Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [verb] up [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 2 | Worst hit were the Baltic Exchange , which has been shored up to make it safe , and the Chamber of Shipping , which is partially collapsed . |
| 3 | ASTON VILLA 'S Earl Barrett has been called up to reinforce England 's squad for the World Cup ‘ double header ’ in Poland and Norway . |
| 4 | This ultra-modern ‘ lean production ’ plant has been geared up to produce the V6 's twin-cam cylinder head in vast quantities . |
| 5 | ‘ David Francis from Customer Services has been trained up to run sessions on coaching , ’ said Personnel Organisational Development and Training Manager . |
| 6 | She 's also a regular on Roseanne , where a small part playing Tom Arnold 's kooky wife has been beefed up to include her in almost every other episode in the next series . |
| 7 | A Northallerton Town football player has been signed up to improve fitness facilities at Hambleton leisure centres . |
| 8 | The Rios RISC has been cleaned up to create the PowerPC , focusing on just what 's important for the desktop market . |
| 9 | ULSTER 'S John Reid has been snapped up to ride Royal Ballerina in the Coalite St. Leger , final classic of the season at Doncaster on Saturday . |
| 10 | And contingency plans has been drawn up to relocate vital NIO departments to nearby government buildings in the event of a devastating bomb attack . |
| 11 | If there are two parties each putting forward programmes which they are pledged to carry out if elected to government , and which they are able to carry out because they possess sufficient internal cohesion , then the electorate in choosing a programme ( and a programme at that which has been drawn up to appeal to their interests ) mandates a party to carry out its programme and holds the party accountable for its adequate fulfillment at the next election . |
| 12 | Both the system which has been set up to do this and the evidence of its operational effectiveness will be audited . |
| 13 | A steering committee has been set up to monitor discrimination in Darlington and the county as a whole and it hopes to get up to £40,000 from Durham County Council and eight district councils to fund the scheme . |
| 14 | At the suggestion of the European Community , which had been asked to mediate by the Czechoslovak and Hungarian governments , a panel of experts has been set up to assess the situation . |
| 15 | The Foundation for Organic Agriculture ( FOA ) has been set up to promote organic farming in the Czech Republic and Slovakia . |
| 16 | A new Energy Savings Trust , to be funded initially by British Gas , has been set up to support energy conservation efforts . |
| 17 | The Wider Horizons Programme has been set up to fund 22 young unemployed people from all over Ireland to travel to Louisiana in the United States . |
| 18 | The network of Training Enterprise Councils ( TEC ) has been set up to allow strategies for dealing with vocational training , employment needs , new enterprise and economic development to be handled at a local level by a single local body , which benefits from the practical experience and local knowledge of the employers and others who serve on its board . |
| 19 | A NEW company has been set up to exploit an automatic bicycle transmission system , which is claimed to he the biggest breakthrough in bicycle gears since Derailleur invented his system in the 1920s ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 23 ) . |
| 20 | Bright sparks Wyseplant 's new service , Powersafe , has been set up to manage the inspection and testing of electrical installations and equipment used in industry , commerce and public utilities in the UK |
| 21 | ‘ It is reasonably clear on the authorities that where a statutory tribunal has been set up to decide final questions affecting parties ' rights and duties , if the statute is silent upon the question , the courts will imply into the statutory provision a rule that the principles of natural justice should be applied . |
| 22 | The National Foodstuffs Commission , replacing SAM , has been set up to implement government strategy that consists of price supports for basic food production , special incentives to producers of priority foodstuffs , the phasing out of subsidies for non-priority foodstuffs and a plan to tie retail prices of basic foods to increases in the national minimum wage . |
| 23 | Before running the Validation program , ensure that the logical name LIFESPANCONFIGURATION has been set up to point to the configuration file for the LIFESPAN system being checked . |
| 24 | A joint committee of the Commons and the Lords has been set up to scrutinize statutory instruments , and therefore to facilitate parliamentary review of subordinate legislation . |
| 25 | A FUND has been set up to save the giant northern hairy-nosed wombat . |
| 26 | A working party of professional staff has been set up to devise and control the resulting programmes ’ … |
| 27 | Talking of shares , here is a reminder of the share helpline that has been set up to give you advice about your shares in Guinness . |
| 28 | The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital . |
| 29 | An associated foundation has been set up to enable architects , art historians and archaeologists to investigate funerary rituals , art and culture . |
| 30 | TECHNIQUEST has been set up to enable visitors to touch and play with hands-on exhibits and experience scientific effects and phenomena . |