Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Eagle Warehouse had the appearance of a curve at the west end of Bothwell Street , though in fact it was made up of four straight sections each placed at a shallow angle . |
| 2 | Designed by Roger Dean , of the Royal College of Art , it was made up of 12 polyurethane foam sections joined together with contact adhesive to form a high dome , 4ft in diameter . |
| 3 | It was wound up in 1950 , as Europe moved on to other things . |
| 4 | Kept going only by subsidies , it was wound up in 1846 in circumstances which seem to have been anything but harmonious . |
| 5 | It has one very curious feature ; it was drawn up by one ‘ Henry Balfour , priest of Dunkeld diocese , notary public by apostolic authority ’ , who was in fact no notary at all , and this did give ground for doubt . |
| 6 | Research shows that ‘ a very substantial ’ market exists for the product — the first to be launched by Royal Bank Insurance Consultants since it was set up on 1 October 1991 . |
| 7 | It was set up between 1876 and 1884 as a combined concert hall , gallery and art school , and until the war , it also served to house the parliament . |
| 8 | Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 . |
| 9 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 10 | The CRE investigation , its first against any named council or organisation in Scotland since it was set up in 1976 , will focus on alleged breaches of race relations and employment laws for failing to provide for children who do not speak English fluently and for failing fully to involve their parents . |
| 11 | It was set up in 1981 by the British water industry in response to the United Nations ' Water Decade of 1981 to 1990 . |
| 12 | It was set up in 1981 and became a limited company in 1990 . |
| 13 | It was set up in 1985 as a pioneer of transaction processing monitors , but developed into a computer services company . |
| 14 | This had been the intention of The New Order in 1908 and many of its contributors were enthusiastic backers of the Unionist Social Reform Committee when it was set up in 1911 . |
| 15 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 16 | The Royal Ordnance site at Westcote near Aylesbury has been at the forefront of rocket research and development since it was set up in 1946 . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the Fire Brigades Union said the pay formula had now brought industrial peace since it was set up in 1977 and ‘ therefore it is in everyone 's interest to retain it . ’ |
| 18 | It was set up by three sisters with funds from their family 's whisky business . |
| 19 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 20 | For the last few years it was held up by 20 players of outstanding international standard and we did not realise that technically we were dying ’ . |