Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher may not instantly use all of this material , but the aim should be to build up a growing collection of useful resources which will remain the property of the school and which can be handed on to any teacher , or supply teacher who has to teach the course . |
| 2 | And if Liz does steer the fastest line , she 'll be keeping up a recent Oxford tradition . |
| 3 | One minute she 'd be putting up a good case for one course of action , then produce an equally convincing rebuttal . |
| 4 | ( 6 ) Hilton Mining ( Harvard OTC ) " Between ourselves , somebody may be picking up a huge stake in this company . |
| 5 | The magnitude of the NLD 's victory placed into question the validity of the SLORC 's stricture that the sole purpose of the election was to establish a Constituent Assembly without legislative power , whose task would be to draw up a new constitution before power could be handed over to a " strong " government , generally interpreted as meaning one acceptable to the military . |
| 6 | Forbidding though the prospect may be , he needs another talking shop — a commission whose function would be to draw up a definitive Russian constitution that could then be entrenched against the amending whims of the Congress . |
| 7 | In a cautiously worded announcement on May 29 Afewerki said that the EPLF would be setting up a provisional administration for Eritrea , but that this did not constitute a unilateral declaration of independence . |
| 8 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 9 | The hire car would be running up a heavy bill , but apart from the advance that he 'd had to hand over Forester had no intention of paying it . |
| 10 | In the next few months , with British taxpayers ' money , we shall be setting up a national drugs intelligence unit in Czechoslovakia to try to intercept drugs coming overland . |
| 11 | But you will be building up a useful nest egg and wo n't have to pay either capital gains or income tax on the money you get back . |
| 12 | Do not miss the Felice Varini exhibition at the Jennifer Flay gallery , now in its last few days ( closing 7 June ) ; Varini is followed by the American Karen Kilimnik , who will be setting up a large installation . |
| 13 | In the meantime , the band themselves will be pressing up a limited edition single in December for their two Irish dates in Dublin and Belfast . |