Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 2 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 3 | There 's a certain amount of history because the moon is if if the earth is spinning round the moon is going round the water that the moon is attracting will be rushing to catch up a little bit . |
| 4 | I 'm going to put up a good fight . |
| 5 | I 'm going to write up a suggested arrangement on the board now . |
| 6 | I 'm beginning to build up a vague picture of this man . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm hoping to set up a special league . |
| 8 | Our intention was to fly low level VFR into French airspace , climb onto airways VFR , then , as we were expecting to catch up a cold front around Limoges , refile IFR and continue to our destination expecting an IFR approach with a reported cloud base of 600 to 800 ft . |
| 9 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 10 | The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me , especially as I had never raced him . |
| 11 | Erm Richard you were trying to break up a big lump of snow yesterday were n't you ? |
| 12 | But you can see the same ideological contours behind it , in that here are a body of professionals who are trying to shore up a crumbling system . |
| 13 | UK Transport Minister John MacGregor yesterday published a paper proposal to introduce road pricing to ease congestion in London : under his plan , every car would have to be fitted with an electronic identifier , and its movements within the capital would be monitored by 4,000 roadside beacons : drivers would either establish credit with the system operator or be sent a quarterly bill , the Evening Standard reports ; the paper says that MacGregor has been trying to think up a snappy name for the thing , but reckless of the manner in which the Community Charge degenerated into the much-excoriated Poll Tax , he has settled on Congestion Charge . |
| 14 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything . |
| 16 | If the father is trying to instil good table manners while the mother is arguing , ‘ What does it matter , so long as she eats ? ’ , or the mother is trying to set up a sensible bedtime routine while father says ‘ Another half-hour wo n't hurt ’ , mealtimes and bedtimes will soon turn into problem areas . |
| 17 | CLEVELAND PARK is hoping to set up a two-dog match between the Middlesbrough track 's current top dog , Goulane Peggy , and exciting newcomer I 'm Sloppy . |
| 18 | The U D M is planning to set up a giant recycling plant here to provide employment for an area badly hit by pit closures . |
| 19 | France is planning to set up a national system for recovering and recycling packaging waste similar to that being implemented in Germany [ see ED 49/50 ; 56 ] . |
| 20 | I know you and other parents with you are working to set up a special dyslexic unit in the Brighton area . |
| 21 | ‘ And anyway , Marius said this boy was coming over and he was going to draw up a new will , and would we witness it ? … ’ |
| 22 | Ante Markovic , the President of the Federal Executive Council ( federal Prime Minister ) and one of Yugoslavia 's most popular politicians , announced on May 25 that he was planning to set up a new political party based around his government team and with a programme of Western-style economic and political reforms , to contest multiparty elections to the Federal Assembly expected before the end of 1990 . |