Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you are for clearing up the mess if we could , you are against — |
| 2 | They are considering setting up an organisation called Eumetsat to plan three new satellites that will cost £250 million over eight years . |
| 3 | If you are considering taking up a franchise you need good advice — and the right financing package . |
| 4 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 5 | However it will not normally be worth taking up the salvage , unless it retains substantial value . |
| 6 | Much of the nineties will be about clearing up the fall-out of the liberal eighties . |
| 7 | If I 'm not very much mistaken , they would be for packing up the Presley hoard in . ’ |
| 8 | The supply of left-handed clubs is so insufficient as to deter those left-handers who may be considering taking up the sport . |
| 9 | She stood dreaming , trying to imagine what it must be like to walk up the aisle to the side of a man who was waiting to marry you , and so enthralled was she with her imaginings that she never heard him . |
| 10 | If these principles were not part of the staple diet of home life , the battle was ‘ already half lost ’ , no matter how skilled teachers , social workers or other professionals might be in making up the deficiency . |
| 11 | Their worries followed confirmation by Ford bosses that they were considering setting up a seat production plant in Poland . |
| 12 | I think some people do think that is selfish and that marriage is about bringing up a family and looking after the house . ’ |
| 13 | The world of the theatre is about putting up an image of glamour , glitter and romance for a couple of hours each day . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's about building up a character till you know everything . |
| 15 | The Red Admiral Project , a counselling centre for people affected by HIV or AIDS , is considering setting up a group for older people . |
| 16 | With the help of U.G.C. funding , Salford University is considering setting up an alumni body with a wider membership than that of Convocation . |
| 17 | BNF is currently the world 's only supplier of fuel for AGRs , and Scottish Nuclear , which is expected to make profits of around £28 million this year from supplying electricity to ScottishPower and Scottish Hydro-Electric , is considering putting up the money to build the necessary fuel production facilities if its latest move comes to anything . |
| 18 | Reading this collection of interviews with twenty five Scottish and Irish women poets is like opening up a box of plain chocolates , only to be confronted with an array of brightly coloured and diverse tasting liqueurs . |
| 19 | The presence of three commas in the second line help demonstrate just how little life there is by breaking up the sentence . |
| 20 | In Vancouver we began with a Beethoven overture , and the first chord — it was like picking up a sponge , there was no body in the tone . |
| 21 | 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 . |