Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 2 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 3 | We need members need to get a grip on what is happening and my wife suggests this , that the panel erm rather than setting up a new panel , look at the whole issue of school meals , this and other issues . |
| 4 | It was obvious now to the World that America 's involvement had driven Kennedy into supporting a corrupt , totalitarian government because the US felt that stopping Communism was more important than setting up a democratic government in South Vietnam . |
| 5 | ‘ Not at you , ’ said Luke soothingly , while saddling up a black mare with a white star for her . |
| 6 | ‘ That some women enjoy fantasies of being raped is well authenticated , and they may , to some extent , welcome a masterful advance while putting up a token resistance . |
| 7 | Her sheer emotional and physical energy nevertheless took its physical toll , and at various times in her life she abused alcohol and drugs as well as notching up a significant number of car accidents of varying degrees of seriousness . |
| 8 | The whole of Havant 's operation has been spun off as a separate business , so Wilkie has to find outside customers for the plant 's mix of personal computer and mid-range disk drives ; integrated disk subsystems and ‘ flexible circuitry ’ expertise ( those plastic straps bearing solder tracks found when opening up a personal computer or disk drive ) . |
| 9 | They support a genial pluralism in English studies , encouraging a hundred flowers to bloom , though putting up a cautious resistance to the extremes of foreign ideology and theory . |
| 10 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 11 | How does a nine-year old get the best advice when setting up a new tank ? |