Example sentences of "on [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took his pulse again to calm himself ( it had gone up to sixty-five ) and then began to concentrate hard on gathering up the bits of himself . |
| 2 | At Christmas he had insisted on hanging up Robert 's stocking on the end of his bed , and had suggested the two of them visit the Cranborne School carol service . |
| 3 | A Work will begin on drawing up the Bill . |
| 4 | We have given advice to Departments on drawing up environmental housekeeping strategies for themselves — another first which every Department must complete by the end of 1992 . |
| 5 | Those signed covered inter-parliamentary co-operation to avoid discrepancies between states ' legislation ; consultative meetings between heads of parliaments ; and two protocols ( i ) on an interparliamentary information service and ( ii ) on drawing up multilateral legislative acts . |
| 6 | The report advises developing countries on drawing up contracts and establishing regulations so that they can profit from their biodiversity . |
| 7 | General views on bringing up child . |
| 8 | You concentrate so much on bringing up your children correctly , that suddenly you do n't have a life of your own . ’ |
| 9 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense . |
| 10 | Placed on assessment list : social worker visits over a period of months — discusses adoption , views on bringing up children |
| 11 | For the next ten years , Richard II concentrated on building up a reputation with a reputably good government beside him against his powerful uncles . |
| 12 | Nearer to Papeete , and within a five minute flight , is the more varied island of Moorea , the sister island of Tahiti , which offers enormous visual variety for photographers intent on building up a library of ‘ tropical island ’ shots . |
| 13 | Before Bodo arrived I 'd already decided in favour of the gentler angled approach through the rip from the left , with an eye on building up gradually from the small to the not-so-small . |
| 14 | Peter Bradshaw and Rod Payne , keen on building up London Marathon mileage , completed the 21-mile course in 2 hrs. 47 and 2–38 respectively , while in the shorter distance race Alan Davidson , in his last race before the Paris Marathon , finished in 1 hr. 43 mins. 30 , followed by Dave Jones ( 1-44-30 ) and Graham Ward , also London Marathon bound , ( 2–34 ) . |
| 15 | When I was out early last summer , I was advised it might be better to do less running , put on some weight and concentrate on building up my strength . ’ |
| 16 | But he was never a man intent on building up a score . |
| 17 | John Stork , until recently also an entirely British-owned search firm , has established a significant niche in the British headhunting business but , unlike GKR , it has concentrated less on building up a large volume of business in London and more on expanding into Europe . |
| 18 | Charles kept the appellants waiting , bribing them from time to time to stop them becoming too impatient ; meanwhile his younger brother Louis Duke of Anjou concentrated on building up a party in Aquitaine , winning over many of the nobility of Pèrigord , Rouergue , Quercy and the Agenais by a judicious mixture of bribes and promises . |
| 19 | While her mother helped her choose the famous blue engagement suit which she bought from Harrods , she asked her sisters ' friend Anna Harvey , the fashion editor of Vogue magazine , for advice on building up her formal wardrobe . |
| 20 | After a move to Brabham in 1978 , Lauda made the shock announcement during practice for the following year 's Canadian Grand Prix that he was retiring to concentrate on building up Lauda-Air , his own airline company . |
| 21 | that is more than Mark Enson and Mark Nicholas earned from their benefits , more even than Kenny Dalglish has been able to spend on building up Blackburn Rovers into a middle-of-the-table Second Division team . |
| 22 | Crown lending was never a major part of Aaron 's business , however , and after 1169 he ceased to be a primary Crown lender , concentrating instead on building up his own vast financial network of agents and clients from his Lincoln base . |
| 23 | More recently , it has concentrated on building up working relationships with other colleges in the region both in respect of the DMS and the relatively new Certificate of Management Studies ( CMS ) . |
| 24 | For they concentrate on building up co-operatives which allow women to be responsible for the whole production and marketing process . |
| 25 | It is important that Chinese managers also have a similar understanding of British management methods and therefore the project places considerable emphasis on building up the knowledge of managers from both sides . |
| 26 | The work undertaken is concentrated on building up a unique collection and source of information on the economy of Norwich and the surrounding area , with particular reference to the changing structure of employment , which will continue to accumulate and grow , after this project is completed , with minimal input . |
| 27 | US Secretary of State James Baker made a 10-day tour of the former Soviet Union during February , concentrating on building up relations with the Islamic states ( a shift in policy prompted partly because of the fear of Iranian activity in the region ) , and on defence conversion matters [ see pp. 38792-93 . |
| 28 | The CNAA 's focus at this point was on building up a picture of institutions that would enable it to relax the rules in some cases : the focus was smoother course approval as a reward for experience . |
| 29 | The conservation strategy will focus initially on building up an information database on the region 's bird life , and on conducting further surveys , with a view to making information available to locally-based researchers . |
| 30 | He says that if TI took over Dowty , it would concentrate on building up it 's core businesses . |