Example sentences of "on [noun pl] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would put added pressure on institutions to make up their holdings by buying in the market . |
| 2 | Automatic Cover — Previously this was provided without limit as to the period of time by which the Company must be notified but as we can no longer rely on surveyors picking up additional plant , it is now a condition of this cover that the Insured notifies the Company before expiry of the current period of insurance . |
| 3 | Yes , I I do n't think that the this is bigoted as you think though in getting that kind of letter , I mean it seems , er that the civil service er recruit on that basis every year , and er , there is no guarantee if you get through the , the various screening bits that you do actually end up with a job , because that depends on vacancies coming up . |
| 4 | 3 A corporate tie-up between privileged interests and state may be threatened by the emergence onto the political agenda of new groups and new " citizen " concerns that fall outside of the incorporation that bears on groups caught up in economic issues and the division of labour . |
| 5 | The Banque du Liban ( central bank ) had announced on Feb. 19 that it would no longer draw on reserves to prop up the value of the Lebanese pound on foreign exchange markets . |
| 6 | One such system is based entirely on descriptions made up from planar half spaces . |
| 7 | In 1987 only half of the Progressive Democrats ' 14 TDs were elected on quotas made up of first-preference votes given to them or to party running-mates from whom they were transferred . |
| 8 | He continues the list of what can be seen , using run on lines to build up to the climax : |
| 9 | Later , items prised away on doorsteps end up either in the Lanes — a cluster of antique shops with a bijou veneer , much frequented by visitors to Brighton — or , if they are not snapped up by local dealers , at markets in London . |
| 10 | The WWF is calling on governments to set up conservation programmes which take into account the needs of local people , and ensure that they can draw direct benefits from the presence of tigers in their area . |
| 11 | Heavy reliance is placed on sources set up for purposes other than monitoring population change , including the International Passenger Survey ( designed to estimate travellers ' spending patterns ) , the National Health Service Central Register and the electoral roll . |
| 12 | Some neighbour noticed the meals on wheels piling up on his doorstep . ’ |
| 13 | He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords . |
| 14 | Some concern was expressed about the slow progress on negotiations to set up the museum and it was hoped that a further meeting with Shropshire Leisure Services could be set up soon . |
| 15 | Everything depended on contributors picking up the bill in ten , twenty or thirty years . |
| 16 | Let let can I tell you in conjunction with Lincolnshire erm the N F U produced a leaflet that they 're circulating to a hundred thousand of their membership in er , it 's a real mis-match of counties , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Notts , Lincolnshire right , and er we 've got our logo on the back er , because I checked the er you know checked the content of it , and it did n't put too much onus on police setting up schemes and what not , but the N F U are delivering one of these leaflets in the next week or two to every one of their members in er that particular area , so no doubt we 'll be getting some er contact with it . |
| 17 | Commercially , the ATSR data will allow fishing vessels to ‘ home in ’ on the edges of sea currents where fish congregate to feed on nutrients brought up from the ocean floor . |
| 18 | By 1789 he was employing five assistants in London , his brother Robert , a solicitor in Edinburgh , was attending to his Scottish business , and in spite of his Presbyterian background he was working on Sundays to keep up with the pressure of work . |
| 19 | If a centre wants to find out about compatibility of their computer system and SCOTVEC 's or wants information on specifications to set up a system , contact myself or my colleague Fraser MacFarlane . |
| 20 | The CPG 's Vice-President , Sir Richard Doll , says in the document 's foreward , ‘ A ban on tobacco advertising will reduce the pressures on children to take up smoking . |
| 21 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 22 | For many it 's relying on others to speak up for them . |
| 23 | Much of this critique of current policy has been taken into account in the White Paper outlining new policy on restrictive trades practices ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1989 ) and the consultation document on options to tighten up the legislation and policy implementation in the area of abuse of market power ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1992 ) . |
| 24 | The total expenditure on renewables research up to 1988 , for example , had been £152 million , equivalent to less than eighteen months spending on the fast reactor . |
| 25 | It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence . |
| 26 | In 1963 Takayanagi proposed models for polymers containing separate phases and carried out experimental studies on composites made up from a hard polymer and a soft rubber . |
| 27 | Already they have found that growers who want to invest in water collection and recirculation systems may have to spend considerable sums on facilities to clean up the water . |