Example sentences of "was [verb] up [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Retail , which refuses to disclose the terms of the deal , was set up last year with £10m of City capital and is headed by Malcolm Parkinson , the former B & Q managing director . |
2 | The ISE Council yesterday considered a progress report from the special committee on the domestic equity market , chaired by Nigel Elwes , which was set up last year to examine stock market procedures in the wake of the October 1987 crash . |
3 | The EIT was set up last year to help fund university research which could help underpin the technological base of Europe 's industry . |
4 | He was appointed director of the council when it was set up last year . |
5 | A new department in the Ministry of Culture was set up last year which has imposed a ceiling of DFl. 3 million ( £937,500 ; $1,640,625 ) in subsidies and has ruled that galleries which have been selected to sell under the scheme will have to submit a yearly programme of exhibitions to the Arts Council who in turn will decide which of those exhibitions are eligible for the interest-subsidy scheme . |
6 | For the wealthy , there 's the garden of intrigue , a permanent display costing forty thousand pounds which was set up last year by a local nursery.Those with tiny gardens and less money could gain inspiration from the series of patio gardens designed for the show . |
7 | It was set up last year at the behest of the Labour leader , John Smith , but has an independent life under Sir Gordon Borrie , former director-general of the Office of Fair Trading . |
8 | Mr Duncan , who works at the Unilever Research Labortory in Port Sunlight , has been deputy chairman since the self-governing Trust was set up last year under NHS reforms . |
9 | A change programme ‘ start-up ’ team was set up last month under the leadership of control supervisor Ian Mincher , comprising Stuart Brown ( operations ) , Brian Groat ( control ) , Clive Watt ( electrical ) , Bob Vice ( mechanical ) , James Johnson ( operations support ) and Kenny Pearson ( operations ) . |
10 | The campaign against the extraction and use of peat was set up last spring by a group of environmental and conservation organisations , led by the Royal Society for Nature Conservation , in order to try and protect what remains of Britain 's lowland bog areas . |
11 | Yeah , this was brought up last night at the meeting at of Old Harlow and Potter Street er forum . |
12 | And it was brought up last time that erm , in the Potter Street area , not enough was being done to occupy the minds of the |
13 | The store development programme was stepped up last year with seven new store openings , compared with only three the previous year , bringing the total at year end to 79 . |
14 | I was making up next month 's order for the Brewery ; it 'll save time in the morning . ’ |
15 | It was blown up last year . |