Example sentences of "[verb] up by the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was once rung up by the great Frank Sinatra himself . |
| 2 | The museum houses the collection built up by the industrialist Josef Mueller who started purchasing objects for their aesthetic qualities in Europe after the First World War . |
| 3 | He stressed that there are few serious collections of Indian miniatures in private hands in Britain ; notable among these are the artist Howard Hodgkin 's , and the collection built up by the late William Archer , also a former V&A Keeper , who carried out much of the early research in this field in the 1950s . |
| 4 | There is little doubt that the Serbs would want to retain most of what they now occupy , whereas the Croats would want to return to frontiers drawn up by the late Marshal Tito . |
| 5 | This precise and disheartening indictment was drawn up by the late Dr Enid Starkie , Reader Emeritus in French Literature at the University of Oxford , and Flaubert 's most exhaustive British biographer . |
| 6 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 7 | The photograph was found in an album made up by the late Sqn Ldr G Beeby . |
| 8 | Yet the report of the Enquiry ( presided over by a QC ) set up by the Inner London Education Authority to resolve the dispute had the effect of fuelling a campaign for educational retrenchment . |
| 9 | Alp Action has been set up by the Geneva-based Bellerive Foundation , under the chairmanship of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan . |
| 10 | Surely one of the summer highlights will be a tour of National Trust sacred sites by Phoebus Cart , a theatre company set up by the Royal Shakespeare Company leading actor Mark Rylance . |
| 11 | Nigel Martyn , the goalkeeper he bought from Bristol Rovers for £1 million , has turned out to be a snip , his acrobatics saving the day when United penetrated Palace 's back four , newly shored up by the strapping Andy Thorn . |
| 12 | The united front put up by the other EC leaders was made possible by the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , who abandoned any attempt to slow down the decision on an inter-governmental conference . |
| 13 | Such figures underline how important it is not to forget the North-South divide amid the dust thrown up by the Eastern Europe upheaval . |
| 14 | SINA had been an inspired hoax dreamt up by the imaginative Mr Abel ( of whom more presently ) . |
| 15 | This theatrical cry was taken up by the assembled Franks and Romans , and all present , including the pope , prostrated themselves before Charles in the ancient manner reserved for Emperor of Rome . |
| 16 | This was backed up by the famous John Peel Festive Fifty which was embarrassingly dominated by the band . |