Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 2 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 3 | One of his achievements since joining Guy 's in 1985 has been to set up a full fertility unit . |
| 4 | THE MEN 'S MOVEMENT NEEDS MORE THRUST , MORE GRASP , IF WE 'RE TO WHIP UP A STIFF FRONT TO MEET THE FEMINIST POSITION AND LAY THE GHOST OF LIMP WET LIBERALISM ! |
| 5 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 6 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 7 | The magnitude of the NLD 's victory placed into question the validity of the SLORC 's stricture that the sole purpose of the election was to establish a Constituent Assembly without legislative power , whose task would be to draw up a new constitution before power could be handed over to a " strong " government , generally interpreted as meaning one acceptable to the military . |
| 8 | Forbidding though the prospect may be , he needs another talking shop — a commission whose function would be to draw up a definitive Russian constitution that could then be entrenched against the amending whims of the Congress . |
| 9 | The teacher may not instantly use all of this material , but the aim should be to build up a growing collection of useful resources which will remain the property of the school and which can be handed on to any teacher , or supply teacher who has to teach the course . |
| 10 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 11 | He has now undergone a total of 10 operations , of which five have been to straighten up the three remaining toes on his left foot . |
| 12 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 13 | The intentions behind the important reforms of 1988 were to tighten up the social security system in order to reduce the disincentives to work recognized as inherent in the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ ( see Tables 16.7 and 16 . |
| 14 | The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks . |
| 15 | If that company were to set up a new pension scheme based on only 461 employees , the likelihood is that scheme would in no way match a scheme based on more than 10,000 members , as is the case with the Scottish Transport Group . |
| 16 | If the Labour Party were to build up an effective electoral machine , its leaders argued such controversial activities would have to be abandoned in the interests of widening popular support . |
| 17 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 18 | This time we were to follow up the three months with a twelve-week season at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven , Connecticut . |
| 19 | It was the random collisions melding the rocky substances , plus turbulent accretions , that were to make up the inner planets . |
| 20 | One method is to grind up a suitable mixture of the correct minerals and stick it to the surface . |
| 21 | The Prime Minister was attending the first meeting at the Royal Society of Arts in London of the Walpole Committee , an amalgam of private industry whose objective is to talk up the best that Britain has to offer . |
| 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 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 . |
| 24 | Australia is to set up a major new centre for research into the ecology of Antarctica and the souther oceans . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | One of her latest projects is to set up a paper-making plant in Nepal . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , news that the Welsh Office is to set up a forensic psychiatry unit in North Wales a medium secure unit was given a cautious welcome . |
| 28 | Bulgaria is to set up a joint venture with the Sprint International division of Sprint Corp , Reuter reports from Sofia : Sprint-Bulgaria will build a public packet-switched data network for Bulgarian Telecommunications Co ; Bulgaria has also invited foreign companies to submit tenders for a $230m project to upgrade the present telephone system . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Another possible way of allowing for addition is to set up a special block , called the overflow block ( see Figure 5.7 ) . |