Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK , and in the USA , the first step has been to try to set up an assessment procedure ( Simpson , 1981 ) ; then to consider how training might best be implemented . |
| 2 | No other party has officially confirmed they will be contesting the election but the SDLP are expected to put up a candidate . |
| 3 | The banks are expected to take up an investment stance which is not their true role . |
| 4 | Bruce Armitage , Grampian Enterprise 's director of training , stressed that the £100,000 grant had been designed to set up a framework in which other agencies could work . |
| 5 | Finally , Mr Murray said that he had received numerous letters about the selection of the typeface ( Courier ) for all our future correspondence and due to the strength of feeling on this and other layout issues it has been decided to set up a Keyboard Operators panel to discuss the way forward . |
| 6 | Already , however , a committee of assembly members - among them only one Maronite — has been instructed to draw up a report , once the debates are over , on the changes in the covenant which a majority of parliamentarians will accept . |
| 7 | Yes , we 're going to open up a resort on Mars . |
| 8 | We 're going to set up a safari park in the back garden and cream teans on the lawn |
| 9 | When I use a well-known television series as a starting point I start by talking to the children about what we 're going to do and the way we 're going to work : " We 're going to make up a play together . |
| 10 | You 're beginning to lighten up a bit . |
| 11 | They 're hoping to turn up a piece of bloodstained clothing or a weapon . |
| 12 | Yes , it 's for the dictionary project , we 're doing a , erm we 're trying to build up a database at the moment of transcribed spoken language . |
| 13 | We 're trying to build up a picture of what happened before the event . |
| 14 | Now they 're planning to set up a sanctuary for exotic wild animals . |
| 15 | Simple commands have been used to set up a recording system , add data to it , change its structure and produce reports . |
| 16 | Piecemeal , we are beginning to build up a number of different techniques of analysis which will provide an answer to our initial problem : what is it that gives stretches of language in use their meaning and their unity ? |
| 17 | Attempts are continuing to set up a rescue package for a travel firm which collapsed , putting the holidays of hundreds of customers in doubt . |
| 18 | We will be looking to build up a programme which has a reputation for being worthwhile , well run and well managed . |
| 19 | Given the vast symbolic and metaphorical potential of the natural world , it is obvious , says Lévi-Strauss , that the same characteristics could be given different meaning and that different characteristics could be selected to make up a set . |
| 20 | This work will be used to draw up a definition and typology of cases of organised abuse , and to identify significant practice and inter-agency issues . |
| 21 | This type of sequence could be used to build up a picture of a patient suffering from a specific condition . |
| 22 | The random walk model could then be used to build up a picture of the possible range of river patterns that might develop in such circumstances . |
| 23 | That can also be used to build up a market which then justifies a new plant or extension . ’ |
| 24 | The collection could consist entirely of culinary kinds ; the health-giving species can lead to a very large collection , as four , five or six different plants may be needed to make up a prescription . |
| 25 | This section describes the information which should be entered to set up a computer based problem report using the IPF Problem Control Facility . |
| 26 | B. Chrystal will be asked to set up a meeting under the auspices of the Village Association in connection with the noise and vandalism so prevalent around the school annexe , village hall , public part etc . |
| 27 | The winner would be asked to draw up a specification for the mainframe by the end of the year , at which time two local partners would be chosen to design and build it . |
| 28 | Q I 'm intending to set up a community tank . |
| 29 | To start with there are 102 effects which can be combined to make up an effect chain using up to 6 effects simultaneously . |
| 30 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |