Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would reveal not only the acceptance of cruelty , suffering , destruction , fighting , massacring , torturing and other terrible acts that humanity as a whole instinctively condemns , but also the corruption , superstition , misrepresentation of the truth and love of pomp and elaborate ritual that has been allowed to flourish within the powerful hierarchies built up to control the various churches within the religions . |
| 2 | The special EP2 Task Force set up to oversee the huge job combined people from both Sellafield and Risley sites . |
| 3 | Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie , administrator of the Bibliothèque Nationale , has been appointed chairman of an association set up to consider the administrative problems and to determine the aims and contents of the long awaited library , and who the users will be . |
| 4 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 5 | A healthy contribution to company profits is coming from Bonded Developments Ltd. , a subsidiary set up to sell the Bonded Machine Worldwide . |
| 6 | Possibly the only person ever to have succeeded in upstaging Margaret Thatcher in a photo-opportunity , Katharine lined up to shake the Prime Minister 's hand wearing a T-shirt declaring ‘ 58 per cent Do n't Want Pershing ’ at a Downing Street reception in 1984 . |
| 7 | Other important measures included ( i ) tax relief for a range of environmental measures ( such as those to combat land degradation ) ; ( ii ) increased tax relief for small businesses and oil exploration ; ( iii ) allocation of additional funds for industrial restructuring ; and ( iv ) increased funds for the Australian Securities Commission , a new body set up to regulate the corporate sector . |
| 8 | Belinda 's head flew up to meet the blue onslaught of Tom Russell 's frowning gaze . |
| 9 | Yet , in spite of everything , David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal . |
| 10 | During a debate in the Nationalrat on the report of the parliamentary commission set up to investigate the secret files affair , Arnold Koller , Justice and Police Minister , said on March 6 , 1990 , that a new law would be introduced to place the security service under the control of parliament . |
| 11 | Upon this nucleus of troops , the reconstituted 5th Indian Division formed up to hold the infamous Ridge , which they did through Rommel 's critical Alam Halfa offensive at the end of August . |
| 12 | In spite of lowering clouds and apocalyptic forecasts , plenty of hardy souls turned up to sample the culinary offerings of Brecknock 's answer tot he Roux Brothers , and were rewarded with a pleasant , rain free evening , and a meal that reached even dizzier heights than last year — the proportion of charcoal to edible meat having been somewhat reduced . |
| 13 | Her right hand crept up to cover the lower half of her face , as if to protect it . |
| 14 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 15 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 16 | And the doctor went up to see the old man and got him put in a hospital and that , in a mental hospital , for six weeks , right . |
| 17 | Meanwhile the company set up to market the Landini marque in the UK has gone and the Italian range has come under the Watveare wing . |
| 18 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |
| 19 | In the first place , a working party set up to simplify the complex technicalities of the original assessment proposals generated a system which was more intelligible and rational . |
| 20 | Helen Sandberg stood up to welcome the American and British Ambassadors . |