Example sentences of "by buying up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 2 | Up till 1914 Norwegian shipowners were still making money by buying up British sailing ships and running them with windmill pumps . |
| 3 | In return , Microsoft let Apple have access to the PostScript interpreter which they had acquired by buying up Bauer Industries . |
| 4 | The Bank also uses the Exchange Equalization Account to intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up surplus sterling to keep up the external value of the pound . |
| 5 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 6 | A market participant with no initial assets perceives the possibility of making large profits by buying up all the available supply of a given resource , and then establishing himself as the monopolist producer of a particular commodity . |
| 7 | On May 21 the governor of the ( West Beirut-based ) Central Bank , Edmond Naim , requested Arab states to intervene to bolster the Lebanese currency by buying up Lebanese pounds and subscribing to the government 's regular treasury bills . |
| 8 | TNCs tend to get round this by buying up or establishing their own local suppliers ( see Bennett and Sharp , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | With borrowed money he took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself in the 1930s when Oscar Deutch set about forming a third circuit of cinemas — after those of the Rank Organisation and ABC — by buying up the best sites . |