Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] at [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Shearer and Mike Newell were up against five at the front and it was very difficult for them . ’ |
| 2 | so where you 've got ten now , you end up with eleven at the end of the month , next |
| 3 | A confederated employers ' organisation was set up in 1919 at the behest of the state which wanted a partner for the application of the new law on collective wage agreements . |
| 4 | ‘ If agencies wind up in 1993 at the same level as in 1992 , they 'll be doing well , ’ states Martin Larkin , managing director , Irish International Advertising . |
| 5 | Because ZFM was set up in 1967 at the insistence of the military , who argued that economic development in the Amazon basin was necessary for national security , its managing authority , SUFRAMA ( Superintendencia da Zona Franca de Manaus ) is responsible to Defence rather than Trade . |
| 6 | These aspirations were shared by the Beveridge committee on social insurance which was set up in 1941 at the same time as the Uthwatt committee and the Scott committee . |
| 7 | The new jobs will bring total Scottish employment up to 616 at the company 's knitting , dyeing , cutting , sewing and distribution facilities . |
| 8 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
| 9 | So erm National Savings again worth , worth mentioning those erm deposit accounts not really up to much at the moment . |
| 10 | It haunts the pages of Adam Carse 's The orchestra from Beethoven to Berlioz ( 1948 ) , which conjectured that up to 1810 at the Opera the chef would ‘ hammer out the beat for the choruses and dances audibly on the floor , a table , or a music desk ’ Later in the same book Carse modified his stance , but concluded ( wrongly , as we shall see ) that it was the first violin who determined the ‘ interpretation [ and ] artistic side of the rendering ’ . |
| 11 | The State Department said : ‘ Many people were killed in groups of up to 50 at a time . ’ |