Example sentences of "[v-ing] up a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other skills involved were the planning of time , the allocation of tasks , drawing up a questionnaire to be used to cover local facilities , telephoning and interviewing local licensees and decision-making in relation to the selection , organization and editing of information gathered . |
| 2 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 3 | The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat . |
| 4 | But she added that she understood that AT&T was interested in setting up a competitor to Telecom Eireann . |
| 5 | Does his eagerness amount to setting up a trust to that effect ? |
| 6 | But women tend to work by manipulating the threads , setting up a pattern to be woven , which may not be fully revealed until much later . |
| 7 | Although the Unity Manifesto had been signed by Pollitt , butt , Gallacher , Tom Mann and Arthur Horner on behalf of the Communists it was essential to stress that there was no intention of setting up a rival to the Labour Party . |