Example sentences of "up a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearts ' Robertson could play beside McCoist with the young Pittodrie forward , Jess , taking up a wider position in his first full international appearance from the start . |
| 2 | Any attempt to draw up a wider programme would have to rely overwhelmingly on the only information available to the Opposition — the autumn statement in its present form . |
| 3 | In the early twentieth century small business people ( the self-employed and shopkeepers ) made up a greater proportion of the working population than they did by 1971 . |
| 4 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 5 | However , they respond to other stimuli as well as electricity in order to build up a fuller picture of their environment . |
| 6 | ‘ What lenders are looking for is comprehensive , accurate and relevant information , upfront , to build up a fuller picture of the credit applicant , before making a decision to grant credit ’ , confirmed Mr McKiernan . |
| 7 | Click on Define , which opens up a fuller version of the Style box , and then click on Merge . |
| 8 | Table 3.23 below shows that the unskilled and the semi-skilled manual workers made up a higher proportion of those receiving sickness or invalidity benefit than their size as a population group warranted ; the opposite was the case for the non-manual workers ; while the skilled manual workers ’ position as beneficiaries reflected their size as a group among the general population . |
| 9 | The drums took up a slower beat now , and the procession wound its way into the cemetery . |
| 10 | And while research continues to build up a clearer picture of the distribution of radon across the country , environmental health officers are hoping that the new results will encourage local authorities to enforce strict building regulations . |
| 11 | Nor was the OTC stock the only poor performer licensed dealers offered , although it without doubt put up a worse show than most shares traded on the Stock Exchange . |
| 12 | After all as I tramped around the hillside barns in the frosty air I was working up a better appetite for my turkey than all the millions lying in bed or slumped by the fire ; and this was aided by the innumerable aperitifs I received from the hospitable farmers . |
| 13 | No market advisers could ever have dreamed up a better ploy because Laura was only enunciating theories she had always believed in . |
| 14 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 15 | No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that . |
| 16 | Wealth , power , dames : Daine could n't have Dreamed up a better situation for himself in the City if he had been trying . |
| 17 | Bonus payments tend to make up a larger share of earnings in Japan at about one-quarter of the total giving employers more room to adjust wages in line with changes in levels of economic activity . |
| 18 | Ronni wondered , as she flung some T-shirts and things into a bag , if she ought to have put up a stronger fight against Guido . |
| 19 | I thought he probably set up a stronger howl than Byron 's dogs ! |
| 20 | Serving up a smaller profit |
| 21 | For another , with a large brain the boundaries between areas will take up a smaller proportion of those areas than in small brains . |
| 22 | When you pay interest on a mortgage , the amount payable on the first £30,000 is eligible for tax relief , although as the interest makes up a smaller proportion of your payments , the tax relief also lessens . |
| 23 | The chances of picking up a smaller prize are much greater . |
| 24 | The present project constitutes a pilot study after which it is hoped to set up a longer term project to follow up the initial findings . |
| 25 | On balance , it is probably helpful to think firstly in terms of the three broad categories , so as to separate the main production options available , and secondly in terms of the more detailed breakdown in order to draw up a truer picture of what may be possible in practice . |
| 26 | In order to monitor and facilitate this process , the Council set up a Further Education Board in 1979 which , among other things , produced a set of guidelines , which has been formally approved by the Council , for colleges submitting courses for validation . |
| 27 | He is dressing it up as a concession , but , without amendment ( a ) , if there is a Conservative Government post election — I do not think that will happen , but we should explore the fantasies in case there is — the Secretary of State could decide not to set up a further education council in Scotland . |
| 28 | Since the Minister is anxious to avoid giving a commitment to set up a further education council , perhaps he could use the opportunity of replying to the debate to rule out a possibility which was raised in the press last year . |
| 29 | Students should stand ready to explain and to defend their views ; and to listen to counter views and take up a further position if the balance of the contending positions points that way . |
| 30 | Scottish campaigns between 1301 and 1304 used up a further sum of around £177,000 . |