Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a first step , joint financing has been arranged for cleaning up the Dnepr river , one of the main polluters of the Black Sea . |
| 2 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 3 | Both InsP 3 and DAG have been implicated in setting up the dorso-ventral axis in Xenopus embryos . |
| 4 | A volcano has even been blamed for speeding up the onset of the last Ice Age . |
| 5 | Sister Imelda , the only nun in the convent who was good with the needle , had been in her sick bed so a very poor job had been done on taking up the hem . |
| 6 | Much has been written on opening up a dialogue and creating collaboration on reading between home and school . |
| 7 | A journalist who hid in a jail for fifteen hours to expose its lack of security has been accused of setting up a media stunt . |
| 8 | Mendoza had been accused of covering up the 1985 kidnapping and murder , allegedly by a police intelligence unit , of three members of the Chilean Communist party [ for April 1992 arrest of Mendoza see pp. 38860-61 ] . |
| 9 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 10 | The agreement became possible when Spain lifted its veto after agreement had been reached on setting up a fund to help the Community 's poorer members to pay for environmental protection measures . |
| 11 | Pierre Encreve , a professor of linguistics , has been charged with setting up the new foundation , which will serve to fulfill Andre Chastel 's 1983 commitment to found an institute for the history of art and culture , on the lines of London 's Courtauld Institute . |
| 12 | The principal effort to date has been directed to setting up the operational structure , preparing marketing material , and general business development , including joint ventures with partners in industry . |