Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 2 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 3 | I think we have to be freed up to have the choice to bring children into a society where that we can go to work , that we can do , you know fulfilling |
| 4 | In fact , it seems no ship without a charter party could be loaded ( ’ freighted ’ ) ; and bills of lading were supposed to be drawn up to declare the nature of the cargo and to bind the master of the vessel to deliver in accordance with the charter party . |
| 5 | Astrologers , psychics and crystal-ball gazers ministered to the North Shore passion for prophecy , and elaborate charts detailing the movement of the moon and planets could be drawn up to ascertain the prospect of waves on any given day of the year . |
| 6 | Six months of painstaking work goes into preparing plants for showing … the plants have to be tied up to keep the stems straight … aphids must be brushed gently off the leaves … and the orchids have to be misted regularly to keep up the humidity . |
| 7 | They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls . |
| 8 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 9 | On April 3 it was announced that a fund would be set up to complement the introduction with effect from March 22 of a new penal code based on sharia ( Islamic ) law [ see p. 37995 ] . |
| 10 | Those contrary approaches , contrary calculations and contrary totals , the one nearly twice the other , had only to be set up to illustrate the difficulty of the problems in this case . |
| 11 | It is therefore recommended that the LIFESPAN user hierarchy should be set up to reflect the structure of the individual organisation concerned . |
| 12 | It is therefore recommended that the LIFESPAN user hierarchy should be set up to reflect the structure of the individual organisation concerned . |
| 13 | He recorded in his diary that he thought it represented such a threat to the good name of politicians that a special regulatory authority should be set up to stop the BBC ever doing anything so wicked again . |
| 14 | Another proposal was that an independent commission would be set up to examine the question of racial discrimination . |
| 15 | Manfred von Richthofen , president of the West Berlin Federation , said a committee will be set up to examine the possibility of a bid from the city . |
| 16 | Manfred von Richthofen , president of the West Berlin Federation , said a committee will be set up to examine the possibility of a bid from the city . |
| 17 | A TRIAL SCHEME should be set up to assess the validity of a contingent legal aid fund to finance personal injury claims for those too well-off to qualify for legal aid but too poor to pay fees , the conference was told . |
| 18 | Significantly , it was also agreed that the two leaders would jointly tour the violence-affected areas , and that structures would be set up to convey the strategy to the grass-roots level , and to work towards the rehabilitation of the stricken communities . |
| 19 | A state property fund was to be set up to administer the sale of enterprises , and the workforce would be given priority in buying shares in their enterprises ( except in cases of forced destatization or bankruptcy ) , with quotas set for sales to Soviet and foreign investors . |
| 20 | A new company , Autorecycling BV , is to be set up to handle the work . |
| 21 | He proposed that a departmental committee should be set up to advise the Commissioner of Works and , looking at the War Department first , should draw up a specification of their requirements , and a competition should be organized ‘ open to the architects of every country , in order that no means may be neglected of obtaining the best designs ’ . |
| 22 | * The government has announced that an environmental committee is to be set up to advise the Forestry Commission . |
| 23 | A caring parent would pay a penny or tuppence for some old coat or skirt that could be cut up to meet the needs of some child . |
| 24 | If the interest which terminated subsisted in a fixed sum or specific property so that the tax comes out of the property remaining in settlement , the value transferred will have to be grossed up to include the tax . |
| 25 | Consequently , it must be grossed up to establish the debtor 's higher rate liability ( see s421 TA 1988 ) . |
| 26 | At the inquiry they had stated that , if the Secretary of State decided the house should be preserved , they would pay not only for past subsidence damage but also for preventative works , in the form of a raft underneath the building , which could be jacked up to correct the effect of any subsidence . |