Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Zarathustra 's death his religion was taken up by the old priestly class known as the Magi and eventually became the faith of the Achaemenid dynasty . |
| 2 | A blast furnace was set up here in 1755 by Jonathan Kendall , powered by a waterwheel and fired with charcoal , and it remains in situ beside the River Dovey , the subject of preservation for public interest . |
| 3 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 4 | The Association was wound up in 1954 . |
| 5 | A pioneer attempt to overcome the problems of political remoteness was made in Lewis in 1943 when the Lewis Association was set up ‘ to survey and study the social and economic needs of the Island and to draw up progressive plans of development ’ . |
| 6 | The Workers ' Travel Association was set up to give workers the opportunity to travel ; it began in a modest way but by the 1950s had become a worldwide organization . |
| 7 | A family planning association was set up by the Government in 1972 , and the Government 's First Five Year Plan proposed the promotion of several different types of birth control . |
| 8 | While membership of both organisations is not mutually exclusive , he added , the Personal Computer Direct Marketing Association was set up to protect customer interests and the interests of the direct sales computer industry alone . |
| 9 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
| 10 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 11 | I kept a careful watch on them when the stock was built up . |
| 12 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 13 | However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side . |
| 14 | Buckinghamshire 's total book stock was going up by about forty thousand volumes a year , last year it grew just eight thousand . |
| 15 | If a stranger was picked up in Ipswich . |
| 16 | But when a stranger was picked up for house breaking or shop breaking or something , a complete stranger , we used to send them to Norwich pending further enquiries , and with a request that they be fingerprinted , and of course they used to fingerprint , send to Scotland Yard , we used to then get the record if they had a record with a photograph , and all their previous convictions . |
| 17 | They are sceptical that a few extra consultants or staff grade appointments will really reduce their hours and complain that the new deal was set up by doctors ' representatives not working in hard pressed specialties . |
| 18 | The deal was set up by Ghazi Kenaan , Syria 's head of security in Beirut , who naturally took his cut off the top . |
| 19 | Mary of Guise was brought up in the charmed circles of the greatest French aristocracy . |
| 20 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 21 | In Cuba , although Castro did not receive the support of the colonos as a class before 1959 , half his fighting force was made up of peasants from the Sierra . |
| 22 | The attacking force was made up of nine Blenheims from 105 Squadron and six from 107 Squadron at Great Massingham . |
| 23 | The task force was set up after detectives discovered that some of the money had been used to finance drugs and property dealing in the United States and even invested in London 's Docklands , realising millions of pounds in profits . |
| 24 | A task force was set up to provide the training , most of which occurred on the job . |
| 25 | Mo was curled up in a bundle under the eiderdown . |
| 26 | By 1921 indeed frustration with coalition was building up such a head of steam as seriously to threaten its future . |
| 27 | Last July , when recovery of the bronzes was taken up with Richard Luce , Minister for the Arts , an MP was told that Britain ‘ has existing channels for international co-operation to help trace stolen works of art ’ . |
| 28 | The 33 1/3 rpm speed was taken up by radio stations , and used for their internal purposes until the 1950s . |
| 29 | Investment was drying up , businesses were collapsing , men were laid off work and wages were cut . |
| 30 | At the time of writing it appears that the broker in this case has gone into liquidation without making the required payment , and the couple must now turn to the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , which can pay compensation in cases where ( a ) the broker has gone into liquidation , and ( b ) the original investment was taken up about 28 August 1988 . |