Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 2 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this week and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the opportunity to spruce up the tube . |
| 3 | JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 . |
| 4 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 5 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 6 | He said he had bumped into Shildon on Monday evening and urged him into a pub , taking the opportunity to make up the quarrel begun on Friday . |
| 7 | A group of us were able to provide almost all the funding to set up a pump and latrines for one particular village in India . |
| 8 | But I could n't get the support to set up the business . ’ |
| 9 | The Art Newspaper is delighted to be one of this year 's winners and will use the award to build up the paper 's archive . |
| 10 | In order for the vast pressure vessel ( the one we had seen being manufactured in France ) to negotiate the narrow village streets , it was necessary for the Board to buy up the frontages of over thirty houses . |
| 11 | The rustling of packaging caused him to sigh and ask the computer to turn up the sound . |
| 12 | As he waits for the computer to load up the programmes , he scans the rolls of newly arrived faxes . |
| 13 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 14 | These costs are relevant because they are directly attributable to the decision to take up an opportunity . |
| 15 | Although the CNAA was not now to oversee a rolling programme of promotions to the ‘ university club ’ , how much autonomy the new polytechnics would want and acquire — from their local authorities and the CNAA — was to be a feature of debate from the creation of the first polytechnics , and from the decision to set up a Committee of Directors of Polytechnics in December 1969 and its formal establishment in April 1970 . |
| 16 | Almost the last act of the decade was the decision to wind up the Artisans , originally planned to be by December 1984 ; although in 1980 it was brought forward to 1981 . |
| 17 | The age of the children , their number , the ability of the wife to earn a second income at home , whilst the elder children helped run the boat , the responsibility for dependent relatives , the possibility of sharing a house : such factors governed the decision to keep up a home on the land . |
| 18 | The ensemble should , of course , not be too sexy , but polite , though not conciliatory — nothing that could suggest an inclination to join his mother in the kitchen to whip up a batch of fairy cakes . |
| 19 | Then back to the kitchen to clear up the mess before Dad got back off the night shift . |
| 20 | This problem is common with fine lines when you tie any type of knot which entails pulling the line above the hook to tighten up the knot . |
| 21 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 22 | It took two years for the Bureau of the Census to draw up the list of 106m households to which , on March 23rd , it posted its questionnaires . |
| 23 | As I said , it is a pleasure to speak in the debate , despite the rhetoric and the attempt to whip up the masses outside the House by saying that the Labour party comprises anti-patriotic pacifists . |
| 24 | A brisk walk around the bailey to work up an appetite sounded good , and a glance at the Prior , who was still shaking his head gloomily over his drinking-horn , convinced him that there was no more to be gained by pushing the issue . |
| 25 | The implementation of the recommendation to set up the Crown Court is recounted in a later chapter , but we should note here the implications for the Lord Chancellor . |
| 26 | But immediately the plan to carve up the boardroom of Bell Resources ran into trouble with Australia 's corporate watchdog , the National Companies and Securities Commission ( NCSC ) . |
| 27 | In 1989 , Cardiff City Council invited the Guild to set up a showcase for their work , as part of its temporary arts programme for the Old Library . |
| 28 | ‘ But I followed orders , did all the work to build up the muscles and feel great . |
| 29 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 30 | Each day at low tide these extraordinary microscopic plants glide up through the sand to soak up the sun 's energy for photosynthesis . |