Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | [ The Secretary of State 's immediate response to the report was to set up a new working party on English in the national curriculum , chaired by Professor Brian Cox , one of the members of the Kingman Committee . ] |
| 32 | From the beginning , the aim was to set up a prestigious institution , able to house the big exhibitions which have often passed Germany by . |
| 33 | His idea was to set up a self-contained base inland from the coastal plain from which they could raid on an almost nightly basis . |
| 34 | The second — obviously , now I see it — was to set up a complementary unit to deal with long-term aims . |
| 35 | The Minister 's response was to set up a coordinating committee of the nationalised fuel industry chairmen . |
| 36 | His task was to set up a dummy gems firm in Bombay . |
| 37 | Adenauer 's other achievement was to build up a personal relationship with Charles de Gaulle which made possible a Franco-German rapprochement of real depth and made the European Economic Community a reality . |
| 38 | My dream was to build up a prosperous small-animal practice and later on take on an assistant . ’ |
| 39 | The best he could do was to take up a central position in the ward , using a chair for a hassock , and to make a general supplication for all the patients collectively . |
| 40 | The Presidium of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 10 appointed Pyotr Paskar as Chairman of the Moldavian Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) in place of Ivan Kalin , who was to take up a diplomatic post . |