Example sentences of "[noun pl] come up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 2 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 3 | Members of La Fura Dels Baus came up with the violent cartoon ‘ performance ’ — executives running manically on huge treadmills , hyper-fetishistic female fatales staging S&M routines , gold-painted bicycling centaurs and the metal minotaur . |
| 4 | Calvin and his successors came up with the dark doctrine of predestination to explain the fearful paradox of God 's love and his implacable wrath . |
| 5 | In 1974 the Iraqis came up with a detailed law for the autonomous area that was far more restrictive than the 1970 agreement and in no way reflected its accommodating spirit . |
| 6 | Town 's reprieve FOOTBALL : A winding-up hearing yesterday gave Northampton chairman Michael McRitchie eight weeks to come up with a financial package to save the debt-crippled club . |
| 7 | Frontier youth workers came up against the destructive , deceptive nature of evil in many of its present forms . |
| 8 | Supply sergeants scouring Saudi shoe-shops came up with a bewildering variety of non-regulation footwear : zippered beige Saudi military desert boots , Omani army boots , Israeli army desert boots , even imported hiking boots . |
| 9 | SCOTTISH Amicable has just spent two years coming up with a new logo based on its Amicable Man image . |
| 10 | They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week . |
| 11 | We 've consulted the leading names in the motor industry and racked our own brains to come up with the definitive answer to one of the ultimate pub arguments . |
| 12 | So , whichever way we bob and weave , I 'll be able to re-jig the data or reporting structures to come up with a new geographical analysis or responsibility centre , whatever way we want to report . ’ |
| 13 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |
| 14 | M and S has also told its hanger suppliers to come up with a safe design . |
| 15 | Something like ’ reduce greatly ’ will do — But the Europeans came up with a new wheeze to infuriate everyone . |
| 16 | … One of the topics came up in the following week 's Science lesson … the girls took great delight in showing the boys how to perform the tasks ! … the improvement in their confidence was most marked . ’ |
| 17 | Research ( depth research naturally ) among some Chicago car owners came up with the following automobile ‘ personalities ' : Cadillac — flashy ; Ford — young and speedy ; DeSoto — conservative and responsible ; Pontiac — stable and conventional ; Mercury — assertive and modern . |
| 18 | This registration procedure is part of the Museum and Galleries Commission work to ensure that all Museums come up to a certain level of competence , and to ensure the future well being of their collections . |
| 19 | Americans came up with the Big Ideas for videocassette recorders , basic oxygen furnaces , and continuous casters for making steel , microwave ovens , automobile stamping machines , computerized machine tools , integrated circuits . |
| 20 | Of the young players coming up through the Jamaican ranks , Walsh rates in particular the 21-year-old left-hander Robert Samuels , opening batsman Delroy Morgan , and fast bowler Joel Grant , while Jimmy Adams has already made an impressive Test debut against South Africa . |
| 21 | Dawn has been eyeing up her own customers as well as the shoppers who frequent rival stores to come up with an in-vogue verdict on local tastes . |
| 22 | THE subject of minimum wages came up at The Northern/KPMG Peat Marwick Business Briefing when Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( CBI , Lib-Dem , ex-Labour ) was the guest speaker . |
| 23 | ‘ The students came up with a sound idea for an instrument that would give digital readings , which was developed by our technicians , ’ commented Paul . |
| 24 | She added that 50 years ago society tolerated things that were considered intolerable now and that many of our laws coming up in the social area were the result of pressure from families . |
| 25 | All gullies , whether they take waste water from upstairs fittings ( via a hopper head ) or waste from kitchen sinks , must have traps to prevent smells coming up from the underground drains . |
| 26 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |