Sentence examples for stepping things up from inspiring English sources
Day two, and Robert was stepping things up a notch.
Last year, a limited-edition partnership with the respected watchmaker Audemars Piguet (Renaud et Papi), an ultra-high-end unit of Audemars Piguet, showed that Chanel was stepping things up a notch.
As if to illustrate the point, Williams then turns on the power, stepping things up on Minella's serve, and although she still hasn't quite found her range on the return, there's enough force in her shots once she gets into the rallies to overwhelm Minella.
Dell, though, is stepping things up a notch by adding 250GB HDs to certain of its XPS M1710 laptops.
The reception shares space with the cafe-restaurant, serving coffee and homemade cakes all day, then stepping things up at night when traditional Icelandic ingredients such as lamb, langoustine, reindeer and fish come with a polished contemporary touch.
Jungle Ventures, one of a group of fresh VC firms that burst on the scene in Asia these past few years, is stepping things up after announcing a new $100 million fund.
And so traditional camps have had to step things up to compete with less expensive, specialized programs that run two or three weeks.
Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 2.47pm BST 2.36pm BST 50 min Everton have stepped things up already, snapping into tackles and trying and stuff.
His quarter-final could hardly have gone any smoother, with Murray in a different league to Lopez for the first two sets before the unseeded Spaniard finally stepped things up in the third.
Sydney festival has stepped things up with its 2015 musical lineup – from Brazilian superstar Seu Jorge serving up this year's free concert in the Domain to homegrown hero Tex Perkins performing Johnny Cash covers in old Parramatta Gaol.
But they stepped things up in the first half of last Sunday's home game against Castleford, conceding a single try – which was down to a bad individual mistake by the young wing Chris Riley, a defensive weak link who Wigan will undoubtedly target – as they established a 30-4 lead.
