Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English edition sold out very quickly , and rumour had it that interested parties had bought up large numbers of copies in order to minimise its impact . |
| 2 | THE Yanks have mopped up London-based printing ink company Usher-Walker . |
| 3 | Pru motor premiums have gone up three times this year and house contents insurance rose by 20p in the £1 this July and further increases can not be ruled out . |
| 4 | SASPAC91 for PC 's is being made available under the CHEST deal to academic sites who want to hold it ; the cost of a site licence is just under 3,000 for five years , and about 15 sites have taken up this offer . |
| 5 | The children of some middle-class parents have taken up working-class occupations . |
| 6 | In the first City Challenge scheme it was promised cash to help revitalise the eastern side of the town ; now the borough council , residents and local companies have drawn up similar plans to improve central and western areas . |
| 7 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 8 | Following the flooding of RFK Stadium , the Washington Redskins have given up all hope of making another Superbowl — but the city 's new Red Herrings are an increasingly powerful force in major league water-polo . |
| 9 | So it was when the Germans over-ran Holland in 1940 and within three days had rounded up large numbers of Jews — the Dutch population records which included religious affiliation were put to sinister use , promptly and efficiently even without the aid of modern technology . |
| 10 | New discoveries have opened up all kinds of possibilities for holding back the march of time . |
| 11 | Nearly-legendary Darlington saxophonist Steve Bone and his new band the Jazz Providers have lined up two residencies . |
| 12 | But a study of the Roman coins accumulated over the last century or so in museums has thrown up consistent differences between northern France and Italy , enabling certain conclusions to be drawn about the currencies of those areas . |
| 13 | Many ex-servicemen had given up all hope of ever seeing the tribute after the Ministry of Defence warned supplies could dry up following the break-up of the USSR . |
| 14 | War heroes who served on the Russian convoys had given up all hope of receiving the award issued by the old Soviet Union . |
| 15 | Ajdabiyans expected to go to the polls in the winter of 1978–9 , and in anticipation their political activists had drawn up two lists of candidates for each of the fifteen popular committees . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , he tried to find some comforting way to explain it : maybe the Israelis had set up some sort of contingency fund . |
| 17 | Ludens had brought up two suitcases in the lift . |
| 18 | THREE successful Darlington brothers and sisters have notched up another triumph . |
| 19 | Charges have gone up 17 times under the Government . |
| 20 | Two years on and £1,000 poorer ( I 've had to foot his costs to buy him off my land ) the lawyers have patched up some sort of agreement . |
| 21 | United Distillers has set up two distribution networks in South East Asia through joint venture companies : one with Moët Hennessy , called Riche Monde , and the other with Moët Hennessy and Inchcape , called Caldbecks . |
| 22 | These men had taken up influential posts at the universities and advised the government on the introduction of Protestantism into England . |
| 23 | As the course year drew to a close , management development courses have clocked up 477 trainee days . |
| 24 | Harrison explained that a few months earlier eight European environmentalists had stirred up international press coverage by chaining themselves to a logging barge at Miri . |
| 25 | Some former students have taken up administrative posts in various public and private enterprises and in the civil service and local government . |
| 26 | Company Programmes have built up particular expertise in a number of industry sectors which include retailing , construction , brewing , manufacturing , banking , computing , the public sector and the recently privatised companies . |
| 27 | The state had been declared a " disturbed area " on June 14 and on the following day separatist guerrillas had held up two trains in the state and killed 78 passengers . |
| 28 | So , what if Wolfgang Klein 's innocent enquiries about hidden caves and grottoes had churned up bitter memories of accounts still unsettled ? |
| 29 | The Liberal Democrats have built up strong support and expect to win . |