Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 2 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 3 | In fact , together with several colleagues , I was endeavouring to set up an informal meeting with ministers to try and discuss this matter er when the haemophiliac 's representative decided to go to law for their own good reasons , because that made it more difficult for any negotiations to take place . |
| 4 | In the more stable area people were returning to pick up the pieces of their lives . |
| 5 | By now Jem had almost succeeded in prising Poll free from Sally-Anne , with the result that Poll 's wailing went up an octave . |
| 6 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 7 | MALCOLM CROSBY , the Sunderland manager , is bidding to tie up a loan deal for Millwall 's Ian Bogie — a player once dubbed the new Gazza . |
| 8 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 9 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 10 | 30 , London suburban background , now squatting , helping to set up a law centre to advise women . |
| 11 | Robinson also cited the work of the commission 's judicial task force in recommending and helping to set up a scientific organization inside the Federal Judicial Center that will provide guidance for judges on the question of interpreting scientific evidence in court ( see page 481 ) . |
| 12 | He revisited the USA in 1917 to play a decisive part in helping to set up the first official American military intelligence service . |
| 13 | Jack Boyle ( Brian Devlin ) showed very good comic timing , helping to set up the comic aspect of the play . |
| 14 | Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future . |
| 15 | Jose-Maria Olazabal starts the defence of his title today in illustrious company , teeing off with Bernhard Langer and Mark Calcavecchia , looking to pick up a £55,000 first prize . |
| 16 | Although the publishers rejected the idea of a joint imprint , they do have to market the books jointly — but in such a way that the public and foreign publishers looking to pick up the foreign rights are not confused . |
| 17 | In theory , anyone wanting to set up a bank should have $300,000 ( £175,000 ) capital . |
| 18 | Cleveland social services and Cleveland Cooperative Agency are looking to set up a ‘ sitting ’ service so that carers of elderly people can take a break when the county council 's Tithebarn resource centre opens in Stockton later this year . |
| 19 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 20 | On December 12th Mr Vicari called for an extraordinary general meeting to clear up the uncertainty over the firm 's future . |
| 21 | His first objective was to restore the authority of Soviet socialism by economic reform and political democratisation ; the second , much more ambitious objective was to reposition Soviet communism in relation to the European tradition from which it had originally emerged , seeking to build up a coalition of working class , religious , ecological , youth and other forces which could unite around the slogan of peace and social justice , if not necessarily Marxism-Leninism . |
| 22 | The crew would in turn be commanded by an unusually large number of officers for a merchant ship , for , in addition to the commander , the ship might carry six mates , a surgeon , a purser , five midshipmen and a surgeon 's mate , any one of whose places would be of value to a politician seeking to build up an interest . |
| 23 | We will be looking to build up a programme which has a reputation for being worthwhile , well run and well managed . |
| 24 | Outside London , there has also been a trend towards larger practices seeking to soak up the commercial work which remains in the provincial cities of England and Wales . |
| 25 | She points out that there are five thousand people on the waiting list wanting to take up a Body Shop franchise and that it takes three years before any of them succeed . |
| 26 | He conceded he was taking a risk by refusing to prop up a minority government without a commitment to PR . |
| 27 | Stamp duty suspension for properties up to £250,000 has certainly encouraged householders wanting to move up the housing ladder to start looking again . |
| 28 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
| 29 | To get maximum benefit in making your diet easy , speedy and healthy , obtain your dietary fibre from a wide range of cereal , fruit and vegetable foods rather than seeking to make up the total from just one or two very fibre-rich foods . |
| 30 | Thus , governments are endlessly seeking to shore up the erosion of the national idea which a world economy inflicts upon them . |