Example sentences of "[vb past] up the new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An official of the Association of British Insurers , which drew up the new insurance ratings , conceded that the structure , which is due to be introduced on July 1 , is being revised ‘ almost daily . ’
2 The five members of the old politburo [ see p. 37317 ] , with the addition of Budyn Sum'yaa ( hitherto Minister of Culture ) , made up the new party presidium .
3 The farmers affected broke up the new flood-banks , and after being arrested initially , were released on the grounds that the enclosure commissioners had exceeded their powers in constructing the drainage works .
4 In the late 1850s Stringfellow took up the new art of photography , becoming so proficient that he advertised himself as a professional portrait photographer , with a studio in the High Street of Chard .
5 The portfolio of Mohamed Ghanouchi was altered from Planning and Finance to Economy and Finance ; Tahar Azaiez took up the new post of Minister of Professional Training and Employment ; Ahmed Khaled became Minister of Culture and Information ; and Ali Chabi was appointed as Secretary of State for Religious Affairs .
6 On Aug. 10 a Supreme Court judge , Giuseppe di Gennaro , 68 , took up the new post of director of the DIA on a provisional basis .
7 This year Ian McCartney took up the new post of Student Enterprise Officer and this addition to the staff has greatly facilitated student enterprise activities .
8 From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin .
9 One of them Derek Clark is the man who dreamt up the new idea … took the plunge into the sailing revolution
10 Curbishley 's managerial partner , Steve Gritt , summed up the new feeling within the club when he said : ‘ After Saturday we 'll be a real club again .
11 I picked up The New Principles of Gardening , a leather-bound tome by Batty Langley ( d. 1751 ) and wondered when she would have been b .
12 He drove in silence after that , leaving me alone with my chaotic thoughts , and at the end of the long straight slash across the side of the cloud-hidden mountain , we picked up the new road again , swinging right , away from the Jequetepeque .
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