Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's about building up a character till you know everything .
2 Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party .
3 One social worker wrote : ‘ [ The ] young person enjoyed completing [ the ] questionnaire and it was a very useful tool for bringing up a whole range of issues from the very practical ( needing to arrange visits to the dentist/optician ) to the very complex and emotional . ’
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5 Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] .
6 The prime reason for bringing in a new constitution in 1937 was the return to dominance of the republican grouping , the side which had lost the civil war , and which had retained the intention of establishing a republic .
7 A DRINK-DRIVER was jailed for just four months yesterday for mowing down a nine-year-old girl .
8 2.15:LYNDA Ramsden 's Sillars Stalker lost his unbeaten record when runner-up to Bollin William at Haydock and is worth opposing off a 5lb higher mark here .
9 On this basis , no parents would consider abortion for ‘ Reason four ’ ( see Chapter five ) ; everything possible would be done to help the survival of the severely handicapped ; parents would in almost all cases wish to keep their child , and there would be no actual difference between bringing up a child who was mentally handicapped and one who was not , or one who was disabled or one who was not , unless the necessary support services were lacking .
10 Matthieu was also responsible for drawing up a plan of the New Town ( see p. 138 ) but he died in 1352 before completing more than four chapels in the cathedral choir .
11 Two of these scholars , Edward Foxe and Thomas Cranmer , who were both members of Anne Boleyn 's faction at court , were responsible for drawing up a document called the Collectanea satis copiosa , in which they advanced a claim of imperial sovereignty for the English monarchy .
12 On May 18 the ANC announced that it would not participate in further constitutional discussions with the government , " or in any all-party congress to discuss the mechanisms for drawing up a new democratic constitution " .
13 Established by Congress on Aug. 2 , it was given responsibility for drawing up a plan within 150 days for the " pacification " of the country .
14 This system provides a mechanism for drawing together a cast of informal innovation players around ideas which are often not part of one 's assigned work ( Rosenfeld and Servo , 1988 ) .
15 Mr Cohen said there was ‘ great scope for building up a British-based group hand tools business over the next few years . ’
16 The most common rates for building up a pension are 1/80th of earnings for each year you have been in the scheme , or l/60th .
17 The Bulgarian Telecommunications Co , which last week gave contracts to Siemens AG , L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Alcatel NV and Northern Telecom Ltd under its $300m modernisation programme , says it will announce two more foreign investors shortly : ‘ We will announce soon our partners for building up a surface satellite station and for introduction of a new digital overlay network , ’ Antoni Slavinski , deputy chairman told Reuter ; and a joint venture between Bulgarian Telecommunications Co and US Sprint International Inc will start operating on April 15 ; Sprint Business Telecommunications Co will enable customers in Bulgaria to link host and personal computers with others around the world , and says it already has some 50 applications , mostly from foreign companies operating in Bulgaria .
18 Although there are few certainties in the headhunting business , those firms which survived the 1970s are largely still in existence , and will probably continue to prosper , through building up a loyal client base .
19 The main problem about drawing up a will is that it means accepting the inevitability of death .
20 Egypt and Syria have a smaller stake in the war , but they also have sound pragmatic reasons for seeing off a rival .
21 I think some people do think that is selfish and that marriage is about bringing up a family and looking after the house . ’
22 They note that Microsoft is already talking about bringing out a similar product of its own , a typical Microsoft tactic , and will probably create a good deal of fear , uncertainty and doubt over WABI 's technical prowess and whether it will be able to keep up with Microsoft 's innovations .
23 There was also renewed discussion , however , about bringing in a foreign coach , preferably from New Zealand , to work alongside Gradin to prepare the team for matches against Spain in Buenos Aires at the end of September and the Pumas tour to Spain , France and Romania starting mid-October .
24 It 's worth stepping back a little and considering your own personality before drawing up a birth plan or vowing that you will never have an epidural whatever the circumstances .
25 She caused an international fuss and was banned from Monte Carlo by Prince Rainier for tearing up a tiny paper flag of Monaco in pique at a banquet .
26 What was needed , and what perhaps lay behind its inauguration , was an atmosphere of mutual confidence among its members , and especially between France and West Germany , which was to be produced through tackling together a list of specific problems by stipulated deadlines .
27 She had no time to spare for embarrassment , due to shoes totally unsuitable for climbing down a cliff path .
28 The frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more , and as moles thrive in light soils , their mounds are a good source of clean local earth for potting up a floral arrangement or a small tree .
29 Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy .
30 If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy .
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