Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , he adds , the division is in a good position to drum up work in co-operation with or via its connection to BT 's facilities management firm , Syncordia , and its international network services organisation , Global Network Service . |
| 2 | If there was plenty of off-the-croft employment , and a reasonable balance between the cost of living in town and country , there would be no need to drum up interest in agriculture through schemes like the IDP . |
| 3 | Well last Friday a man with a white wig , Lord Justice McCowan used five even more devastating words to sum up life in The Sun : ‘ Sensational , inaccurate and misleading coverage . ’ |
| 4 | Conversion of NO 2 to HNO 3 therefore effectively removes NO x from the atmosphere and thus its potential to lock up chlorine in a nonreactive form . |
| 5 | And so the Devil is quite happy as long as we dream our lives away , or become antiquarian , seeking to dredge up history in order that we can live out our lives in a museum of our own making . |
| 6 | He 's not only had to pick up technique in racing , he 's had to learn how to train — that 's been the secret , he says . |
| 7 | We began to pick up speed in our responses to unfolding human rights crises . |
| 8 | Captain Margaret is the owner of the privateer The Broken Heart with which he intends to open up trade in the Spanish Main with the Indians whom he hopes to rescue from the harsh exploitation of Spanish settlers . |
| 9 | With the defence ensuring a frustrating afternoon for the league 's leading scorer , Michelle Clark , the rest of the team were able to set up camp in the Wimbledon half . |
| 10 | There were two daughters of the marriage , Sophie , born in 1830 , who became the wife of Sir George Bailey , of Seal Close , in the Lincolnshire Wolds , and Christabel , born in 1825 , who lived with her parents until in 1853 a small independence , left her by a maiden aunt , Antoinette de Kercoz , enabled her to set up house in Richmond in Surrey , with a young woman friend whom she had met at a lecture of Ruskin 's . |
| 11 | Should both the Clacton and Harwich travel-to-work areas receive assisted area status firms can be given grants to set up shop in the area . |
| 12 | To find out what potential customers think of Foodbase , we asked Steve to set up stall in a local health food shop . |
| 13 | Starting in 1967 , we tried hard to whip up interest in the robots among potential customers , but with little success . |
| 14 | So it was no skin off my nose , it was no big deal to shut up shop in the middle of the day . |
| 15 | Like every creation of the music business , Kylie relied on hype and headlines to stoke up interest in her and her music . |
| 16 | The acquisition of Hillmarden House and Alex 's flat , plus the sale of their existing home , made her decide to give up work in June , rather than September . |
| 17 | I also remind myself of the effect upon the plaintiff 's fathers career , of his decision to give up work in order to attend the plaintiff . |
| 18 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 19 | When blindness compelled him to give up farming in 1966 he learned Braille and carried on with his public duties , being much in demand as a witty public speaker . |
| 20 | My right hon. Friend will be aware , when he next visits Lancashire , that the news that the Liberal council has had to give up office in Maidstone has travelled the length and breadth of the land — |
| 21 | The alternative is for the wealthy individual to give up residence in Ireland and move his investments out of the country . |
| 22 | Parties to the English sea waybill are willing to give up transferability in exchange for an extra measure of security , especially against fraudulent issuances . |
| 23 | To build up happiness in his life , this man will now face a long , slow rebirth of all his emotions , growing as a Christian through the support of others . |
| 24 | In ‘ underdeveloped ’ societies , the socialist , capitalist or communist elites have to find means to coerce or cajole people into working in order to build up wealth in their previously exploited economies . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it takes a long while for The Wedding Present to build up trust in someone . |
| 26 | Outflanking Imelda Marcos , Cojuangco emerged as the leading right-wing opposition contender , continuing his campaign to build up support in the former Marcos bastions of northern Ilocos province and the Cagayan valley , and in the Mindanao and the crucial Visayas , estimated to represent some 21 per cent of the total vote . |
| 27 | Responses have to be shared , first , in the relative safety of small numbers in order to enable participants to build up confidence in coping with the frequently painful nature of talk about disruption . |
| 28 | However , I do accept that occasionally it 's necessary to promote a volunteer in order to keep up morale in the ranks . |
| 29 | At harvest time , a lot of families up here visit relatives to help get the crops in , so it 's hard to keep up continuity in the group . ’ |
| 30 | Dai Qing 's name was singled out as one of the ‘ tiny handful of people ’ who had ‘ colluded with foreign forces , ganged up among themselves at home and made ideological , public opinion and organisational preparations for years to stir up turmoil in China , overthrow the leadership of the Communist Party and subvert the socialist people 's republic . ’ |