Example sentences of "[noun] is [v-ing] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A POPULAR town centre cafe is creating up to 18 new jobs , thanks to a bumper cash boost from the local council . |
| 2 | ANEW crop of cookery books is springing up with all the vigour of hardy perennials ; neck-and-neck with growth in the garden is the arrival of publications on my doorstep , some fresh and new , some welcome revivals . |
| 3 | The latest scientific investigations into how many calories the average Briton is burning up in this modern labour-saving , sedentary age are yielding somewhat depressing indications . |
| 4 | to a lot of A G Ms recently and this topic is coming up at most and one feels that it almost may become an issue at the next general election . |
| 5 | According to an estimate by the entanglement Network , a coalition of 18 environmental groups in Washington , DC , lost or discarded plastic is killing up to 2 million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals each year . |
| 6 | While pregnant Senada Causevic and her four children begin to recover from their months of hell , Bob is mugging up on Russian so he is better able to share the fears and hopes of his new friends . |
| 7 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 8 | Even in the realms of technical and long document publishing the Macintosh is catching up with PC-based systems ; Interleaf Publisher usually needs a PC/RT or a Sun workstation yet it runs just fine on a Macintosh II . |
| 9 | And erm then a I , Gillian could n't see me on Thursday , and then Friday William is coming up for half term , so er |
| 10 | So in reality our S S A is going up about one and a half percent , and as you know our budget has gone up about one and a half percent , so why is the council tax going up six point three percent ? |
| 11 | Crammed with his manuscripts , his instruments and evidence of his other interests outside music , the house is attracting up to 10,000 music lovers each year . |
| 12 | The latest accounts from the Greenwich and Cumberland building societies usefully illustrate how the residential property market is holding up in different parts of the UK . |