Example sentences of "up [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Evans , Managing Director of Pacplas , summed up the judges ' view : ‘ First , they 've achieved a great deal and the spirit of the team means they 'll get better and better . |
| 2 | In this current project , two studies are being carried out which should provide the next stage for following up the researchers ' first cohort of 1981 entrants . |
| 3 | Many of the botanists who studied the adaptation of species to extreme environments became convinced that the effect of the climate upon an individual plant could be transmitted to its offspring , thus building up the species ' level of adaptation through a Lamarckian process . |
| 4 | The summer term , following the practice was then used to follow up the students ' own interests ; to deal with examinations ( both school and public ) and advanced level work . |
| 5 | I like to think that we in the Met Office did our little bit towards keeping up the boys ' spirits . |
| 6 | Annie Lennox 's first solo LP Diva ( an ironic title , she claims ) will comfortably pick up the Eurythmics ' many fans , but to me its high-quality designer soul has a sterile scent . |
| 7 | Although the Empress submitted momentarily , divisions within the nobility enabled her to tear up the councillors ' terms . |
| 8 | Serendipity translates as the Gipsy Kings flamencoing up The Eagles ' ‘ Hotel California ’ , Javetta Steel 's gospel rendition of ‘ I 'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ’ and the classical renegades Kronos Quartet 's remarkably sympathetic ‘ Marquee Moon ’ . |
| 9 | Serendipity translates as the Gipsy Kings flamencoing up The Eagles ' ‘ Hotel California ’ , Javetta Steel 's gospel rendition of ‘ I 'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ’ and the classical renegades Kronos Quartet 's remarkably sympathetic ‘ Marquee Moon ’ . |
| 10 | But will the arrival of baby number four signal that the time is right to ‘ hang up the booties ' once and for all ? |
| 11 | Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date . |
| 12 | The people who suffer if they are broken are not the owners , the shareholders or the board of directors , but those who work in the industry — people who have given their lives to that industry , built up the companies ' assets and made them into going concerns attractive for privatisation . |
| 13 | They also smashed up the peasants ' illicit vodka stills . |
| 14 | There was the handsome , twenty-year-old Warrant Officer Jean Navarre , who chalked up the Cigognes ' first victories at Verdun with a right-and-a-left over Fort Douaumont the day after its fall . |
| 15 | The pieces were put into ten different bags and driven away by Laing after he meticulously cleaned up the Manwarings ' house in Aldersley Gardens , Barking , east London , the jury was told . |
| 16 | They then see how far the water comes up the dolls ' legs . |
| 17 | The coach which picked up the Cedars ' children stopped about five minutes ' walk away from their home . |
| 18 | It may however , be questioned , whether this role should be performed by a mixture of hereditary and life peers who make up the Lords ' membership or , indeed , whether there is an important role here at all . |
| 19 | Then Davide 's father brought up the Socialists ' opposition to the war , which Tommaso scorned ; and the talk of money resumed . |
| 20 | The lacewing 's ears are at the base of each forewing , and cause the wings to fold whenever they pick up the bats ' echolocating sounds . |
| 21 | We in the North owe him a considerable debt for the enthusiasm and perception he has shown in building up the schools ' collection of works of art now owned by the County Council . |
| 22 | The males are also known to ‘ rape ’ other males , cementing up the victims ' genital openings to render them incapable of copulation . |
| 23 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
| 24 | On receiving an assurance from the guardians that they would lose no time in putting up a nurses ' home , the Minister would be prepared to recommend the Nursing Council to give its approval . |
| 25 | Knowing that mere seconds might mean the difference between life and death for the hundreds of people trapped by the explosions , IMDEC responded immediately by setting up a citizens ' coordinating committee , drawing on the expertise and resources of 27 social and human rights organisations . |
| 26 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
| 27 | Dolly had stirred up a hornets ' nest when she pinched the wallet , and he had n't made it any better by steaming the letter open . |
| 28 | For the moment , he was canny enough to see the wisdom of keeping his stepson sweet , and that would not be achieved by stirring up a hornets ' nest . |
| 29 | but of course , it had kind of stirred up a hornets ' nest ! |
| 30 | The referendum had been scheduled for November but had been postponed at the request of the political parties following the transitional government 's evident difficulties in drawing up a voters ' register . |