Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being at the other end of an extremely hostile divorce suit can be a very nasty experience — especially when your expartner cranks up an aggressive lawyer to screw you . |
| 2 | However there are no plans at present to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics . |
| 3 | BSB Dorland 's grip on the £28m ( Media Register ) Rover account is threatened following Rover 's decision to set up an in-house marketing consultancy . |
| 4 | Pogorelich 's striking if ungenerous coupling again suggests his capacity to conjure up an uncanny sense of drama , to contrast Scriabin 's ‘ quiet of a summer night on the seashore ’ with the ‘ vast expanse of an ocean stormily agitated ’ with the most compulsive virtuosity . |
| 5 | The US and Mexican governments are examining a proposal to set up an environmental fund to help tackle pollution problems on the border between the two countries . |
| 6 | Is the Secretary of State aware that in London there is a majority in favour of Labour 's proposal to set up an elected police authority for the Greater London area ? |
| 7 | Korah sets up an alternative people of God ( the Hebrew term translated ‘ company ’ in the RSV in verse 5 and beyond is the same as ‘ congregation ’ in verse 2 and elsewhere , which is used to refer to Israel as a whole ) . |
| 8 | On May 25th the council set up an 11-member tribunal in The Hague . |
| 9 | The need to set up an expensive servicing network may not have been realised . |
| 10 | Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth . |
| 11 | He later said there was a need to build up an alternative force on the backbenches to put forward ‘ tough , positive , coherent ’ policies . |
| 12 | The placing of Becker and Stich in the same section of the draw throws up an intriguing quarter-final clash , assuming they justify their seedings . |
| 13 | It involves both buyer and seller putting up an initial margin based on the estimated sensitivity of the option price with respect to the price of the underlying asset ( the option " delta " ) , with subsequent marking to market on a daily basis via variation margin . |
| 14 | I shook my hair back and waved my arms above my head as Pike mopped and mowed in front of me and the band struck up an impromptu tune . |
| 15 | Former hack brews up an angelic lifestyle |
| 16 | Through this ‘ echolocation' ’ system a dolphin builds up an acoustic picture of its surroundings , and can hunt its prey over a much greater distance than the limits of visibility in the water . |
| 17 | One such hypothesis with respect to tropical trees argues that the solid bole of a tree locks up an enormous amount of nutrients and that , if this could be recycled by ‘ employing ’ micro-organisms to rot down the heartwood , thus providing a roost for animals whose nests and droppings would subsequently rot too , the roots of long-lived organisms like trees would be prevented from exhausting local resources and competing with other roots , and the chemicals produced to prevent heartrotting would be saved . |
| 18 | Earlier yesterday , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley instructed the authority to set up an independent inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding Allitt 's killing spree on the children 's ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital . |
| 19 | Most notable by its absence was any commitment to set up an environmental protection agency — the centrepiece of the environmental section of the Conservative Party election manifesto . |
| 20 | ‘ I have started a review of our performance in all kinds of areas when there can be an impact on the environment to build up an objective picture of where we stand at the present and where improvement can be made . |
| 21 | The woman took up an uncompromising stance on the doorstep , arms folded , chin raised . |
| 22 | Television sets up an obsessive acting-out of desire , which the spectator tries to assuage by consuming the television text itself in its unique promise . |
| 23 | Once hired , the scientists would continue to be paid by the federal government , with regional government picking up an increasing share of the salary each year . |
| 24 | In October the human rights organization , Amnesty International , called on the SWAPO government to set up an impartial inquiry , claiming that at least 350 prisoners were still unaccounted for . |
| 25 | The pressure group , made up mainly of small business customers , wants the Government to set up an independent body to investigate cases like his . |
| 26 | And where there is a stable and well established relationship between buyer and supplier , it may be in the interest of both to allow the supplier to build up an accurate sales forecast . |
| 27 | The construction of the defences and the creation of an intervallum road connecting up an extended street layout . |
| 28 | It 's a good way to get people going , especially if they are confused , because music sets up an automatic response in us . |
| 29 | It can often be a mistake to team up an easy-going person with a dominant horse , because more often than not the horse will run rings round its rider . |
| 30 | In the same year , the Home Secretary set up an internal committee to examine how the right to silence might best be modified in England and Wales . |