Example sentences of "run up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the run up to the Great Exhibition of 1851 he produced sample sheets with a watermarked light and shade portrait of Queen Victoria : later these exquisite watermarks became part of his stock-in-trade and were described as a ‘ degree of perfection … the quintessence of the papermaking craft ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 3 | He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . |
| 4 | FEW company directors are keeping quiet about their political affiliations in the run up to the General Election . |
| 5 | Now , in the run up to the general election , he is talking more modestly of its showing a ‘ progression in votes . ’ |
| 6 | The depression in the art market , and a growing diffidence among gallery owners where fairs are concerned , evident in the run up to the FIAC fair in Paris , looks set to turn the Cologne fair into a predominantly home-grown event . |
| 7 | Party Politics , a 16–1 chance , is in ‘ great shape ’ in the run up to the big race according to trainer Nick Gaselee . |
| 8 | In the run up to the Conservative Party conference it is hardly surprising if Mrs Thatcher swallowed her intellectual objections to intervention and backed the Chancellor 's expensive efforts to defend the pound in the hope of avoiding or postponing a further increase in interest rates . |