Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks held on July 23 between the deputy chairmen of the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments , Yury Yazov and Vasiliy Dudinets respectively , ended with a decision to set up a joint parliamentary commission based in Sevastopol to supervise observance of the Dagomys agreement . |
| 2 | When a retailer sets up a new business , one of the first things he has to do is draw up a plan of the shop floor . |
| 3 | Fishing from a punt opens up a whole new world . |
| 4 | A ladybird crawled up a dry stalk , then stepped delicately across to the oiled and battered stock of the rifle . |
| 5 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 6 | A car going up a dead end at speed was ‘ going nowhere fast ’ ; a ‘ cock and bull story ’ was more often , in his opinion , a ‘ hen and cow story ’ . |
| 7 | In IBM 's method , the electrode tip moves up and down in a bid to pick up a constant current . |
| 8 | When , for example , a solicitor is recruited as a specialist to head up a new department it would be appropriate to seek some commitment from him at any rate in the medium term . |
| 9 | MPs spent two hours discussing the make-up of a committee to draw up a new system of presidential power and cabinet veto , and it was significant that the 12 names mentioned for the committee included several Christian deputies , but only one Maronite . |
| 10 | PEERS last night inflicted a 55-vote defeat on the Government 's plans to tighten asylum controls , backing a move to set up a special advisory panel for young refugees . |
| 11 | The close division , during the Asylum And Immigration Appeals Bill 's report stage , comes after Tuesday 's defeat for ministers when a move to set up a special advisory panel for young refugees was backed with a margin of 55 . |
| 12 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 13 | Modrow did not return with more than a commitment to set up a joint commission of experts to consider monetary union ( which first met on Feb. 20 in East Berlin ) . |
| 14 | The Czechoslovak CSTK news agency described this decision as unexpected , reporting that the resolution provided for the creation of a commission to draw up a constitutional law , " in an effort to accelerate the integration of the Czech and Slovak republics into the European Union provided for by the Treaty of Maastricht of February 1992 " . |
| 15 | A mass of mail when I got back here — replies saying NO for example for the part time post of editor of the Episcopal Church paper up here and a NO from a firm opening up a new range of discount grocery stores . |
| 16 | The agreement included a clause setting up a joint committee to oversee air quality . |
| 17 | Labour is committed to introducing during its first year in power a Bill to set up a Scottish parliament to be elected by proportional representation . |
| 18 | Republican Senator Frank Murkowski has introduced a bill to open up a huge Alaskan wildlife reserve to oil exploration . |
| 19 | As it cooks , neaten the sides with a spatula to build up a deep , straight edge . |
| 20 | Effectively all MAS professionals have a duty to build up a good working knowledge of corporate finance theory and practice ( particularly M&A and valuations ) and maintain this knowledge through regular but selective reading . |
| 21 | We are now in a position to set up a computerised database of these groups , but before proceeding any further and given the time-lapse since the original proposal to establish such a facility , I wonder if you could confirm that this would still be a useful tool and that it is within the original thinking . |
| 22 | was now in a position to build up a large network of tramways centred on Croydon , which it was hoped would attract passengers and business from a wide area to Croydon . |
| 23 | The hypothesis that we are in a position to keep up a constant supply of fresh and highly-trained troops to replace those exhausted in battle , and also of the necessary supplies and ammunition , is erroneous . |
| 24 | It may be the loss of a partner or the onset of mental illness in a parent which first causes a nurse to give up a successful career in order to care full-time at home . |
| 25 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |