Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet neutralisation plan for the Persian Gulf may have been intended to open up a strategic dialogue on a broad front to enable Soviet diplomats to introduce Western military preponderance in the Gulf region tacitly or explicitly into the negotiation process for the limitation of Soviet military influence in other regions . |
| 2 | Our policy has been to try to build up a great team and not to weaken our playing strength , and it was for this reason that we accepted the offer made . |
| 3 | No other party has officially confirmed they will be contesting the election but the SDLP are expected to put up a candidate . |
| 4 | Bruce Armitage , Grampian Enterprise 's director of training , stressed that the £100,000 grant had been designed to set up a framework in which other agencies could work . |
| 5 | Finally , Mr Murray said that he had received numerous letters about the selection of the typeface ( Courier ) for all our future correspondence and due to the strength of feeling on this and other layout issues it has been decided to set up a Keyboard Operators panel to discuss the way forward . |
| 6 | Cleveland social services and Cleveland Cooperative Agency are looking to set up a ‘ sitting ’ service so that carers of elderly people can take a break when the county council 's Tithebarn resource centre opens in Stockton later this year . |
| 7 | Already , however , a committee of assembly members - among them only one Maronite — has been instructed to draw up a report , once the debates are over , on the changes in the covenant which a majority of parliamentarians will accept . |
| 8 | Yes , we 're going to open up a resort on Mars . |
| 9 | If you do n't tell them that you 're going to pick up a thirty five percent deposit cheque . |
| 10 | We 're going to set up a safari park in the back garden and cream teans on the lawn |
| 11 | When I use a well-known television series as a starting point I start by talking to the children about what we 're going to do and the way we 're going to work : " We 're going to make up a play together . |
| 12 | You 're going to make up a a test sheet each pair er you 're going to cop you 're going to rough it out in your book . |
| 13 | You 're beginning to lighten up a bit . |
| 14 | They 're hoping to turn up a piece of bloodstained clothing or a weapon . |
| 15 | We 're trying to build up a picture of what happened before the event . |
| 16 | Yes , it 's for the dictionary project , we 're doing a , erm we 're trying to build up a database at the moment of transcribed spoken language . |
| 17 | If you 're planning to set up a second or third tank , and would like a helping hand when you do , please get in touch . |
| 18 | Now they 're planning to set up a sanctuary for exotic wild animals . |
| 19 | In the US , Social Security numbers are available and are used to build up a unique individual record , so all historical credit and demographic data can be allocated to an individual record with complete confidence . |
| 20 | Indeed , when you want to identify a particular peak from the boulevard , you are told to line up a white mark painted on the balustrade with ‘ the lightning-conductor on the tram factory ’ , which is the most prominent landmark in Pau 's southerly suburb . |
| 21 | You are needed to cheer up a young 21-year-old male . |
| 22 | While just one byte can represent a whole character of text and therefore convey at least some intelligible meaning , thousands , even millions of bytes are needed to build up a single image , particularly if it is in colour and of high resolution . |
| 23 | Simple commands have been used to set up a recording system , add data to it , change its structure and produce reports . |
| 24 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 25 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 26 | Piecemeal , we are beginning to build up a number of different techniques of analysis which will provide an answer to our initial problem : what is it that gives stretches of language in use their meaning and their unity ? |
| 27 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 28 | Attempts are continuing to set up a rescue package for a travel firm which collapsed , putting the holidays of hundreds of customers in doubt . |
| 29 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 30 | No woman should be expected to bring up a large family on her own . |