that available . |
| 9 | Agency workers and their close equivalents make up only a small minority of the temporary workforce and most of them are concentrated in a very narrow range of occupations , particularly those involving office or secretarial skills . |
| 10 | Although most enterprise unions are affiliated to a number of national labour federations , industrial or trade unions which include workers from many different firms make up only a tiny proportion of Japanese labour unions . |
| 11 | Those who have been living near to parents or who have remained in very close touch with them , are going to feel the immediate absence of the parent they loved more keenly than those who have broken away from close family ties and kept up only a dutiful contact with father or mother . |
| 12 | If you feel like a gentle lakeside stroll Grasmere Lake is to hand , or for the more energetic , Helvellyn , the most climbed peak in England , rises Up only a short distance from the village . |
| 13 | Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico . |
| 14 | Co-ordinating wall coverings are available in little triangles , dots and miniature abstract prints , but because the focus of the collection is on the borders , it is possible to put up just a new border and save on decorating the whole room . |
| 15 | Excuse me could you speak up just a little bit ? |
| 16 | This earring here , this pendant earring just lifts that area up just a little bit , not too much , not too obtrusive , but just enough for sort of a a highlight catching the pendant earring just to lift it up a little . |
| 17 | Tukuse the only one where you move the choker or if you speak up just a little bit . |
| 18 | Welcome back … coming up later an old ham and some oriental acrobatics … but now it 's time to join Tim Russon for Summer Sport |
| 19 | To , to put them nails up up a little bit on the window that 's all . |
| 20 | In July 1937 , when the war was one year old , the Republicans briefly seemed to gain the upper hand in an offensive they launched on the Madrid front , at a village called Brunete ; but the Nationalists rallied and the Republicans were unable to chalk up even a partial victory . |
| 21 | She 's been up there a long time has n't she ? |
| 22 | Welcome back … coming up late a floral spectacular . |
| 23 | I had even built up quite a good knowledge of medical terms . |
| 24 | They had to go and give him some support and they put up quite a good fight . |
| 25 | ‘ We lost a lot of custom that night , especially as we have built up quite a good reputation . ’ |
| 26 | He moved on to build up quite a successful sub-post office , yet still people remember him for his first novel ’ |
| 27 | As all 256 colours are displayed at once , the palette takes up quite a large proportion of the screen , and it would have been preferable to be able to select the ones used the most and create your own custom palette . |
| 28 | The liver 's just quietly working away churning this food into blood sugars , using up quite a high level of oxygen , and the rest of the body is suffering . |
| 29 | I 've been sifting through my daily routine and I 've turned up quite a handsome collection of finely-wrought deceits cultivated over the years . |
| 30 | A path is supposed to keep close by the river ( but in reality stays above the treeline ) so I set off up quite a marked track , which very soon petered out . |