Example sentences of "they be [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As a result of the Housing Act 1988 and the introduction of shorthold tenancies , we are witnessing rapid growth in the number of shorthold and assured tenancies being let by private landlords — so much so , that at last they are taking up the slack created by the number of secure tenancies .
2 I despise the stupidity of those painters who defended the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ to its new air-conditioned penthouse because , in setting such a precedent , they are passing up the opportunity of bequeathing their own works to the Prado .
3 But with the number of claims soaring , insurers now reckon they are losing money — so they are tightening up the rules or backing out altogether .
4 They are setting up the Horsewatch operation in Hampshire to protect the animals after a pony was attacked with a fence post .
5 Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them .
6 Thereafter , a physiological change may cause them to develop a preference for fresher water so they are lured up the rivers , just as spiny lobsters , at a particular time of the year , are drawn to lower temperatures .
7 Convex Computer Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co last week said they are hotting up the alliance that saw Hewlett take a 5% stake in Convex last year with a potentially substantial technology exchange to plug the massively parallel applications gap .
8 Convex Computer Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday said that they are hotting up the alliance that saw Hewlett take a 5% stake in Convex last year with a potentially substantial technology exchange to plug the massively parallel applications gap .
9 Obviously , to obtain a five per cent operating profit margin means they are marking up the cost price of products by far more than five per cent .
10 And the dolphins high-protein diet makes them especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants which become increasingly concentrated as they are passed up the food chain .
11 The most toxic residues from industrial society are rarely successfully neutralised or excreted by living organisms , and they tend to be increasingly concentrated in animal tissues as they are passed up the food chain .
12 At the company 's headquarters in the appropriately named Paradise Road in Richmond , they are chalking up a sale every two seconds .
13 Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider .
14 My poor little blind garden , what 's left of it , just up over here , near the top gate — and — ’ she turned in the opposite direction ’ — down by the river , in the old primary school building , which is in fairly good nick , they 're setting up a field study centre , and strips of land for school gardens .
15 That , I mean they 're setting up the County Working , a County Working Group again are n't they ?
16 ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’
17 and they 're building up a petition so he 's now got a office he 's had he 's had three offices
18 They 're chewing up the lawn but Carl there 's nowhere else to put them at the moment .
19 They 're buildin' up the trade an' Carrie 's got plans .
20 So they 're keeping up a mystery to stay even with us .
21 As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber .
22 ‘ Next thing they 're walking up the aisle .
23 Perhaps they 're starting up a fountain .
24 I think , we have got all these seeds though in the greenhouse , and they 're coming up a treat !
25 Police radio describes how they 're giving up the chase because there are a lot of children about and it could be dangerous .
26 Its the , its for the Oxford English Dictionary , its erm , what they 're doing is they 're making up a Dictionary for just using everyday collocation and they
27 They were packing up the stalls when we left , ’ said Ianthe .
28 The routine on Melrose Ward had barely been established next morning , when Casualty rang to say they were sending up a woman with jaundice who had collapsed in the street .
29 The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas .
30 Between them they were picking up the power line , the hoses for oxygen and wastes .
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