Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ingres Corp is claiming a world first for its Ingres/Enhanced Security relational database , which has picked up an Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria E3/F-B1 security rating . |
| 2 | A P Indy is on the reserve list for the Japan Cup , and is likely to be invited to Tokyo because American candidates Solar Splendour has picked up an injury . |
| 3 | Thus there has grown up an interest in feminist ‘ herstory ’ ; etymologically impossible , the word emphasizes that his-story has been just that — the history of men . |
| 4 | The experience is made doubly uncomfortable because the man facing them is Dr Giovanni Agnelli , the founder 's grandson , director for 49 years , chairman for 26 , and the man who has built up an enterprise with a turnover of £26bn and 300,000 employees . |
| 5 | The contractor will also need to set up an operating body to run the utility during its concessionary period . |
| 6 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 7 | In the UK , and in the USA , the first step has been to try to set up an assessment procedure ( Simpson , 1981 ) ; then to consider how training might best be implemented . |
| 8 | General Sherman … has raised up an army on the four sides of Joseph just when it seemed most probable that he was about to escape … |
| 9 | The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese government has set up an inspection team which will tour the country over a three-year period to ensure that environmental laws are being properly enforced , and to heighten awareness of environmental issues . |
| 10 | Manweb has set up an emergency help caravan in the Asda car park in Llandudno . |
| 11 | BP Chemicals has set up an enquiry into the incident and the site has been visited by representatives of the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 12 | Mr Litman , who has set up an office in Moscow , is unperturbed by his rivals ' plans and promises that his ageing ex-spies will provide ‘ astounding new material that will shatter myths and create new controversies . ’ |
| 13 | Meanwhile 88Open , which boasts that some 80% of its business comes from Europe , has set up an office in the UK , under the charge of Steve Heath , previously from Motorola 's semiconductor operation . |
| 14 | Although no one has set up an experiment to show that horses in a mentally enriched environment have superior intelligence to those reared in a mentally deprived environment , this has been frequently shown with smaller animals . |
| 15 | The government has accepted Tomlinson 's recommendation for investment in premises and has set up an initiative zone to encourage new ideas . |
| 16 | He will also be aware that Gwynedd has set up an inquiry into those incidents . |
| 17 | In the meantime MEB has set up an inquiry into what happened . |
| 18 | Suffice it to say that a company may use public relations activities , and what is called " corporate advertising " to try to build up an image in the minds of target individuals and groups who are likely to be influential in purchase decision-making . |
| 19 | By now Jem had almost succeeded in prising Poll free from Sally-Anne , with the result that Poll 's wailing went up an octave . |
| 20 | Henry is trying to trace the two men with whom he has struck up an acquaintance : |
| 21 | Christine Hoogenkamp has taken up an appointment as Editor with the press office of the Netherlands Reformed Church in Leidschendam . |
| 22 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 23 | The banks are expected to take up an investment stance which is not their true role . |
| 24 | So do you want to set up an exchange or not ? ’ |
| 25 | The Financial Times of Dec. 12 , 1990 , reported that 90 countries had under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages . |
| 26 | The government in January 1990 agreed to set up an investigation into political murders in the states of Michoacán and Guerrero . |
| 27 | I have also announced that , subject to the agreement of the European Commission , the Government intend to set up an enterprise zone in north Lanarkshire . |
| 28 | If it is intended to set up an exhibition in the foyer at ( note address omitted ) , it is necessary to book the foyer area , and to ensure sufficient display boards will be available : |
| 29 | Twenty-odd years earlier , I 'd picked up an idea from the marvellously creative Bill Brown who was Director of Billy Graham 's Crusades in 1966–7 . |
| 30 | The master was instructed to draw up an inventory of the whole stock in the sick wards ; some weeks passed but he still failed to do so . |