Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And bizarrely , there 's no function for opening up an empty budget planner ; you have to save the example planner under a different name and delete all the data from it . |
| 2 | The DUP was in better form , after picking up an extra seat on the Waterside with the election of Bill Irwin . |
| 3 | In the household , we may find ourselves acting as ‘ memory ’ to the whole family , both in the prosaic sense of keeping lists of jobs and obligations in mind , and also in the sense of building up an extended record of family life with photos , souvenirs and diaries . |
| 4 | The main aim isto explore the feasibility of setting up an integrated physical and community infrastructure data base . |
| 5 | And so we , we are in the process of setting up an online database computerized which would be accessible by not just branches , but individual erm health and safety reps for a fairly minimal affiliation which will tap into the latest information which will be updated er every three months and we feel that again that 's something in conjunction with , clearly with the unions in the city something that a trades council should be doing , something that raises our profile , explains to people what trade councils , what the trade union movement is all about and does it effectively using modern techniques and modern methods . |
| 6 | This , more developed , scheme outlined the much criticized recommendation of setting up an inner Cabinet of five which would carry out the needed programme of economic reform . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no intention of wiping out the WPBSA or of setting up an alternative governing body , ’ Hearn said . |
| 8 | The feeling of disquiet about the practices and methods of some headhunting firms in terms of ethics , reliability , quality of work and total professionalism is such that the possibility of setting up an official self-regulatory association ought to be investigated . |
| 9 | At the same time , Denyer had the idea of setting up an accompanying exhibition : it seemed an obvious extension of the book . |
| 10 | As a result of a request from the project to a local College of Further Education for someone to provide an ‘ O ’ level class for mothers involved in a pre-school play-group , discussions took place about the possibility of setting up an educational project to complement and support the work of the community action project . |
| 11 | Then , realizing the cost and risk of setting up an American operation only for his own films , he backtracked and arranged for US to handle his company 's big-budget pictures . |
| 12 | If place is to be defined in terms of co-ordinates , the assumption that no particular can be in two places at once presupposes the ( logical ) possibility of a unique designation by means of co-ordinates of every single position in space , i.e. the possibility , in principle , of setting up an all-embracing co-ordinate system ; making it possible to differentiate unambiguously every point in space from any other from a given origin . |
| 13 | There 's talk of setting up an advisory board for him to consult . |
| 14 | Thankfully , there 'd been no traffic coming ; the concept of striking up an intimate — indeed potentially penetrative — relationship with the rocks on the far side of the road had been bad enough ; but even the prospect of a head-on with another lump of metal travelling at anything remotely like the sort of speed we were sustaining might have resulted in me making my mark in the most embarrassing fashion on the leather upholstery of the Bavarian macht-wagen . |
| 15 | To go on thus is like walking up an ever-narrowing blind alley : the further you go the more difficult it is to turn about ; the more certain and greater the ultimate disaster . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ This vote was about propping up an incompetent government . |
| 17 | It is looking into setting up an alternative advice centre . |
| 18 | There was nothing particularly creditable in giving up an immoral life when you had fully satisfied that nagging curiosity . |
| 19 | Graded tests would be far more informative for those involved in making up an individual programme fitted for each of those who is going on . |
| 20 | America led the way in setting up an international system for dealing with the Indochina refugees . |
| 21 | America led the way in setting up an international system for dealing with the Indochina refugees . |
| 22 | The CNRS has been less successful in setting up an international company called Euroresearch . |
| 23 | Earlier yesterday , Mr Mandela told supporters in Wembezi township , 75 miles west of Pietermaritzburg , that the international community should play a role in setting up an internal peace force . |
| 24 | The point is of course that the puzzle itself is false in setting up an impossible situation . |
| 25 | Some leading MEPs believe an alliance with reform-minded MPs must be struck if leaders like Mrs Thatcher are to be prevented from setting up an economic and monetary union , which is essentially uncontrolled by any democratically-elected body . |
| 26 | No two candidates will respond to questions in exactly the same way so you must keep a fair amount of flexibility in your approach — it would be wrong to stop a candidate from following up an interesting and potentially revealing answer simply because it is not coming at the designated point in your schedule . |
| 27 | Use these for all sorts of things from training the software to recognize your handwriting , to calling up an on-screen keyboard when your calligraphic skills fail completely . |
| 28 | Ironically , there is no inhibition on digging up an old acquittal . |
| 29 | You can follow our step-by-step guides on setting up an attractive catfish community , successfully breeding killifish , and converting a tropical community set-up to marine . |
| 30 | The UN 's outer-space division wants to spend $500000 next year on schemes for training and also on setting up an advisory service for Third World space engineers . |