Example sentences of "been [verb] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The financial resources of Abbey National are exceptionally strong and our reserves have been built up over many years through a combination of prudence and innovation . |
| 32 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 33 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 35 | A reputation had been built up over several years for the use of computers in the fields of manpower planning , personnel statistics and other industrial relations applications . |
| 36 | By looking at the present distribution of animals and plants , and by comparing this with what was known about geological changes in the past , the evolutionist could seek to explain how the populations of the earth 's various regions had been built up through successive migrations . |
| 37 | Hanson has been built up into one of Britain 's leading companies over a period of twenty years based on an acquisition philosophy which involves a reduction in the acquired company 's bureaucracy , devolution of responsibility to local managers , a tight control of capital expenditure and a disposal of some of the peripheral assets which are not part of the company 's ‘ core activities ’ . |
| 38 | Therefore either the customers must continually be changing identity ( so it is sensible for them to engage in some search ) and some expectation must have been built up about potential high benefits to search , or else search costs must be truly trivial , in order for the potential incumbent to stand a chance of usurping the established firm . |
| 39 | The Electrochemical Technology business has been built up since 1981 to capitalize on ICI 's expertise in chlor-alkali production and electrochemistry. the FM21 membrane cell has been sold since that year , mainly as part of a chlor-alkali production package , but recent developments have led to its use in the manufacture of more complex speciality or ‘ effect ’ chemicals . |
| 40 | It has been built up since 1975 by combining Fiat 's original truck division in Italy with foreign acquisitions : Unic in France , Magirus in Germany , Pegaso in Spain and Iveco Ford in the UK ( in which Fiat has a 48% stake , but controls operations ) . |
| 41 | British infancy research has a well-established National , European and International reputation , and this has been built up by many eminent researchers working separately at their different institutions . |
| 42 | A great deal of confidence has been built up in this system and NASA regularly publish reports of incidents notified to them , though of course without any reference to the individuals involved . |
| 43 | The fleet had been built up from 1898 , matching the rise in passenger traffic , and was specially suited to the inter-urban nature of the line with its infrequent stops . |
| 44 | The lawn itself has been built up from strong flowing curves and these naturally lead the eye away from those rectangular boundaries . |
| 45 | The company 's database of reactions contains information on over 500,000 compounds , and the expertise to operate many of these on a commercial scale had been built up from several decades of process development by Kodak , Eastman and Sterling . |
| 46 | For a while now the narrow house has been filling up with medical paraphernalia , with doctoring tackle . |
| 47 | Each turkey , fresh from the taxidermist , has been tarted up in one sort of drag or another from Parlour maid to Kabuki actor and , who knows ? maybe even Uncle Sam . |
| 48 | Experiments have been using deuterium alone , and the temperature of the plasma has been pushed up to 300 million degrees . |
| 49 | In addition , a number of titles from Grades 1–4 have been made up into sturdy and convenient Readers Packs . |
| 50 | Selected titles in Grades 1–4 have been made up into sturdy Reader Packs , each containing a Reader , a Cassette , and Notes for the Parent/Teacher in English , Italian , Spanish , Arabic , Greek , Japanese , and Portuguese . |
| 51 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 52 | Repeated attempts to salvage her had been made up to 1840 , CH 1 . |
| 53 | That state sector has been made up of nationalized industries , and of extensive welfare services provided on the basis of need , and not on the basis of the ability to pay . |
| 54 | The earliest written version of Lex Salica seems to have been made up of sixty-five titles . |
| 55 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 56 | At least as much interest has been stirred up by another special ability of the acoustic microscope ; to see beneath the surface , look into things , whether or not they are transparent to light and other forms of radiation . |
| 57 | The national monopoly has disappeared and auctioning in France has been opened up to other Europeans , but auctioneers will remain officers appointed by the Minister of Justice . |
| 58 | This means that , for the first time , the whole SVQ framework has been opened up to slower learners and those without formal qualifications . |
| 59 | The hotel itself is in fact two Regency buildings which have been opened up into one , so there are lots f nooks and crannies , small staircases and quiet corners to be explored . |
| 60 | More offices had been opened up in many countries . |