Example sentences of "[noun] is [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUNDERLAND manager Malcolm Crosby is lining up a late assault on the promotion play-off places in the New Year . |
| 2 | Barcelona-based multimedia developer BSI Multimedia SA is setting up a new division to specialise in Unix and OS/2 products . |
| 3 | The result is to connect up a network of contracts by a uniform set of rules and thus give them multilateral force . |
| 4 | The club is revving up a grand welcome for four-wheel fans from all over Britain . |
| 5 | Here Barnett is opening up a whole store of perceptions , aims , and criticisms which marked out important features of the class relationship in the period ( and which were also relevant to age relations ) , such as the alleged pauperization of self-respect among the poor ; their grasping of excitement ; and the superiority of middle-class culture which made contact between the classes so crucial . |
| 6 | Needless to say , the college is putting up a fight . |
| 7 | The emotion-packed power pop of the sparkling ‘ It 's A Shame About Ray ’ album is beefed up a little , but still buzzes with a naive , laid-back charm that 's at odds with the black mood of the band . |
| 8 | Second , the effect of the laws of rhythm in poetry is to set up a tension between two different principles of word combination : syntax , which determines it in ordinary language , and rhythm , which constitutes a second determining principle in poetry . |
| 9 | The purpose of this Act is to set up a legal framework for the conversion of units of the planned economy into companies and a conversion of one company into another form of company and mergers between such companies . |
| 10 | It may well be that if you set the penalties so high , and if you can have a hundred per cent detection , then there may well be a deterrent element in these crimes , but basically the law is clearing up a mess , and the mess has occurred , and then the law comes along and does the best it can . |
| 11 | The plan is to set up a Central Music Authority for the army , similar to that already operated by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force , which will agree on bookings for each band . |
| 12 | The article is unmarked as regards spatio-temporal relations ; so the function of deictic reference is to set up a continual spatial , temporal and subjective opposition between proximal and distal relations . |
| 13 | Now Keith Hall is setting up a pressure group to encourage other builders to think more about the environment . |
| 14 | Yesterday 's transport committee heard Stockton Borough Council is setting up a steering group to consider all aspects of rail travel in the North-East . |
| 15 | Well , the purpose of the County Council is to draw up a greenbelt local plan , and therefore it is a question of whether or not the sites fulfil or do not fulfil a greenbelt purpose . |
| 16 | To pursue that vision Mr Levin is giving up a lot : after Toshiba , ITOCHU and US West , Time Warner is left with just 63% of TWE , which produces more than two-thirds of the group 's cash flow . |
| 17 | If the purchaser is setting up a new company to take over the business of the vendor , since that new company will have no track record , the landlord may well be entitled to look for additional security , such as a parent company or bank guarantee or a rent deposit . |
| 18 | The usual aim is to carve up a constituency in such a way that first-preferences will be spread evenly between candidates whose chances of election are judged to be good . |
| 19 | Warburton 's next aim is to set up a fund to help users should a particular company go into liquidation . |
| 20 | The aim is to set up a core consortium group by the end of the month . |
| 21 | The ultimate aim is to set up a centre every 50 kilometres . |
| 22 | The aim is to set up a professional , cost-effective organisation by 1996 to stimulate , assist , promote and encourage firms to set up and expand in Gwynedd , the report says . |
| 23 | The aim is to build up a comprehensive database on the Gault of the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | An increasingly popular way of starting a new business is to take up a franchise . |
| 25 | SSL is building up a collection of databases on CD-ROM ( compact disc read-only memory ) in business , scientific and technical subjects . |
| 26 | Water is pumped up a tall central stem and then tumbles into a small bowl . |
| 27 | For instance , if a new service is building up a clientele base then one could naturally expect the efficiency ratio to improve over time . |
| 28 | The Habitat Directive would seek to improve this situation , but sadly the UK is kicking up a fuss about the depth of the proposal , which simply wishes to preserve our natural heritage . |
| 29 | And Bechtel is setting up a joint venture with Kiewit that is looking at projects in 15 states and outlays of up to $1 billion . |
| 30 | The distributor Azed Bücher in Basle is setting up a new English-language department , and plans its launch into this area on 1st April . |