Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Way actually joins up with the Cotswold Way at this point if you fancy a more epic walk . |
| 2 | It joins up with the Mill Avon . ’ |
| 3 | It has a better gearbox , an engine that is simply in a different class and actually lives up to the promise made by its sleek shape . |
| 4 | The result , rendered into beautiful and economical English , lives up to the publisher 's claim of ‘ a new literary form ’ . |
| 5 | This does not imply that this sociological approach would not be interested in the influences which inhibit some parents from looking after their children in a manner which lives up to the standards set by the rest of society . |
| 6 | Er I liked to ask you erm about if you , if you think that Harlow lives up to the ideal of the New Town ? |
| 7 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 8 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 9 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 10 | It is a small but spread-out , almost incoherent town , the pleasantest part of which stands up above the river and has a row of modest hotels . |
| 11 | I think the bit that stands up above the horizon is fine , I mean I think that gives you a good idea of what it would have been like had you been able to get the whole , or not perhaps the whole of it , but a lot more of the post up above the horizon simply by getting down lower . |
| 12 | C D trials give a good opportunity to see if the driving system stands up to a teacher who was not involved in the design of the unit and C DL and C D L trials separately show its effectiveness on first acquaintance and its effectiveness after the teacher is acclimatized to its use . |
| 13 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 14 | The star reincarnates his No Name as an avenging ghost in a High Noon -style rotten community , forcing them to paint their town red before he stands up to the killers who are about to ride through and finally saving the place only by burning it down ( a process the US army tried in Vietnam ) . |
| 15 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 16 | Forests get hacked down because nobody stands up to the logging industry . |
| 17 | Helen chose a small-patterned carpet that stands up to the combined wear and tear of two dogs , two cats and three children . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen how Taggart 's vision stands up to the floodlights — and the driving rain . |
| 19 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 20 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 21 | He stands up with the assistance of the therapist : he may do his trousers up while the therapist makes sure he remains properly aligned and upright , or the therapist may fasten the trousers while the patient concentrates on standing and balancing . |
| 22 | So , if Lenny Kravitz stands up against a wall with Slash , we 're there . |
| 23 | ( Actually ‘ Boggers ’ is really called Mister Jones , but his hair stands up like the bristles on a bog er … toilet brush , hence his nickname . ) |
| 24 | First one child sidles up to the teacher with some trinket to show in order to allow the warm , cheerful voice of teacher questioning and encouraging to wash over the beginning of their school day ; then another , more venturesome , rushes into the teacher 's arms , with breathless news to convey ; and finally a third arrives preoccupied with the task in hand and refers inadvertently to teacher as ‘ mum ’ . |
| 25 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 26 | The plain-clothed cockney sidles up to the moustached man , grinning . |
| 27 | What is certain is that she will stamp her own identity on whatever activities she heads up within the White House . |
| 28 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 29 | I flinch , and Rachel starts up from the floor as I begin stumbling through some kind of introduction . |
| 30 | The most welcome caller is not the one who rings up with a carefully arranged bouquet of words delivered ‘ at the double ’ ; it is the one who calls to enquire , to listen , and to sympathise when necessary , leaving the elderly person feeling warmed and cared for . |