Example sentences of "propping up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Removing debris , dismantling , demolishing , shoring-up or propping up the home following destruction or damage insured under the policy . |
| 2 | Propping up the bottom of the top 100 was , you guessed it , another compilation of repeat film footage . |
| 3 | Pentland — who are currently propping up the bottom of the men 's first division table without a win — have called for a bigger , more competitive league next season . |
| 4 | A question , it was , whether he was propping up the door , or the door was propping him ! |
| 5 | One such scheme involved the purchase of the Daily Express by Max Aitken with party funds , but the party was also propping up the Globe , the Standard , and a wide range of provincial dailies . |
| 6 | Both measured around 6 x 8ft , and stood one propping up the other . |
| 7 | Mr Ashdown was accused by Labour last night of propping up the Government . |
| 8 | POOR old Jeffrey Bernard , so terrified of women , shaking in his frail , alcoholically reinforced misogynists shoes — cynical and brittle , propping up the bar and amusing his ( male ) audience by spilling his wit and intelligence in bar-room bons mots . |
| 9 | And she knew that her male colleagues would be propping up the bar of a public house , by eleven o'clock . |
| 10 | Dennis and the others were propping up the bar , Karen was supposedly selecting duty-free perfume . |
| 11 | Men propping up the bar over lunch will bewail the loss of earlier freedoms when they were footloose and fancy free . |
| 12 | Not content with propping up the bar at the Rovers , the Inspiral Carpets , who have decided to call their latest meisterwerk ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ thought it would be a spiffing idea to promote aforementioned article with a series of displays in record shops featuring a fully inhabited fish tank . |
| 13 | Inside , Keith was propping up the bar and waving a £5 note at the landlady . |
| 14 | Duncan had left Myeloski propping up the bar , drinking his customary vodka and Budweiser chaser . |
| 15 | In fact the only drawback about the Cube is that you 're more than likely to find one or two of the Sounds freelancers propping up the bar but , aside from that , there are n't many better ways to spend the approaching cold winter evenings than in the comfort of decent live music and good company . |
| 16 | In fact the only drawback about the Cube is that you 're more than likely to find one or two of the Sounds freelancers propping up the bar but , aside from that , there are n't many better ways to spend the approaching cold winter evenings than in the comfort of decent live music and good company . |
| 17 | The Commission says that the government 's practice of propping up the company by waiving interest payments due on CNP 's debts of ECU 1410m ( £987m ) — owed mainly to the state — serves to promote artificial preservation of the status quo , and to ‘ postpone necessary adjustments ’ . |
| 18 | Eccleshall , from a scenic village north-west of the county town , are more accustomed to propping up the league than heading it . |
| 19 | Each team had its own place at the coal seam and was responsible for hewing coal with a pick or drill , loading it into tubs for transportation out of the mine and propping up the roof as they advanced . |
| 20 | She would appear at the gates of the Waaf Site about 10.45pm , armed with a torch half the size of the Flamborough lighthouse , when upwards of a dozen couples would be propping up the fence saying goodnight . |
| 21 | Apart from propping up the Senate , Bonn has for decades provided lavish incentives for business and individuals to stay in , or move to , west Berlin . |
| 22 | Propping up the world 's most enduring dictator is a slavish personality cult , and rigid control of the nation . |
| 23 | Propping up the pound is like trying to get water to run uphill . |
| 24 | And it will take years to rebuild our Reserves of foreign currency which were frittered away propping up the pound . |
| 25 | His reckless stance cost Britain a BILLION pounds propping up the pound and may well yet force up interest rates . |
| 26 | Q What is meant by propping up the pound ? |
| 27 | Yet we can not have a cut because interest rates are now set , not according to the needs of our domestic economy , but for the sole purpose of propping up the pound in its ERM band , thus prolonging the recession . |