Example sentences of "up [prep] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a discussion with Jenny Ball , we talked about those women teachers who stood up for women 's rights . |
| 2 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 3 | He is somewhat surprised to see Dave and Stone from Pearl Jam and Bill from Ministry dressed up as men 's ladies ; female attire and make-up obligatory if you want to play with Lush . |
| 4 | The group is made up of miners ' wives and relatives , ably supported by a cross-section of concerned individuals on this particular morning a retired teacher , two people running local businesses , and a lecturer . |
| 5 | However there seems to be little of worth in the other characters to hold up against Thersites 's world view . |
| 6 | Since this is inextricably bound up with women 's position in society as the prime providers of such tending , it becomes difficult to say whether the depressed status of such work is a result of a system of male domination of women or whether such work has been allocated to women as part of that process . |
| 7 | He swam , keeping up with Nails ' feet , gulping , coughing . |
| 8 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 9 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 10 | Davide was still committed to preferring it to the alternatives , the vendettas , the feuds , the bloody score -these ways were for barbarians , for people like Sicilians , or Neapolitans , people whose own blood was all mixed up with Spaniards ' . |
| 11 | Sainsbury 's likes to keep up with children 's computer crazes and , following the success of the SuperMario party cake designed by Jane Asher , SuperMario Mini rolls have now been launched . |
| 12 | Rolling out , he wriggled his way across the dry sand , all churned up with trippers ' footprints , out to the firm , wet sand made smooth and level again by the tide . |
| 13 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 14 | Hoomey shot up round Bones 's ears and Bones , remembering his old ways , shook him back into the saddle and let out some contented snorts . |
| 15 | I 'm due to be married next Easter , and my fiancé has just told me he likes dressing up in women 's clothes . |
| 16 | One possible factor in the success of some of these marriages is that quite a few women do seem to get a kick out of seeing men dressed up in women 's clothing , though I do n't know why . |
| 17 | Puritanical Lord Reith was in love with another man throughout most of his adult life , Daphne du Maurier was a lesbian , J Edgar Hoover liked to dress up in women 's clothes . |
| 18 | It would have capital resources of 10,000 million ECU ( some US$12,400 million ) , 30 per cent of this to be paid up in members ' subscriptions and the rest being callable capital . |
| 19 | Dressed up in Nibs 's gear , ’ McQuaid said . |
| 20 | I had so much time to look at him I can hardly believe it still , pushing the trolley , standing up in Nibs 's clothes . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't tell me I 've found out your secret vice — dressing up in men 's clothing . |
| 22 | There are several black children who have grown up in children 's homes with purely white staff , and others who have been placed with white families who are isolated geographically and have no contact with black people ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 134 ) . |
| 23 | A significant number have been brought up in children 's homes themselves . |
| 24 | The contract was drawn up before Ramps ' latest bust-up last weekend with a spectator at Uxbridge . |
| 25 | The circuit performs this function by feeding the output at the Bat position ( pin 9 on IC2 ) to one of the inputs , via diode D13 , of a discrete coincidence gate made up from transistors TR3 and TR4 . |
| 26 | Her knowledge of Samoa was based upon what a group of adolescent girls thr told her , through an interpreter , and what can only be called , er , chit-chat and gossip that she picked up from missionaries ' wives and people like this . |
| 27 | When you 're on blankets and you 've been brought up on blankets er you 're used to blankets |
| 28 | The research will try and determine users needs in terms of open systems and this year , for the first time , supply-side research will also be conducted to determine how vendors ' offerings measure up to users ' stated requirements . |
| 29 | Encouraged by the vision thus conjured up , Nutty watched the opposition with narrowed eyes , and was pleased to see that , yes , Colin Constable , for all his smart appearance , was certainly not up to Nails 's standard and not even up to Jazz 's , although better than Hoomey and herself . |
| 30 | The ease with which the effects of stray capacitances are dealt with renders the bridge suitable for making measurements at high frequencies and commercial versions are available that operate up to frequencies ∼100 MHz . |