Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the Housing Act 1988 and the introduction of shorthold tenancies , we are witnessing rapid growth in the number of shorthold and assured tenancies being let by private landlords — so much so , that at last they are taking up the slack created by the number of secure tenancies . |
| 2 | I despise the stupidity of those painters who defended the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ to its new air-conditioned penthouse because , in setting such a precedent , they are passing up the opportunity of bequeathing their own works to the Prado . |
| 3 | But with the number of claims soaring , insurers now reckon they are losing money — so they are tightening up the rules or backing out altogether . |
| 4 | They are screwing up the whole economy , not just housing . |
| 5 | They are setting up the Horsewatch operation in Hampshire to protect the animals after a pony was attacked with a fence post . |
| 6 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 7 | Thereafter , a physiological change may cause them to develop a preference for fresher water so they are lured up the rivers , just as spiny lobsters , at a particular time of the year , are drawn to lower temperatures . |
| 8 | Convex Computer Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co last week said they are hotting up the alliance that saw Hewlett take a 5% stake in Convex last year with a potentially substantial technology exchange to plug the massively parallel applications gap . |
| 9 | Convex Computer Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday said that they are hotting up the alliance that saw Hewlett take a 5% stake in Convex last year with a potentially substantial technology exchange to plug the massively parallel applications gap . |
| 10 | Obviously , to obtain a five per cent operating profit margin means they are marking up the cost price of products by far more than five per cent . |
| 11 | And the dolphins high-protein diet makes them especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants which become increasingly concentrated as they are passed up the food chain . |
| 12 | The most toxic residues from industrial society are rarely successfully neutralised or excreted by living organisms , and they tend to be increasingly concentrated in animal tissues as they are passed up the food chain . |
| 13 | If they think forcing strange food down children 's throats will enhance good race relations , then they are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 14 | At the company 's headquarters in the appropriately named Paradise Road in Richmond , they are chalking up a sale every two seconds . |
| 15 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 16 | My poor little blind garden , what 's left of it , just up over here , near the top gate — and — ’ she turned in the opposite direction ’ — down by the river , in the old primary school building , which is in fairly good nick , they 're setting up a field study centre , and strips of land for school gardens . |
| 17 | For the future of course , we have now erm negotiated with Eurofighter a rather better arrangement , they 're setting up a joint team , they 're trying to do all the work in one place and they really are now making a lot of progress . |
| 18 | That , I mean they 're setting up the County Working , a County Working Group again are n't they ? |
| 19 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 20 | Because at the end of the day I mean they 're building up a a set of rules . |
| 21 | and they 're building up a petition so he 's now got a office he 's had he 's had three offices |
| 22 | They 're chewing up the lawn but Carl there 's nowhere else to put them at the moment . |
| 23 | They 're buildin' up the trade an' Carrie 's got plans . |
| 24 | So they 're keeping up a mystery to stay even with us . |
| 25 | As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber . |
| 26 | ‘ Next thing they 're walking up the aisle . |
| 27 | Perhaps they 're starting up a fountain . |
| 28 | I think , we have got all these seeds though in the greenhouse , and they 're coming up a treat ! |
| 29 | Er I think I think probably they they 're going up a little bit later so |
| 30 | What a lot of people are doing is they 're not putting up rails but they 're putting up a erm a border halfway up are n't they , or just not quite halfway up the wall . |