Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] had [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ACPS had set up a sub-committee , under the chairmanship of Baroness Wootton of Abinger , to carry out the review . |
| 2 | The ELN leadership confirmed on Sept. 20 that a Socialist Renewal Movement ( CRS ) within the ELN had set up its own organization . |
| 3 | But once the Petrovs had given up all their secrets they became difficult to please , claiming that their true value was not being appreciated . |
| 4 | In 1966 the Beatles had given up touring , a practice that had consumed their lives ever since they 'd been catapulted into celebrity in 1963 . |
| 5 | By early July the Wordsworths had taken up temporary residence at Cottle 's house in Wine Street , Bristol , where Dorothy found the noise of the Bristol streets almost intolerable . |
| 6 | Third , the Serbs had to give up more territory than Croats or Muslims ( see maps below ) . |
| 7 | The Shah had built up his armed forces and had begun to create a nationwide secret police , but he had done almost nothing to meet the disparate but urgent demands of his people . |
| 8 | The LDC category had first been given prominence nine years earlier , by the September 1981 UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Paris [ see p. 31352 ] , when the UN had drawn up its list of ( then 31 ) LDCs , but little had been achieved in implementing a Substantial New Programme of Action adopted by that meeting . |
| 9 | Headed by Iqbal Riza , a Pakistani UN political officer , and Philippe Texier , a French senior appellate court judge , this was the first mission of its type the UN had set up inside a member country [ see p. 38187 ] . |
| 10 | Though the CPRS had drawn up an agenda in four parts , starting with our relationship with the external world , we soon found ourselves in the middle of a second reading debate over the whole field . |
| 11 | Amid continuing military claims and counter-claims by both sides , there was evidence that the MNR had stepped up its attacks to coincide with the Rome meetings . |
| 12 | From the same papyri we learn that the Ptolemies had picked up the well-known Sheikh of Transjordan , Tobiah , to command the military settlers in his territory . |
| 13 | The CID had set up an incident room at sub-divisional headquarters . |
| 14 | The FIS had put up a candidate in each constituency ( and claimed to be the only party to do so ) . |
| 15 | In a move reportedly designed to persuade the Soviet Union to abandon its rail-mounted mobile intercontinental missile system , the SS-24 , Bush said that the USA had given up plans to develop mobile versions of the MX and Midgetman missiles and that a programme to build the short-range attack missile ( SRAM ) had also been cancelled . |
| 16 | Reports in early July said that the USA had drawn up plans for closer monitoring of international sanctions against Iraq following Jordan 's alleged violation of the trade embargo . |
| 17 | The four divisions of the BEF had moved up to Mons on 22 August , in full expectation of forming part of an offensive on the Allied left wing . |
| 18 | According to Middle East International of May 17 , the EC had come up with more generous terms in response to GCC criticism that " the EC was being too restrictive in offering trade concessions to Gulf exports of petrochemicals " . |
| 19 | The FIS was the only party to offer a candidate in all 430 constituencies , although the FLN had put up a candidate in 429 . |
| 20 | Referring to the recent bomb blasts in Belfast , Portadown and Magherafelt , Sir Patrick told reporters that he believed the IRA had stepped up its campaign of destruction because it would never win by the ballot-box and he revealed that he would be talking to senior RUC officers later today to discuss the present security situation . |
| 21 | A final vote showed Tory support remained solid while the LibDems had picked up a handful of votes at Labour 's expense . |