Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Dreadco 's physiologists are setting up a variable-pressure metabolic laboratory to study the matter . |
| 2 | The Conservatives are putting up a big fight . |
| 3 | County planning and transport officers are setting up a public consultation exercise in the village to discuss proposals designed ultimately to rid Greatham of through traffic . |
| 4 | ‘ Long-term things are clearing up a little bit , ’ said Shilton , who is also injured . |
| 5 | Ready or not , the Poles are putting up a stalwart front , rushing ahead with the same heedless bravery with which their mounted cavalry charged the German tanks in World War II . |
| 6 | But the Tories are putting up a hard fight . |