Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a cost of £10 million a year , the additional funding is nearly double the NCC 's annual budget prior to last year 's decision to split up the organization . |
| 2 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 3 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 4 | Their driving force is the government 's determination to open up the market ; to increase choice for viewers and listeners ; to allow new entrepreneurs access to a highly regulated system ; and to appease the advertisers , whose protests about the cost of TV advertising have reached a crescendo . |
| 5 | 10.30am It 's Alan 's job to set up the picture , arrange various props and decide on the complicated lighting . |
| 6 | Despite Buckley 's reluctance to play up the siege of Derry as a key myth and his preference for general categories of interpretation derived from various historical experiences , it does seem that the siege has particular significance . |
| 7 | Silvia took advantage of Guido 's surprise to escape up the staircase . |
| 8 | Another set of problems at the level of institutional approval was created for the CNAA by the decision of the University of London to run down its external degrees , and the CNAA 's agreement to take up the reins where possible and appropriate . |