Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claiming that it is merely cleaning up a technicality , the government , in clause 50 of the current finance bill , is cheerily trying to rewrite the law , retroactively , five years after the event . |
| 2 | therefore it is quite important to grasp at this stage that moving the lace carriage to transfer stitches is only setting up the pattern of holes that will next be knitted in by the main carriage . |
| 3 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 4 | He said he 's just revving up the car engine . |
| 5 | Compaq Computer Corp accompanied its new product blitz yesterday with the news that it will no longer publish suggested list prices for its machines in the US — but unlike IBM Corp with its mainframes , it 's not tearing up the price list . |
| 6 | Motorola , Mace says , is still cleaning up the part and does n't want to announce pricing or general availability until later in the year . |
| 7 | That magnificent engineering achievement the Humber Bridge is further opening up the area , improving communications and eventually leading to an East Coast motorway , linking up with newly completed roads on the north bank . |
| 8 | The front bit has n't much blood in it , but the two side bits when they fill up with blood and they start to stretch , it 's like blowing up a balloon . |
| 9 | She 's probably heating up the mince pies so we can have them hot when we 're sitting on the floor in front of the Christmas tree trying to guess what the wrapped up prezzies are . |
| 10 | Datacraft , a $70m Australian integrator , is also picking up the stuff . |
| 11 | The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies , already mentioned , is also building up a library of American law . |
| 12 | It is also speeding up the installation of cab radios linked to signal boxes , and is adopting major changes in management practice to ensure that the safety measures are properly implemented . |
| 13 | Tadpole is also lining up a couple of UK value-added resellers who will sell the Sparcbook into specific application markets , though the company says it definitely wo n't be putting a complete third distribution channel in place . |
| 14 | Belgian-born Dr Michel Pacque , who first carried out tests of ivermectin with workers in a rubber plantation in Liberia over several years , is now taking up an appointment as consultant for Sight Savers ( Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind ) in West Africa with the task of organizing regular supplies . |
| 15 | Because the Project is now stepping up a gear on all fronts , the society need to reorganise responsibilities to cope with the increased workload . |
| 16 | and he 's now going up the point of the house but he ca n't get no further . |
| 17 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 18 | Convocation is currently building up a database of the skills , expertise and experience of its members so that advice across a wide front of issues can be readily available . |
| 19 | Mr. Brown , who lives in Kingsley , is currently building up a network of people to be visited and anyone needing help , advice , comfort or encouragement can reach him at 16 School Fields . |
| 20 | Active Memory Technology Ltd , the ICL Plc parallel processing spin-out , has fallen into the hands of receiver Price Waterhouse and is currently tying up a rescue bid from a mystery American millionaire tycoon . |
| 21 | The last part of the resolution is it 's actually taking up the area , where at the present time we have n't got a D S O. It seems stupid that you go into a school and you can clean , clean their classrooms , cut their grass and look after their , do their grounds maintenance , cook the kids ' dinners , but you ca n't do any minor repairs , you 've got to call in another organisation . |