Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In New Zealand 's ’ King Country' — so called because of the Maori kings who fought a guerrilla war against the settling English — Maori lads fresh from rounding up the droves of merino sheep from the bush clad hills would have a night out in the one horse town and go to the fleapit . |
| 2 | Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment . |
| 3 | We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area . |
| 4 | The press coverage in turn has resulted in many other local authorities becoming interested in taking up the idea and pursuing their own campaigns . |
| 5 | II Maccabees is not interested in following up the destiny of the Samaritan temple , which must have indirectly benefited from the rebellion of Judas Maccabaeus . |
| 6 | ( If you 're interested in following up the question of how we know what 's going on in our own minds you might have a look at Duncan : I Know What I Know — or Do I ? — Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , Spring 1971 , or just possibly my contribution to the symposium on recursion in the current Analysis , though this is a little technical . ) |
| 7 | Transito Ramirez worked in the Ministry of Education preparing teachers ' materials and was instrumental in drawing up the report : |
| 8 | In the early 1930s he was instrumental in setting up the child department of the Institute of Psychoanalysis . |
| 9 | A major plank of our community investment strategy is to work in partnership with the voluntary sector , at both national and local levels , and forgive me if I use I B M to instrumental in setting up the north-east environmental initiative in partnership with the ground-work trust , business in the community and Gateshead Borough Council . |
| 10 | You 're also prone to dredging up the wounding words and cutting critiques others have directed at you recently . |
| 11 | Not content with propping up the bar at the Rovers , the Inspiral Carpets , who have decided to call their latest meisterwerk ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ thought it would be a spiffing idea to promote aforementioned article with a series of displays in record shops featuring a fully inhabited fish tank . |
| 12 | It may be that , in some areas , registration officers were less than assiduous in chasing up the laggards . |
| 13 | The process is consequently one more akin to topping up the various activity boxes with water , with flows being initiated from one to another once selected levels have been achieved . |
| 14 | In the opinion of Paul Whitfield , Deputy Chairman of Bonham 's , the cost structures of a company such as Sotheby 's are inappropriate to the present recessionary climate , but dismantling them is impossible without breaking up the company — one possible solution in his opinion . |
| 15 | An official teachers ' guide may recommend project work and locally based enquiry , whereas the official timetable renders such initiatives impossible by dividing up the day into small fragments . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the right position for taking the pictures is seldom ideal for picking up the sound , especially when speech is being recorded , so on-board camcorder microphones do have their drawbacks . |
| 17 | Eccleshall , from a scenic village north-west of the county town , are more accustomed to propping up the league than heading it . |
| 18 | good for picking up the marks . |
| 19 | This exercise is brilliant for toning up the loose skin under the chin . |
| 20 | And a collection of routine thoughts and physical distractions are useful for filling up the spaces created by the avoidance . |
| 21 | I am sick and tired of picking up the mud |
| 22 | Burstall and Kay report that in the case of NAEP early opposition from teacher unions was partly based upon fear of a backwash effect and , indeed , it appears to have been a worry for those involved with setting up the APU testing programme . |
| 23 | Although many ‘ remedies ’ have been tried , none is very useful in speeding up the process . |
| 24 | ‘ Is he involved in writing up the stocksheets ? ’ |
| 25 | As an assistant audit manager , she worked on the accounting and reporting side during the USM placing in December 1986 , and was involved in setting up the consolidation of C&R 's US interests . |
| 26 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 27 | Amitha : I was n't involved in setting up the Group , having then not accepted my lesbian identity , but from what I could see there was a lot of resentful and suspicious comparison between the BWG and the LGWG . |
| 28 | Having looked at the equipment and principles involved in setting up the tank , we now approach the art ( and science ) of aquarium decor . |
| 29 | Firstly , there are transaction costs involved in setting up the cash index required for strategy 1 . |
| 30 | Everyone at was involved in setting up the procedures under the guidance of technical manager assisted by . |