Example sentences of "up [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Network was set up to enable journalists in the UK to campaign on behalf of journalists overseas who suffer human rights abuses . |
2 | It will house a nucleus family of gorillas in its other half and we hope to be able to start a breeding programme and also to collect funds for and publicise the Digit Fund , set up to conserve gorillas in the wild . |
3 | The suicide had clearly been well planned — an elaborate device had been set up to pump fumes from the exhaust to the car through a hose . |
4 | The Evesham Laboratory was set up to serve growers in the Vale of Evesham and it 's been taken away and Wolverhampton is quite out of the question . |
5 | Leaflets with details of the offer were being sent to 18 million households in the UK today and a Share Information Office was set up to handle inquiries from the public on 081 200 3000 . |
6 | A conveyancing appeals tribunal will be set up to hear appeals against the decisions of the board . |
7 | At dinner he rapped his fork and knife on the plate , picked up and handled things on the table , turned the salt shaker upside down , kicked the table and his sister , and intermittently , throughout the meal , jumped up to do somersaults in the living room . |
8 | Raised up to ensure views over the canal basin , the concourse/café area is the most exciting space in Porters South — and forms the heart of the scheme . |
9 | A tri- national research network is being set up to study measures of the quality of life , which includes Queen Mary and Westfield College and our collaborating centre in France ( INSERM CJF 88-12 ) . |
10 | Mr Ken Wood , of Hilton Road , Seamer , near Stokesley , is to run the nursery , set up to reunite badgers with the wild . |
11 | The Defence Fund was set up to assist members during the period of a strike or a lock-out . |
12 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
13 | Sweet , shy and doe-eyed at home , she would rush up to complete strangers in the street , grapple with her skirts and shout : ‘ Sardarji ! |
14 | A POLICE hotline set up to take calls about a rave party in Stafford got two complaints — about the noise from a police helicopter . |
15 | The probability is that in May or October ( still a toss-up between them ) Mrs Thatcher will offer more of the same , judging by what has been emerging from the dozen policy groups set up to produce ideas for the manifesto . |
16 | The South East and London Academic Group has been set up to prepare candidates for the diploma in medical jurisprudence . |
17 | Please return one copy of the drawing marked up to show details of the position and approximate depths of any of your proposed or existing services which may be affected by the Works . |
18 | John Knight would like to sell the hull or cut it up to make souvenirs like the Berlin Wall . |
19 | Several working parties were set up to make recommendations on the content of each subject and on the appropriate levels of attainment at each stage . |