Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appropriate sociability means saying the right things to strike up a rapport with your client , helping them to relax , feel comfortable and get to know you before cutting the business . |
| 2 | The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England . |
| 3 | This theory seems to me the most sophisticated method at present available of conceiving the relationship between musical forms and practices , on the one hand , and class interests and social structure , on the other ; more sophisticated , say , than the theories of homology put forward by some ethnomusicologists and subcultural theorists , which suggest the existence of structural ‘ resonances ’ , or homologies , between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole. ; Such theories always end up in some kind of reductionism — ‘ upwards ’ , into an idealist cultural spirit , ‘ downwards ’ , into economism , sociologism or technologism , or by ‘ circumnavigation ’ , in a functionalist holism . |
| 4 | It is usually difficult to see the individual minerals making up a basalt , since they are far too small , so one has to use a microscope . |
| 5 | After this meeting , Charles requested that the Presbyterian ministers draw up a list of their proposals for church unity . |
| 6 | The 1987 election returned Tim Devlin to the Commons with a 35pc share of the vote but Labour and the Liberal Democrats put up a very strong showing with 33.7pc and 31.3pc respectively . |
| 7 | Similarly , the general SVQ at level III involves four mandatory core skills modules , plus the three modules making up a more advanced National Certificate Cluster . |
| 8 | Although pressed flowers are basically only two-dimensional because they have been flattened , it is quite possible to use several of the thicker ones to build up a good three-dimensional effect . |
| 9 | In France , the post-war nationalizations set up a tripartite scheme of management with representation of users , public authorities and employees ( Dubois 1975 : 161–3 ; Holter 1982 ) . |
| 10 | In 1989 , the United Nations drew up a convention on these rights , signed by 74 countries . |
| 11 | Accordingly , the 1987 regulations picked up a large part of the requirements of the Bank Accounts Directive , but not all of them . |
| 12 | The anti-aircraft gunners kept up a steady fire , claiming nine aircraft shot down , including the Bf110 which crashed near Takali , and four other aircraft damaged . |
| 13 | It shows that if one of the American majors strikes up a big overseas alliance , the tables could quickly be turned . |
| 14 | Suddenly , one of the young men picked up a bag and walked into the pilot 's cabin ! |
| 15 | In August the Young Republicans set up a front organisation , the People 's Action League , which planned to campaign on the issue of high-rise flats , and picketed the Guildhall , calling for an extension of the city boundary and , on another occasion , at the siting of a new Michelin factory at Ballymena in County Antrim instead of Derry . |
| 16 | The two fets make up a high input-impedance differential pair with unity gain and over 10MHz bandwidth , which maintains linearity at low charging currents and at high frequencies up to 18MHz . |
| 17 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 18 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 19 | And the divide between the Catholic and Anglican churches was bridged — at least for investment purposes when the insurance arms of the two churches set up a joint venture , Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management , headed by the aptly named Kevin Cannon . |
| 20 | It might be suggested that the employed women make up a particular group with respect to housework attitudes : women who are dissatisfied with housework may turn to employment as a palliative . |
| 21 | The occupying forces set up a puppet government and proclaimed it independent of Russia . |
| 22 | From these rather brief suggestions the New Critics built up a much more definite and systematic theory of the literary text , and of the relationship between text , author and reader . |
| 23 | British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies . |
| 24 | In this chapter some of the ways in which palaeontologists determine the way fossil animals lived are described , reanimating the dead fragments to build up a living creature . |
| 25 | Inspired by the presence of their most sacred relic , the Holy Cross , the Christian soldiers put up a tremendous fight . |