Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank 's sales of Ecus for pounds were intended to shore up the pound against the mark , without resorting to outright sales of the German currency . |
| 2 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
| 3 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
| 4 | On the German side a few bombs were dropped to keep up the pretence , but they were left strictly alone by fighter aircraft , of course . |
| 5 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
| 6 | English names were adopted to speed up the process of assimilation . |
| 7 | Serious attempts were made to level up the resources for secondary modem schools , in order to make them comparable with grammar schools , and so achieve that parity to which Ellen Wilkinson was openly committed . |
| 8 | Negotiations were started to purchase the site , and the London architects Spalding and Spalding were commissioned to draw up the plans . |
| 9 | A number of men were employed to do up the houses one by one — they 're slowly being modernised and decorated . |
| 10 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 11 | These days women were allowed to take up the running , but she had n't and now it was too late . |
| 12 | Eventually , as much for hygienic reasons as out of a desire to conform with Moscow 's example of de-Stalinization , the Czechs were forced to give up the battle to keep Gottwald 's corpse from going green and bury him instead . |