Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 How long they had been ‘ carrying ’ their susceptibility to that cold around with them just waiting to meet up with the right bugs will depend upon the individual circumstances of each of them .
2 Although two years had passed since that nightmare day when Simon had crashed on the Grand Prix circuit in Australia , Ashley had always known that , sooner or later , it must be her destiny to meet up with the tall , broad-shouldered Portuguese again .
3 A fast marching road led from Bainbridge to Cam High Road to meet up with the Roman road running from Chester to Carlisle .
4 To try to meet up with the real thing .
5 As the water level lowered below the Deep Level horizon , it was decided to start driving a tunnel from the shaft side , to meet up with the advancing Deep Level from the south .
6 These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh .
7 But in the sixties and seventies , that 's where all the kids used to jump up onto the flat roof , that was the area where they jumped up , so this could be a result of what has happened from there , I mean that 's why the
8 Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man .
9 He is right to change the emphasis of the list and we urge him to stand up to the civil servants who are resisting change .
10 And this is how Freud explains Wilson 's inability to stand up to the other men , like Woodrow , like Cle Clements or Lloyd George , who were rather aggressive , and er , were , were kind of pushing all the time , what they could out of the , out of the peace settlement , and what , er the book shows , is that Woodrow Wilson would have confrontations with them and say a lot of fine words , and then the next day , he would , he would give it all away , as it were , he would , he would be ill or he 'll backtrack , or when the actual agreements came to be signed , he , he would n't do what he said he would , er , wh what he did .
11 In a broadcast speech on July 26 marking the 38th anniversary on the assault on the Moncada barracks , a landmark in the Cuban revolution , President Fidel Castro called on the population to redouble their efforts to stand up to the continuing economic blockade by the United States and to the economic and political collapse of the Eastern bloc , characterizing the latter as a " disaster " [ see p. 38229 ] .
12 However , much of the hostility aroused by the subcommittee 's report appeared to be directed towards the United Kingdom government , which was widely accused of failing to stand up to the Chinese over Hong Kong 's future .
13 I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end .
14 Other writers have emphasized the narrow social strata from which judges are drawn and have questioned the degree to which they are able to relate to ordinary people and to stand up against the powerful and the rich .
15 The consortium has underwritten half the purchase price , but has asked the Government to come up with the other half .
16 Well I think there 's every chance that it will get the go-ahead er I mean obviously er there are money restraints but I 'm sure that the District Council will be able to come up with the appropriate amount .
17 To come up with the right emotions for the President of the World , though hard work , was still so much easier than identifying her own .
18 So the problem was to come up with the right kind of songs which would still act as vehicles for the guitar — because , basically , the song itself is the most important thing .
19 It seems IBM believes all it has to do to get its way is to come up with the right marketing plan .
20 On environmental grounds , use of solvent-based product is falling and our job is to come up with the right alternative across a whole spectrum of end uses . ’
21 Richard and John barred any further advance by holding Châteauroux long enough to permit their father to come up with the main Angevin army and force Philip to raise the siege .
22 Pete Waterman is making animated conversation at the bar After trying unsuccessfully to blackmail him with photographs of his dancing , we part company , wondering aloud if he would tart the programme up were Granada to come up with the big bucks .
23 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 .
24 Financial consultant Richard Bateman totted up all the gifts in the song The 12 Days of Christmas to come up with the hefty bill .
25 Just two days before the share sale was due to close , the Greater Manchester Council superannuation fund failed to come up with the expected £250,000 .
26 Held fast in the mud with her cargo of bricks , she had failed to come up with the rising tide and the water had turned her over .
27 People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’
28 Used to come up for the odd break .
29 Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level .
30 If you are planning to build your own conservatory , you are likely to come up against the new Pat N of the Building Regulations .
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