Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual aim is to carve up a constituency in such a way that first-preferences will be spread evenly between candidates whose chances of election are judged to be good . |
| 2 | The result is to connect up a network of contracts by a uniform set of rules and thus give them multilateral force . |
| 3 | Mazda is to set up a centre in Belgium to train staff in sales and after-sales service . |
| 4 | Second , the effect of the laws of rhythm in poetry is to set up a tension between two different principles of word combination : syntax , which determines it in ordinary language , and rhythm , which constitutes a second determining principle in poetry . |
| 5 | Another aim of the workshop is to set up a group of media trainers and professionals in eastern and southern Africa . |
| 6 | What people can do for themselves is to set up the equivalent of alarm calls : trio wires . |
| 7 | The intention of the IB is clear ; it is to clean up the game at all levels particularly the shop window of the internationals . |
| 8 | Head west to reach the head of a stream , Twrch Fechan , where the idea is to pick up a right of way travelling south-east to return to the walk starting point . |
| 9 | One obvious way of finding out what grammar is is to look up the term in a dictionary . |
| 10 | The second , and the one usually chosen by the authors , is to grow up a mixture of different species in variable numbers until they show signs of pairing and wanting to breed . |
| 11 | The first thing to be done is to draw up a list of such works to be read in school . " |
| 12 | FORD is to put up the price of its K-reg cars by 1.8 per cent later this month . |
| 13 | The best way to compare papers is to mix up a batch of wash colour and apply it similarly to different sheets of watercolour paper ( Not surface ) , as I 've done here . |
| 14 | One way is to crawl up the staircase of preferment on your belly ; the other way is to kick them in the teeth . |
| 15 | One way to reduce the problem of waiting for elusive components to arrive is to build up a stock of components . |
| 16 | Broadly speaking , the assessors , divided into MPs , industrialists , and senior party volunteers do not mark a score card ; their task is to build up a profile of the applicants ' intellectual and practical potential . |
| 17 | When reclaiming such land , it may be necessary to provide the first pioneer crops with a direct injection of nutrients through chemical fertilizers but it should always be remembered that the aim is to build up the life in the soil so that it can provide its own fertility within the land potential . |
| 18 | ‘ My job is to back up the man with the ball and I always try to do that to the best of my ability . |
| 19 | One of the aims , within the framework of the taxpayer 's charter , is to speed up the allocation of payments to creditors . |
| 20 | The intention is to speed up the taking of kick-offs and to stop the time wasting practice of kicking the ball dead instead of keeping it in play from the kick-off . |
| 21 | One of the main tasks of the lymphatic system is to top up the blood with fluid and proteins lost at the capillaries ( arteriovenous junction ) . |
| 22 | What we intend is to take up the area of ground you now have roped off , or a part of it — the broken corner of the hypocaust . ’ |
| 23 | And the challenge for the 1990s is to step up the right against lawlessness and violence , so that our citizens can live free from fear . |
| 24 | The announcement was made at the opening of the ‘ Spassenje ’ ( Rescue ) charity appeal , whose aim is to make up the shortfall of $15 million dollars still needed to complete the gallery 's reconstruction . |