Example sentences of "in [v-ing] up [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Remember opportunity costs : in coughing up the money for one project , investors are still comparing it with other possible projects .
2 There are of course problems in bringing up a Down 's child which are not present , at least to the same degree , in bringing up a child without Down 's Syndrome .
3 Er I 'm impressed that they are willing to er potentially consider a , a further difficult task in drawing up a confession of faith .
4 Once all responses have been received , we should assist our client in drawing up a shortlist of those targets our client would most wish to meet , by combining the relative enthusiasm of each response with the proactive search rankings .
5 However , she had encountered difficulties in drawing up a list of ways in which she would like her parents to be more tolerant .
6 The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals co-operated with the University Grants Committee , before its demise in 1989 , in drawing up a list of ‘ performance indicators ’ .
7 The question of the freedom to re-export the works of art was in fact the main stumbling block in drawing up the contract with the Spanish State in 1988 .
8 In drawing up the list of activities below we have aimed to recommend programmes of study that reinforce the links between English and drama , and between English and media education , which we seek to emphasise throughout this Report as well as in chapters 8 and 9. • We see role-play as a valuable means of broadening pupils ' mental and emotional horizons and of developing social and personal confidence : it provides an ideal medium for much of the exploratory and/or performance-based elements of programmes of study .
9 Under the Act the Secretary of State can differentiate between authorities in drawing up the timetable for tendering and has powers to extend tendering to other services .
10 The Passport Agency has been very successful this year in speeding up the processing of passport applications .
11 These events in his native land must have appeared insignificant to Nkrumah , engaged in building up a structure of organisations to develop an awareness of African identity and solidarity .
12 For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ .
13 The use of successive pumice or ash deposits in building up a history of the eruptive activity in an area is known as tephrachronology , and this is increasingly being used to add precision to the study of the history of volcanic areas .
14 He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames .
15 He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames .
16 This meant that what the social scientist was doing in building up a picture of the political society was systematizing people 's conscious perceptions into a system .
17 It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ .
18 Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment .
19 A Borderer from Melrose , he showed more interest in keeping up the rivalry between Highlander and Lowlander than in scoring off the Sassenachs , whom he was prepared to respect as competitors and , if they were good enough , business associates .
20 Adam 's secretary was engrossed in totting up a column of figures when Lissa walked into his office on Monday morning .
21 Powers claimed by the Home Secretary to intervene over the content of programmes would radically alter the constitution of broadcasting , Mr Anthony Lester , QC , told the Court of Appeal yesterday in winding up an appeal against the High Court refusal to outlaw restrictions on interviews with named groups , including Sinn Fein .
22 But , in the aggregate , they are unable to increase their holdings of bonds and they only succeed in driving up the price of bonds .
23 It is recognized that any programme of improving information management will cost money , in the form of staff and equipment , but any money spent will result in opening up the wealth of our information resources to larger numbers of people .
24 Information technology is playing , and will increasingly continue to play , a major role in opening up the curriculum to people with disabilities .
25 ‘ It acknowledges the success of the JY team in opening up the world of current affairs for ordinary people .
26 Identifying a discharge as ‘ polluting ’ is the first step in opening up the sequence of decisions to be made about modes of control .
27 In opening up the debate to the floor , Inez stressed hopes for democratic discussion , respect for differing and varying views .
28 China has rejected an appeal from Kazakhstan for help in cleaning up an area of Kazakh territory adjacent to China 's Lop Nor nuclear test site .
29 But the second degree expressed outwardly in giving up the world with a heart wholly centred on Christ , seems to correspond in some ways to both the insuperable and inseparable stages of The Form and like them gives way to a third stage when the contemplative sees into heaven and is filled with the joy Rolle expresses as song : " prayers turnes intil joyful sange , and thoghtes to melody " ( 69.284 – 5 ) .
30 Some limited progress has been made relatively recently in linking up the analysis of corporate strategy and some of the behavioural insights of strategy formulation and implementation ( see Quinn , Mintzberg and James , 1988 , for a text which refers to many of these ideas but which presents little in the way of synthesis ) , but not much has yet been done to tie that in with financial management .
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