Example sentences of "up [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tore up the Pope 's picture in front of 30 million TV viewers . |
| 2 | No one can dispute that Sinead 's behaviour of late — particularly tearing up the Pope 's picture — has been outrageous but many feel that her protest statements are at least based on strong personal beliefs . |
| 3 | Surely tearing up the Pope 's picture was meant as a symbolic gesture , not a personal affront . |
| 4 | To cover up the other 's exposed shoulder , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We went , we went up the mountains er a fabulous hotel |
| 8 | Wiring up the fielder 's l.e.d.s is a bit fiddly because these have to be hard wired and it is necessary to provide some sort of anchorage at each of the indicator positions . |
| 9 | ‘ Silver would put up the pirate 's flag , the Jolly Roger , ’ said Ben . |
| 10 | One six-year-old Our Gang refugee stood solemnly by the car , too-long pants concertinaed around his feet , holding up the officer 's revolver in both hands , covering the fat driver . |
| 11 | Palace , still without an away win , attempt to shore up the division 's worst defence by giving a debut to Thorn . |
| 12 | they could lock up the landlords er and perhaps even banish them . |
| 13 | An example would be , if there 's er a strange person g gone up the neighbour 's drive , you know they 're on holiday and you hear a window smash , you need the police there straight away to deal with that . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 16 | An Occidental spokesman claims that the government has repeatedly tried to cover up the Army 's role for fear of diluting its case against the company and having to admit some federal responsibility for the situation . |
| 17 | After Pannone took up the King 's Cross victims ' plight , London Regional Transport agreed to make ex-gratia payments without them having to prove negligence . |
| 18 | HAMLET : Ay , sir , that soaks up the King 's countenance , his rewards , his authorities . |
| 19 | The powers of the College of Chancery were increased by an ordinance of 1773 and in 1791 , just before his assassination , Gustavus set up the King 's Office for Foreign Correspondence . |
| 20 | Ca n't go up the King 's Head , it 's shut . |
| 21 | The 210 children have taken up the panto 's challenge and sought the advice of professional builders so they can construct Wendy 's house in brick in their school yard . |
| 22 | A good catalogue , therefore , makes life easy for its user , and so builds up the supplier 's reputation . |
| 23 | It is against this background of restricted choice that one should initially view what was really a middle-class pressure group for women 's rights : the campaign to open up the compositor 's trade to women . |
| 24 | ‘ You dirty thing , messing up the lady 's carpet . |
| 25 | Then he visits La Famiglia before driving back up the King 's Road and on to the Caprice . |
| 26 | What he has in mind seems curiously like the Ripping Yarns TV series in which he and Terry Jones sent up the boy 's adventure story with tales like ‘ Across the Andes by Frog ’ . |
| 27 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 28 | Each day at low tide these extraordinary microscopic plants glide up through the sand to soak up the sun 's energy for photosynthesis . |
| 29 | Early of Ely and Family ’ ( 1771 ) in which the richly clad Earl , the Countess and their two musical daughters sway elegantly in front of an idealised Greek temple set in their newly designed gardens while a small African boy dressed in a combination of Turkish and Indian costume holds up the Earl 's diadem , curiously peering round the Countess to look up at his owner . |
| 30 | François Guizot , an archetypal representative of the political élite , neatly summed up the Prince 's appeal : ‘ It means a great deal to be at one and the same time a national glory , a revolutionary guarantee , and a principle of authority . ’ |