Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bolney Estates agreed to take up £1,000 worth and others agreed to buy a further £3,000 worth . |
| 2 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 3 | Enemies unite to clean up Caribbean |
| 4 | SA anti-apartheid groups vow to step up struggle . |
| 5 | We hope that you enjoy this issue and we would like to encourage all women artists to continue to send up details about your exhibitions and events for inclusion in our extensive listings . |
| 6 | The researchers tried to bump up numbers by installing large wooden nest boxes ( 0.5 m x 0.5 m x 1.0m ) on the top of telegraph poles throughout three plantations . |
| 7 | Interactive Development Environments has set up IDE Canada in Toronto to handle direct sales and support operations for its CASE products . |
| 8 | Supermodels such as Linda Evangelista — used to commanding at least £10,000 just to get out of bed — Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer , who have dominated the world of glamour for so long , will face tough competition as designer labels clamour to sign up actresses Michelle Pfeiffer , Geena Davis and Kim Basinger . |
| 9 | Scots fail to keep up challenge |
| 10 | Australian World Cup tactics help set up May 2 showdown at Twickenham |
| 11 | The French Dragoons had taken up positions in the southern houses , while the Prussian infantry in their dark blue coats and black shakos lined the barricade . |
| 12 | Nearby other shops had set up trestles loaded with silk saris and embroidered salwars , high-heeled shoes and embroidered mosque hats , trinkets and bracelets , jewellery and decorations . |
| 13 | The procedure originated to deal with circumstances where parties wish to set up machinery for determining a price without negotiations , often where the obligation to make a payment arises in the future , as with options . |
| 14 | Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well . |
| 15 | Some schools have started up businesses to raise money . |
| 16 | European exporters have pushed up prices in both countries to protect margins . |
| 17 | The self-certifying procedure does not apply to means tested applications but most area offices have set up systems for " fast-tracking " Children Act applications . |
| 18 | To ensure the right chemical composition for these ( shellac not being available nowadays ) , forgers have bought up supplies of less desirable genuine ‘ Sun ’ records and recycled them . |
| 19 | Some of the shops are also involved , they will also have window displays , several of Princes Risborough shops have taped up windows which looks quite extraordinary when you drive into the town . |
| 20 | The 1992 Community Enterprise Forum took place in Hartlepool civic centre with the aim of giving information and advice to people and groups wanting to set up projects or those already running them . |
| 21 | a body corporate which has more than 20 members ( or is the subsidiary of a holding company which has more than 20 members ) and it , or any of its holding companies or subsidiaries has called up share capital or net assets of not less than 500,000 |
| 22 | ‘ The close proximity of the other design companies has opened up business opportunities for us , ’ says Rita Brophy , marketing manager of graphic design company Stylehaus . |
| 23 | These include technical specifications which hinder or prevent trade in goods ; rules and regulations governing services which hinder non-domestic companies from trading across frontiers ; discriminatory public procurement rules which limit tendering for government contracts to domestic companies , and legal obstacles faced by foreign companies seeking to set up subsidiaries in other member states . |
| 24 | Part-time crews needed to back up villages |
| 25 | Tan accelerators claim to speed up production of melanin — the pigment produced by your skin in the sun — but there 's no evidence that they work . |
| 26 | And his character as the bullying father in the BBC film Morphine And Dolly Mixtures sent shivers up viewers ' spines . |
| 27 | Much time is spent by teacher-librarians in secondary schools in giving pupils busy introductions to reference books and library catalogues , and we saw in Chapter 3 how tutor-librarians in technical institutions along Hertfordshire lines had built up programmes of instruction in all aspects of information-seeking . |
| 28 | Of necessity , regulators have to build up contacts with the regulated . |
| 29 | But political changes in several countries have opened up opportunities for alternative broadcasting channels . |
| 30 | Following reports in Unigram.X that Microsoft Corp is interested in making Windows NT interoperate with SVR4 ( UX No 412 ) , the two companies have set up lines of communication . |