Example sentences of "up the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process , referred to as Endorsement , is repeated up the tree of packages until it is decided that the SSR no longer applies . |
| 2 | This process , referred to as Endorsement , is repeated up the tree of packages until it is decided that the SSR no longer applies . |
| 3 | The traditional explanation is that the stripes act as camouflage and help to break up the shape of the animal , concealing its body from the eyes of hungry predators . |
| 4 | Disruptive markings help to break up the shape of an animal 's body in any environment that is full of irregular detail , as in the case of this well concealed crab . |
| 5 | It also houses a collection of old aeroplanes which make up the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Museum ; which includes among its exhibits a Lancaster bomber , two Hurricanes and four Spitfires . |
| 6 | I despise the stupidity of those painters who defended the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ to its new air-conditioned penthouse because , in setting such a precedent , they are passing up the opportunity of bequeathing their own works to the Prado . |
| 7 | As a matter of policy , the tutors seldom intervene , so pass up the opportunity of helping the students learn ; also ( critics say ) much time is wasted in interminable discussion over semantic niceties . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 9 | The 22-year-old fashion student has sewn up the opportunity of a lifetime by winning last night 's Northern Ireland Smirnoff Fashion Designer of the Year Award . |
| 10 | The buyer , on the other hand , wishes to put off acceptance as long as possible , so that he can be sure the goods are totally satisfactory to him before he gives up the opportunity of rejecting them . |
| 11 | Presumably , too , A sets up the defence of necessity ; we are not expressly told that there was ( or that A thought there was ) no other way of saving the leader 's life , but this is a fair inference from the question . |
| 12 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 13 | Then he put the cover back on the typewriter and tidied up , lining up the pile of sheets of A4 bank paper and his box of carbons with the edges of the desk . |
| 14 | Holding the revolver in his right hand , Urquhart searched the chief inspector for a weapon and , finding none , picked up the pile of possessions from the floor . |
| 15 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 16 | ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’ |
| 17 | Still a device was invented to cover up the disappearance of an old landmark ; and at the accession of Her present gracious Majesty , she was unlawfully proclaimed by a new title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , subsequently legalised by the Royal Titles Act 1953 , against which I am proud to recall that I protested in my place in the House of Commons . |
| 18 | I 've stayed at my desk until half past seven , writing up the minutes of our meeting at the Treasury — even doing a little preparation for a series of consultations I have to begin tomorrow in connection with the Annual Assessment . |
| 19 | One way is to crawl up the staircase of preferment on your belly ; the other way is to kick them in the teeth . |
| 20 | I call the subject ‘ Jesus — our pioneer ’ because that seems to sum up the thrust of the idea . |
| 21 | Its General Secretary , Max Nicholson , has summed up the thrust of much of its work as being : to supersede piecemeal treatment of public policy by co-ordinated policies founded on ‘ fact-based ’ and ‘ research-based ’ programmes ; reliable decision-making based upon accurate and comprehensive forecasting ; and the implementation of policy through democratic principles . |
| 22 | Now artistic intention can be seen more clearly as just one of many often overlapping strands — ideological , economic , social , political — that make up the work of art , whether literary text , painting , or sculpture . |
| 23 | However we divide up the work of an organisation , we can not satisfy all of its members for all time to come . |
| 24 | number one to take up the work of the . |
| 25 | The Budapest meeting , also attended by six international organisations and observed by Canada and Argentina , is intended to follow up the work of a similar gathering in Berlin in 1991 . |
| 26 | The Budapest meeting , also attended by six international organisations and observed by Canada and Argentina , is intended to follow up the work of a similar gathering in Berlin in 1991 . |
| 27 | But if there are only two , they will divide up the work of the third in overtime hours , but will they actually be present at work during that period ? ’ ( fieldnotes ) . |
| 28 | I hope that the British Council will give its fullest support to ventures of this kind in the future , and will encourage the group which met at Jaipur in their plan to hold a second Workshop to follow up the work of this one . |
| 29 | The bloke behind the counter said , look , I 've just got to go and look up the year of manufacture , I 'll be back in a couple of minutes . |
| 30 | Those chilling words — official indifference and lack of care — may well sum up the experience of refugees in many countries , not just our own . |