Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE National Information Forum is drawing up a directory of hospital-based services for disabled people . |
| 2 | KENYA is drawing up a list of pesticides and medicines to be banned under laws that will pass through parliament this year . |
| 3 | At the same time , it is drawing up a list of preferred suppliers and aiming to reduce the total number . |
| 4 | The JD Tele is jangly and promisingly loud ; the Signature model sounds subdued to the point of inertia , almost as if the basswood is sucking up the sound — not a good start . |
| 5 | Leeds MP Tim Kirkhope is building up a reputation as a quiet but skilful Enforcer but the other junior Whips are relatively inexperienced . |
| 6 | AGE Concern Cleveland is building up a stock of nearly new clothing in preparation for the opening of its RAGS centre in Linthorpe Road , Middlesbrough on June 15 . |
| 7 | Many existing maps concentrate on urban areas , but the National Register of Maps for the Visually Handicapped in London ( 071–873 2599 ) is building up a library of rural maps too . |
| 8 | Alongside the programme of developing the franchise chain — Wilmslow and Bromley open shortly , with Belfast , Harrogate and Kingston planned for the end of the year — Rodier Hommes is building up a network of approved stockists around the UK . |
| 9 | For instance , if a new service is building up a clientele base then one could naturally expect the efficiency ratio to improve over time . |
| 10 | SSL is building up a collection of databases on CD-ROM ( compact disc read-only memory ) in business , scientific and technical subjects . |
| 11 | What follows thereafter is building up the knowledge and experience of all those things that will enable us to identify , plan and implement improvements to our business . |
| 12 | ‘ The hardest part of the whole technique is building up the independence of the finger that holds the bottleneck . |
| 13 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 14 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 15 | However , he is climbing up the weights and may find this trip a shade on the short side . |
| 16 | Upstairs in the nursery the baby is tearing up The Anatomy of Melancholy , and eating it page by page . |
| 17 | Bill Strachan , its second owner , is keeping up the policy of good beer . |
| 18 | An example of this is walking up an escalator at the same speed that the escalator is moving downwards . |
| 19 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 20 | No , wrong way round Oh it 's brightening up the weather a bit now . |
| 21 | This is the wild and tasteless world of The Hitman And Her , the vibrantly garish , unashamedly downmarket youth TV programme that is storming up the ratings chart with its gloriously OTT presentation of provincial culture . |
| 22 | Elsag Bailey SpA has acquired Ferranti International Controls Inc of Houston , and according to the Financial Times , Ferranti International Plc is in process of getting out of the US , where it does some $100m a year , some 25% of the total , and employs about 1,000 people : it is winding up a Pennsylvania company , Ferranti International Simulation & Training and will sell the rest . |
| 23 | Cllr Long said there were worries for centre users , as no alternative care scheme had yet been agreed by St Helen 's and Knowsley Health Authority , which is winding up the project . |
| 24 | Well there is another man and she has told Paul that frankly she 's lapping up the attention . |
| 25 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 26 | What we have is picking up a ragbag of stable door legislation , that came out of other Acts , and that 's why we have offices , shops and railway premises from the Oswald Acts which were neatly tucked in the back of Oswald 's Act . |
| 27 | Is not the truth that practically everyone was told , ’ Do n't worry — social security is picking up the bill . ’ |
| 28 | Mark Bottomley is picking up the pieces of his life after being beaten around the head with a piece of scaffolding . |
| 29 | Milton Keynes is picking up the pieces and pleased that at least no one lost a life . |
| 30 | Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture for Destiny , is picking up the charter for recruiting the all-important software for the soon-to-debut desktop operating system from USL and this week will announce an early access programme that will get binary code into independent software developers ' hands immediately . |