Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [vb past] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Westminster City Council community liaison officer David Tan set up a training session last week , with a Cantonese interpreter at the Man Fu Kung restaurant in London 's Leicester Square . |
| 2 | In 1881 the Crystal Palace Company set up the Crystal Palace School of Gardening , and Milner became its principal . |
| 3 | Thanks to John Allen and the respective chairmen of the two groups , Brian Watkins ( ATCDE Drama Section ) and Ray Moss ( National Association of Drama Advisers ) , the Exeter Conference set up a dialogue between lecturers and advisers which has continued in the regions ever since . |
| 4 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 5 | HOLLYWOOD heart-throb Tom Cruise picked up the bill for a group of students he saw trying to impress their girlfriends . |
| 6 | About 24 teams from local businesses in the Cambridge area took up the Cambridge Regional College initiative , to complete a number of different challenges in support of the local community . |
| 7 | One respondent in the Yorkshire survey summed up the difficulties : ‘ One has to recognise that the pressures on consultants are increasing steadily — workload , management , teaching , financial control , reduction of juniors ’ hours … |
| 8 | In 1985 Gateshead CAB set up the Refugee Specialist Advice Project which helps refugees , asylum-seekers , and those with exceptional circumstances , to remain in the UK . |
| 9 | In 1986 Middlesbrough CAB set up a specialist advice service to the local Asian community funded by the MSC Community programme . |
| 10 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |
| 11 | An Estonian delegate to an August conference summed up the sense of frustration : |
| 12 | Its internal priorities reshuffled , the Princetown Input crept up the list . |
| 13 | However , the US administration stepped up the food aid programme in spite of the Lavoro scandal and the suspicions of the Department of Agriculture . |
| 14 | Alfred Hedgehog climbed up the bank of the canal and started off down the trail . |
| 15 | Fearing that Germany might win the race to develop this weapon , the US government set up the Manhattan Project , costing $2 billion and involving some 150 000 people , including most of the world 's most outstanding physicists . |
| 16 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 17 | Shetland Bird Club took up the issue and have appealed to the government to curb the fishery , even presenting a petition to the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Last November , the Two Castles Housing Association and Darlington Council set up a mortgage rescue scheme for people who found themselves threatened with repossession after falling into arrears . |
| 19 | Mrs Phillipa Grove took up the lease in 1782 and on her death her daughter , Miss Phillipa Grove renewed the tenancy and payed £44. 10s a year rent to Lord Pembroke . |
| 20 | The first Tay Bridge showed up the lack of expertise and foresight required for such a structure , no wind tunnels or sophisticated testing were available to the engineers in the late 1870s . |
| 21 | A ROBBER wearing a Santa hat held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 22 | The Birse Group notched up a £750 000 saving on insurance premiums through improving their systematic management of health and safety . |
| 23 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |