Example sentences of "[is] now [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belgian-born Dr Michel Pacque , who first carried out tests of ivermectin with workers in a rubber plantation in Liberia over several years , is now taking up an appointment as consultant for Sight Savers ( Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind ) in West Africa with the task of organizing regular supplies . |
| 2 | ‘ It is now costing up to $ 100,000 per child in Iowa , ’ said Hearn . |
| 3 | Michael Murrin , realizing he had been used , gave me a copy of the tape , which is now locked up in my lawyer 's safe . |
| 4 | She is now locked up in a mental institution — and only strength of character probably stopped the same fate from happening to Gless . |
| 5 | Time is now catching up ; attitudes are changing and conventional dogma is called in question . |
| 6 | Apple Computer Inc 's Apple USA unit cut prices on the PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 , Duo 230 4/80 , Duo 230 4/120 and Duo 230 4/120 with modem , by between 10% and 18% : it says it is now catching up with the demand . |
| 7 | Hungary 's foreign policy is now catching up with its domestic reforms . |
| 8 | Even this latter source of funds is now drying up as the property market slides into an ever deeper slump . |
| 9 | The story may have a basis in fact ; it is possible there was a prehistoric dwelling here that is now swallowed up in the mud at the bottom of the lake . |
| 10 | The club is now written up in style magazines ; models are photographed with the head waiter . |
| 11 | The world is now parcelled up in independent States which claim a monopoly in the employment of nationalism . |
| 12 | Peter Earl , joint leader of the DHL 40 expedition , said from base camp at 17,500ft : ‘ She is now tucked up in her sleeping bag in a tent . |
| 13 | This Board , whose role is by no means a formality , as it has to vet every one of the artists shown at the exhibition , is now made up of people who reflect the old groupings : seven Christian Democrats , six Socialists , two PDS ( formerly Communist ) , one Liberal and one Social Democrat . |
| 14 | Borland International Inc president and chief executive Philippe Kahn says the company will report profit for the fourth quarter to March 31 , and adds that he is comfortable with analysts ' estimates of profits of about $0.10 a share : Borland 's target is to be profitable every quarter in the coming fiscal 1994 — Paradox for Windows is ‘ doing great ’ and is on a winning track and Quattro Pro is now picking up . |
| 15 | A pub recommended by Egon Ronay is now cooking up spam and mash in its kitchen — to feed children at a village school . |
| 16 | argue that capital is now breaking up or ‘ decomposing ’ production processes . |
| 17 | Because the Project is now stepping up a gear on all fronts , the society need to reorganise responsibilities to cope with the increased workload . |
| 18 | Netwise is now setting up indirect channels across Europe , using a chain of independent software developers and value-added resellers . |
| 19 | Netwise is now setting up indirect channels across Europe , using a chain of independent software developers and VARs . |
| 20 | In addition to the established and highly successful Master 's Degree Course in Highway Engineering for Developing Countries , the School of Civil Engineering is now setting up a parallel Masters ' Course in Traffic Engineering for Developing Countries . |
| 21 | The company is now setting up similar paint ventures within other car plants , not just in America . |
| 22 | That support ended the Peace of Kallias , and Persian intervention in Greek affairs is now stepped up ( 413 ) . |
| 23 | They are at their best when they take chances , throwing a dash of reggae and a muted heavy-metal riff into Do n't Knock Till You Try It , and when they re-work an old folk standard , 500 Miles , which is now dressed up with a reggae beat , lap-steel guitar , and harmonica , new lyrics about Tiananmen Square , and the dreaded Peter , Paul And Mary still joining in . |
| 24 | While Hard Yakka is making ranges in moleskin exclusively for the UK at PIL 's request , the Boxfresh crew is now drawing up design suggestions for Carhartt in the US . |
| 25 | Spain is now drawing up similar plans . |
| 26 | The board is now drawing up options for the government 's consideration . |
| 27 | The inlets behind the spit at Seaford are now infilled ; at Shoreham , the early harbour is now silted up , and at Winchelsea , the sea which destroyed the earlier site has now abandoned the second . |
| 28 | Following the signing of the gas sales contract , the first contracts for detailed plant design and for procurement services have been agreed and LASMO 's Karachi office is now gearing up to get Kadanwari gas on stream at the beginning of 1995 . |
| 29 | Yet despite a steady growth in its audience , the HGO is now running up against some very hard economic realities . |
| 30 | Today , Finniston runs his own small firm ( small by comparison with British Steel at any rate ) , but at least fifty per cent of his time is now taken up with interests outside the corporate world . |