Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , yesterday 's contract sets up EDS as KF 's partner in managing the Stockholm-based company 's computer systems , making it more of a ‘ cosourcing ’ than an ‘ outsourcing ’ contract , Carroll said . |
| 2 | Churchill 's decision to set up S Branch and his support for the economists within the Cabinet Office stemmed from an enduring distrust of official advice on economic policy which can be dated back to his unhappy time at the Treasury in 1924–29 , particularly his much criticised decision , taken on official advice , to return to the gold standard in 1925 . |
| 3 | He said oh for God 's sake shut up Kim ! |
| 4 | Their main concern was not that they should receive the extra money but that the man 's desire to give up smoking would be met . |
| 5 | Athens could not ignore this , and an indecisive battle ( Tanagra ) followed by a decisive one ( Oinophyta ) gave Athens control of Boiotia till 446 ( see p. 43 for her ‘ land empire ’ ambitions , and for Sparta 's desire to set up Thebes as a counterweight to Athens ) . |
| 6 | About two minutes later Danny 's truck , with us following close behind , turned a corner and there was the slip road leading to the Motorway — only nothing was ever going to get far down that road for there were the four big trucks in Big Ben 's convoy lined up wall to wall across the road facing us . |
| 7 | Borg 's wife serves up Pounds ¼m-a-year divorce ace |
| 8 | Road victim 's father sets up family support network |
| 9 | Nigel Walker , clocked at 10.35 secs for the 100 metres , ignored fellow Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson 's advice to set up Cardiff 's 39-14 win over Newbridge . |
| 10 | Should an office worker 's union draw up guidelines requiring bosses to declare publicly if they see their secretaries after hours ? |
| 11 | To help guarantee the new loans , the World Bank , the IMF and Japan 's government stumped up $3.9 billion of new money . |
| 12 | The great contrast , however , is that debentures secured by charges on the company 's property throw up problems regarding the priority between conflicting charges . |
| 13 | Contact with the detector 's power pick up terminals is maintained by pressure from the battery door ( no snap on contacts are used ) . |