Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] up an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Convinced , and quite rightly , that nothing had or would come of Napoleon III 's attempts to drum up an alliance with Italy or Austria-Hungary , dismissing such a possibility as ‘ idle gossip ’ , the Prussian Chancellor prepared to spring his trap . |
| 2 | A brisk walk around the bailey to work up an appetite sounded good , and a glance at the Prior , who was still shaking his head gloomily over his drinking-horn , convinced him that there was no more to be gained by pushing the issue . |
| 3 | Our transsexual flatmate was one of the main organisers of the campaign , and we were all active supporters — not least by paying the rent for LAMBDA to set up an office in our squat . |
| 4 | from 's Group Information Services department at Ipswich took the opportunity to spend some time in the USA 18 months ago , when he went to in Kansas to set up an Information Technology department . |
| 5 | County rang the changes desperately , sending on Slawson for Lund in an attempt to pep up an attack in which Farina , the striker on loan from Bari , made a rather featureless full debut . |
| 6 | A policyholder who called at Croydon branch recalled an occasion years earlier when he was summoned to appear before the Board of Directors at London Office because he notified the Society of his intention to take up an appointment in Singapore . |
| 7 | The outburst follows the allied decision to set up an exclusion zone to protect Shi'ites in Southern Iraq . |
| 8 | Most important of all , there was enough money to set up an office as party headquarters at 190 Vauxhall Bridge Road . |
| 9 | They 're very wide ranging , and if er , Chair , if members would , would just like to look down at the list of er , options , without going through er , each one individually , but they do range from er , work with er former cottage hospitals , er , front room day care , the further development of home care cooperatives , work er , for people who er , have spinal injuries , who have intake , and er , an interpreter service for , for people who have a hearing loss , and particularly er , helping er , the Shropshire Disability Consortium to set up an interpreting service in the county . |
| 10 | " The Meeting having considered many Complaints from Caddelton and the other principle Drovers … from the want of a proper Fank for Cattle near the ferry place of Portaskaig , and Considering also that sixty or Eighty acres at least of some muir land near the Port will be necessary … appoint a Committee to draw up an application to Shawfield , praying he may allot and Inclose a piece of ground . " |
| 11 | In March 1931 Snowden , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , referred to ‘ the national position [ as being ] so grave that drastic and disagreeable measures will have to be taken ’ , and accepted a Liberal amendment to set up an Economy Committee . |
| 12 | This theme has been clouded by different and even contradictory ideas , such as a stimulus package and an investment tax-credit to pep up an economy that will probably grow by 3% this year . |
| 13 | I think I must have realized that Jean-Claude had neither the nerve nor the genuine confidence to take up an appointment in a language he did not speak . |
| 14 | My resolve to set up an inquiry into the social security system was strengthened by one other important factor . |
| 15 | It requested him " to direct the Board of Education to set up an inquiry into the present state of the education of the deaf or to direct that a combined system of oral and manual instruction should be adopted in the schools for the deaf " . |
| 16 | Namibia 's more than 700,000 residents are voting for a 72-member constituent assembly to draw up an independence constitution and prepare the way for full independence next year , perhaps as early as April . |
| 17 | But , though statistics are objective icons for the disinterested observer — or powerfully distorting tools for the polemicist — once in a while a particular set of figures will leap from the page of some dust-dry tome to offer up an image more illuminating than all of a dozen reports like those in the bibliography relating to this chapter . |
| 18 | In a similar vein one may recall the refusal of Taskopruzade 's grandfather to return to Istanbul to take up an appointment at the newly built Sahn for fear of becoming involved in distracting ambitions for personal glory . |
| 19 | A new deputy head to take up an appointment in January 1982 was earmarked to chair and lead the committee , and on the proposal of the head , members of the committee who were also members of the existing curriculum committee would be responsible for reporting on the project development . |
| 20 | Romanians would be given the chance to take up an ownership stake in a POF — a kind of embryonic mutual fund — by registering the privatization vouchers which were to be issued to all eligible citizens . |
| 21 | It was a wonderful feeling to put up an affirmative two fingers as the mechanic helped me taxi in . |
| 22 | In Costa Rica a microfilm centre will be started while a loan will enable Cuzco in Peru to build up an archive . |
| 23 | Ask the Lord to raise up an army of ‘ rope holders ’ for those who are ‘ down the mine ’ in the mission field . |
| 24 | Legislation to set up an umbrella agency to control pollution in England and Wales has been postponed because government ministries disagree over the scope and scale of the new body . |
| 25 | Rick had gone to Cheltenham to help some friends to set up an art exhibition and Lou had gone with him . |
| 26 | The League is now calling on the Government to set up an inquiry into the disposal of farm animals which fail to go through the proper slaughter-house and food production system . |
| 27 | Of course , you might decide to do something different , such as to bake a simple cake and then use Matchmakers to set up an equation . |
| 28 | I might go for a stroll to get up an appetite — the exercise 'll do me good . ’ |
| 29 | In 1985 Jones moved back to Provo to take up an appointment in the physics department at his Alma Mater , BYU . |
| 30 | Jean Moncrieff ( Mrs Seglow ) has been seconded to the Department of Health to set up an information ‘ clearing house ’ on the Children Act 1989 . |