Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | be appointed with responsibility for setting up the district-wide programme . |
| 2 | One widely used criterion for dividing up the cerebral cortex is the organization of inputs from the thalamus . |
| 3 | We are fortunate to have been able to offer opportunities to Scottish Amicable staff as a result of setting up the dedicated administration unit . |
| 4 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 5 | The loss from taking up the unsubscribed shares is calculated as the difference between the market price on the last day of the offer and the subscription price , where n is equal to the number of shares taken up by the underwriters , P , i , m ; is the market price on the last day of the offer , P , i , s ; is the subscription price . |
| 6 | The consequence of that is that we 've seen a continuation of road-building schemes which have caused considerable damage to the countryside , devastated communities and have no real hope of soaking up the so-called demand for new roads . |
| 7 | Hoving 's gushings are just as tiresome as his nastiness : his description of warming up the cantankerous Robert Lehman ( estranged from the museum over what the collector believed to be an anti-Semitic slight ) recalls similar scenes in Shirley Temple films , the main difference being that presumably Hoving did n't sit on Lehman 's lap . |
| 8 | France signed an agreement with China whereby in return for giving up the territorial concessions in the treaty ports , handing over the Yunnan railway , and meeting sundry other Chinese demands , they agreed to withdraw their troops from Indo-China by 15 March . |
| 9 | In particular there is concern within the British civil aviation industry about the level of costs being incurred by the CAA , and recovered from industry , in its work towards setting up the European Joint Aviation Authority and associated regulatory functions , particularly in this formative period when the British Authority continues to function as an autonomous body whose charges must also be borne by operators . |
| 10 | In this land of the lawyer , there is no more appropriate place for picking up the social , business and political threads of the city than a spectacle viewed from the public benches of a federal court . |
| 11 | the relaxing garden terrace and very peaceful swimming pool are a fantastic place for soaking up the long hot days in the sun , and the pool is served throughout the day by a restaurant/bar . |
| 12 | If the tile has simply slipped out of place but is undamaged ( that is , it still has its hanging ‘ nibs ’ on the back ) , you should be able to slide it back into place after easing up the surrounding tiles under wood wedges . |
| 13 | Your camcorder 's microphone will no doubt do a first-rate job of picking up the general sound atmosphere , or ambience . |
| 14 | Oh yes we used to get the job of sewing up the wee cushions . |
| 15 | The 24-year-old sweeper will lose three days ’ wages for deserting his father 's electrical business to take on the infinitely more difficult job of shoring up the leakiest defence in international soccer . |
| 16 | It was not until James Watt , instrument maker at Glasgow University , was given the job of repairing a model Newcomen steam engine , that a major breakthrough was made in the business of powering up the early beginnings of the industrial world . |
| 17 | The point implicit in the hon. Gentleman 's question is : what is the point of putting up the top rate of tax if one raises less revenue ? |
| 18 | ‘ We are desperate to raise funds for research and are in the process of setting up the British Brain Tumour Association . |
| 19 | As we argued throughout the proceedings of the European parliamentary elections bill , the Conservatives are entirely responsible for the fact that this process of drawing up the new European boundaries had to be compressed into such a short time . |
| 20 | You can practically see it in the process of covering up the feeble attempts at civilization . |
| 21 | He did not win : the executive in charge of setting up the European offices was the dynamic ex-sheriff of Caribou , Idaho , named William Swift Daliba , who could toss a silver dollar in the air and plug it with his six-gun . |
| 22 | So I am encouraged in my perhaps natural naïveté , I am encouraged to be simpliste , by my knowledge of the value of complication in fogging up the real issues in politics . |
| 23 | — who are taking the lead in setting up the new Divisions — are now starting discussions , where necessary backed by targeted groups to take our thinking forward . |
| 24 | The vibration from breaking up the concrete floor certainly would disturb your fish but there is also the added problem of lime dust from the work contaminating the pond . |
| 25 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 26 | He was formerly the general secretary of the Electrical Trades Union , though ( like Citrine ) he had had to resign his union post on taking up the new managerial appointment . |
| 27 | Before this the tree roots held the soil in place by soaking up the heavy rain and letting it go slowly . |
| 28 | a facility for drawing up the next plan in the light of the |
| 29 | Frustrated foxes , singing birds , enchanted islands and smiling Chinamen are scattered in a splendid excess of modelling up the trailing vines of inspired invention . |
| 30 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |