Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An electronics specialist called Colin Crook set up Zynar three years ago as a subsidiary of the Rank leisure group . |
| 2 | During July 1690 , demonstrating the French command of the Narrow Seas , small landing parties were put ashore on the Sussex coast to put up posters urging local residents , and especially army and navy officers , to support their former king , a somewhat pointless propaganda exercise , but a much more serious incursion followed . |
| 3 | In 1737 a Falmouth merchant buying up corn for shipping to London was warned : |
| 4 | The AP man rushed up tot the Shah with a wire that announced : " Teheran : Mossadeq overthrown . |
| 5 | The 30 youngsters from Keldholme School took up plastic sacks and gloves as part of a three-day litter pick to learn about the environment as they help to protect it . |
| 6 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 7 | N Ireland win sets up Dublin showdown Albania1 |
| 8 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 9 | Yorkshire Region takes up Playsafe initiative |
| 10 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 11 | Stephanie Middleton was yesterday voted one of the two runners-up in the 1992 Livewire UK Business Start Up Awards , winning herself £1,000 to invest in the business . |
| 12 | ‘ The Geiger counter picked up levels of radiation but we already knew those kegs had been stored in that particular freight car . |
| 13 | From Scarth Gap ascend up Haystacks ( 0.25 miles ) and once you 've reached the top , navigate south-westwards towards Gillercomb Head ( 2 miles ) , the gap between Brandreth and Green Gable . |
| 14 | Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know . |
| 15 | Waterford Area came up trumps last year in a classic encounter with Dublin Ladies but Dublin are poised this year to make their mark . |
| 16 | Mersey ace sets up Rome strike |
| 17 | Although the figure rose in the latter half of the year as the Gulf crisis drove up oil prices , the growing recession in November and a fall in the volume of oil imports saw the deficit fall to $9,700 million , and to $6,300 million in December . |
| 18 | We will use our EC Presidency to toughen up EC regulations and improve EC compliance with rules governing animal experiments . |
| 19 | Spain was reported to have come under pressure from the EC 's Schengen group to tighten up immigration control ; the ultimate aim of the current Schengen Agreement signatories ( the Benelux countries , France , Germany and Italy ) was the abolition of border controls throughout the EC with an accompanying strengthening of external frontiers . |
| 20 | The remaining quarter final line-up is Mark Trew v Stephen Moran in Section A , David Carson will oppose George Hamilton in Section C , while Sammy Hall plays international team mate Davy Johnston in Section D. The Baker-Hill game makes up Section B. |
| 21 | The second round draw for the Greenall 's Lancashire Cup threw up St Helens against Widnes . |