Example sentences of "[vb pp] up during [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
2 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
3 | Until the South African mines were opened up during the last decade of the nineteenth century , diamonds were obtained exclusively from alluvial deposits , often those which also produced gold . |
4 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |
5 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act means that three new independent radio services and a fifth television channel will be set up during the next Parliament . |
6 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
7 | A few co-operatives have been set up during the last 25 years . |
8 | But although Biarritz still has a statue of Queen Victoria , that of Edward VII was blown up during the Second World War , on political rather than aesthetic or moral grounds it is said . |