Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour vote has declined because Liverpool people are fed up paying the highest poll tax in the country for a lor ra lor ra people who wo n't pay . |
| 2 | His misfortune turns out to be a bonus for Portsmouth 's Alan been called up to augment the 17-strong travelling party . |
| 3 | Who knows why certain people are called up to join the Prime Mover ? |
| 4 | A FUND has been set up to save the giant northern hairy-nosed wombat . |
| 5 | Then , in 1975 and 1976 , the CNAA 's committee for Art and Design , which had been set up to monitor the existing provision , instituted a major review and renewal of approval of well over 100 BA honours courses . |
| 6 | ‘ We have now been able to establish the most efficient operational procedure to be followed , ’ said Natasha , ‘ and this has been set up to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity . ’ |
| 7 | Both guitars have necks that are properly set to line up with the top of the bridges , and which are set up to give the correct amount of neck relief . |
| 8 | With that German failure the Allied crisis at Ypres ended , for more and more French troops had been brought up to sustain the salient 's southern flank . |
| 9 | The charges have been trumped up to satisfy the political aspirations of the British empire . |
| 10 | A simple wiring harness can then be made up to bring the eleven anode ( a ) points ( including D18 here ) and the common cathode ( k ) wire to a tag strip , twelve connections in all . |
| 11 | Exactly the same battlelines , with exactly the same watchwords and against much the same enemies , now urgently need to be drawn up to save the traditional British pub . |
| 12 | If success follows at the polls , legislative programmes then have to be drawn up to implement the incoming Government 's undertakings . |
| 13 | Under the ‘ hard ECU ’ proposal put forward by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer , John Major , a new institution would be set up to manage the hard ECU , the European Monetary Fund ( EMF ) . |
| 14 | A new consultative group , to be set up to oversee the new programme , will include representatives from aid donors , countries possessing tropical forest , NGOs and community organisations . |
| 15 | Saouma announced in March 1990 that an independent commission of inquiry under a former Swedish Prime Minister , Ola Ullsten , was to be set up to investigate the slow progress of the action plan for the tropical rainforests , set up in 1985 in collaboration with the UNDP and the World Resources Institute . |
| 16 | Many pages of equestrian text books are taken up describing the ideal physical conformation of the horse , and how to judge good conformation when buying a horse . |
| 17 | Simtek is his firm … in the driving seat is David Brabham he 's been signed up to drive the new machine … the father figure of formula one 's newest team is Sir Jack Brabham … three times world champion … |
| 18 | We will be asked why , given the evidence of the time , when EFTA and the east European countries were queueing up to join the tighter Community that was being proposed , we allowed ourselves to be left outside . |
| 19 | ‘ During the week beginning 22 February , those peripherals necessary for us to test the new system were connected up using the new channel cables and spare channel adaptors on some device control units . ’ |
| 20 | These men were brought up to do the clerical work of the household , to give the king advice , and eventually to become bishops and perform the duties of royal servants as well as of episcopal pastors in their bishoprics . |
| 21 | During this time several charities were set up to help the poor . |
| 22 | The societies had been created in 1964 out of the committees which were set up to organise the 1963 commemorations of the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfe Tone , the leader of the United Irishmen and martyr of the 1798 Rising . |
| 23 | She barely mouthed the word , but already , as if she was possessed by something beyond her control , her hands were reaching up to touch the black curl of his hair , agonisingly shy as she felt the clean , silky texture beneath her fingers . |
| 24 | A host of fund-raising events is being lined up to ensure the new theatre is a great success . |
| 25 | Along with Keegan , all the other Kop favourites are being lined up to depose the Scottish hard-man . |
| 26 | People are queuing up to join the voluntary scheme . |
| 27 | With natural neatness a new career is opening up to replace the old . |
| 28 | But the Royal Navy , which was geared up to fight the Soviet Union rather than a country operating Western weapons , had not reprogrammed the computer to register Exocet as being hostile . |
| 29 | At such times , it may be useful to recall that the current financial services regime was set up to remedy the regulatory failures of the previous system , which was one of regulation under statute by a government department . |
| 30 | The FRPB has been concerned about the water quality of the River Almond ( Class 3/4 ) for some time and in June 1988 a River Almond Model Study Group was set up to monitor the deteriorating river quality . |