Example sentences of "be [to-vb] up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
2 | One of his achievements since joining Guy 's in 1985 has been to set up a full fertility unit . |
3 | THE MEN 'S MOVEMENT NEEDS MORE THRUST , MORE GRASP , IF WE 'RE TO WHIP UP A STIFF FRONT TO MEET THE FEMINIST POSITION AND LAY THE GHOST OF LIMP WET LIBERALISM ! |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks . |
7 | If that company were to set up a new pension scheme based on only 461 employees , the likelihood is that scheme would in no way match a scheme based on more than 10,000 members , as is the case with the Scottish Transport Group . |
8 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
9 | One method is to grind up a suitable mixture of the correct minerals and stick it to the surface . |
10 | The plan is to set up a Central Music Authority for the army , similar to that already operated by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force , which will agree on bookings for each band . |
11 | The purpose of this Act is to set up a legal framework for the conversion of units of the planned economy into companies and a conversion of one company into another form of company and mergers between such companies . |
12 | One of her latest projects is to set up a paper-making plant in Nepal . |
13 | Meanwhile , news that the Welsh Office is to set up a forensic psychiatry unit in North Wales a medium secure unit was given a cautious welcome . |
14 | Bulgaria is to set up a joint venture with the Sprint International division of Sprint Corp , Reuter reports from Sofia : Sprint-Bulgaria will build a public packet-switched data network for Bulgarian Telecommunications Co ; Bulgaria has also invited foreign companies to submit tenders for a $230m project to upgrade the present telephone system . |
15 | Another possible way of allowing for addition is to set up a special block , called the overflow block ( see Figure 5.7 ) . |
16 | The simpler option is to put up a false ceiling in the room concerned , with a 100mm layer of insulation and a vapour barrier above it . |
17 | The other is to build up a cognitive map of the region to be traversed . |
18 | Generally , then , the basic objective is to build up a strong framework or system of main stems , and to develop lateral side shoots which are pruned back each spring to 3 or 4 inches ( 7.5 or 10cm ) , with a terminal bud pointing in the right direction to fill spaces and gaps . |
19 | The aim is to build up a comprehensive database on the Gault of the United Kingdom . |
20 | Every fabric handles differently , and the only way to find out how it is likely to drape when made up into curtains is to hold up a large sample and study how it hangs . |
21 | To be able to ‘ identify what their interests and ideas might be ’ is to take up a political stance to life at work . |
22 | Perhaps the single most important decision was to set up a Wirral-wide counselling service for drug users . |
23 | From the beginning , the aim was to set up a prestigious institution , able to house the big exhibitions which have often passed Germany by . |
24 | His idea was to set up a self-contained base inland from the coastal plain from which they could raid on an almost nightly basis . |
25 | The second — obviously , now I see it — was to set up a complementary unit to deal with long-term aims . |
26 | The Minister 's response was to set up a coordinating committee of the nationalised fuel industry chairmen . |
27 | Adenauer 's other achievement was to build up a personal relationship with Charles de Gaulle which made possible a Franco-German rapprochement of real depth and made the European Economic Community a reality . |
28 | My dream was to build up a prosperous small-animal practice and later on take on an assistant . ’ |
29 | The best he could do was to take up a central position in the ward , using a chair for a hassock , and to make a general supplication for all the patients collectively . |
30 | The Presidium of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 10 appointed Pyotr Paskar as Chairman of the Moldavian Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) in place of Ivan Kalin , who was to take up a diplomatic post . |