Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robinson also cited the work of the commission 's judicial task force in recommending and helping to set up a scientific organization inside the Federal Judicial Center that will provide guidance for judges on the question of interpreting scientific evidence in court ( see page 481 ) . |
| 2 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 3 | There 's a certain amount of history because the moon is if if the earth is spinning round the moon is going round the water that the moon is attracting will be rushing to catch up a little bit . |
| 4 | I 'm going to write up a suggested arrangement on the board now . |
| 5 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 6 | ‘ And anyway , Marius said this boy was coming over and he was going to draw up a new will , and would we witness it ? … ’ |
| 7 | I 'm going to put up a good fight . |
| 8 | It is important , therefore , before attempting to build up a successful front for the furtherance of your career , first to ensure that the real attitude behind the front is one that will support it on all occasions . |
| 9 | One should therefore think very carefully and far ahead before deciding to break up a good permanent pasture : it is a slow , costly , and difficult task to get it back . |
| 10 | Our intention was to fly low level VFR into French airspace , climb onto airways VFR , then , as we were expecting to catch up a cold front around Limoges , refile IFR and continue to our destination expecting an IFR approach with a reported cloud base of 600 to 800 ft . |
| 11 | The new scheme offered from today by EIGA is open to any European company or EC subsidiary of a foreign firm aiming to build up a Russian business empire . |
| 12 | I 'm beginning to build up a vague picture of this man . |
| 13 | Proper notice through registry recordings can be accomplished without having to set up a universal or central registry . |
| 14 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 15 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 16 | Mr Purtill also posed for a picture with Mr Major , managing to rustle up a sheepish grin . |
| 17 | Noades said : ‘ There 's enough pressure on us as it is , being second-bottom of the Premier League , without people trying to split up a long-standing partnership . |
| 18 | Hawkins withdrew from this dangerous line of business , though he felt his enterprise in trying to open up a new line of trade deserved recognition and he put a black slave on his coat-of-arms . |
| 19 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |
| 20 | CLEVELAND PARK is hoping to set up a two-dog match between the Middlesbrough track 's current top dog , Goulane Peggy , and exciting newcomer I 'm Sloppy . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm hoping to set up a special league . |
| 22 | Xanana Gusmao , a former resistance leader in East Timor , was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Indonesian court for , among several charges , trying to set up a separate state . |
| 23 | The Assembly also approved the leadership purge of June and July , when six high-ranking officials in the ruling Khmer People 's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ) had been arrested for trying to set up a new party [ see also pp. 37598-99 ] . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything . |
| 25 | If the father is trying to instil good table manners while the mother is arguing , ‘ What does it matter , so long as she eats ? ’ , or the mother is trying to set up a sensible bedtime routine while father says ‘ Another half-hour wo n't hurt ’ , mealtimes and bedtimes will soon turn into problem areas . |
| 26 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 27 | ‘ Much the same … missing Garry badly while trying to put up a brave pretence of not interfering with his work . |
| 28 | A fat lot he even cared about being late for church and she trying to keep up a good style . |
| 29 | A FORMER National Health Service doctor trying to build up a private holistic treatment practice yesterday lost his Appeal Court challenge to a General Medical Council rule against advertising . |
| 30 | AFORMER National Health Service doctor trying to build up a private holistic treatment practice yesterday lost his Appeal Court challenge to a General Medical Council rule against advertising . |