Example sentences of "up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 T'WIT to woo owls Eddie and Edwina have struck up a tender relationship .
2 Mercer 's bid to control Hibernian opened up a deep wound in the capital and brought unwanted attention to the embattled Hibs board .
3 Plans to set up a deep repository for nuclear waste near Sellafield in Cumbria are attracting growing criticism .
4 His thumb circled and rubbed the hardened peak , sending waves of sensation through her , starting up a deep throb of desire .
5 He said the princess was building up a separate Kensington Palace court and international platform for herself , predicting : ‘ We will see the phoenix princess arising from the ashes of this whole crumbling mess of the monarchy .
6 The company , founded by Mrs Cooper 's great grandfather Robert Richardson , soon began to specialise in clock making and became so popular it had to set up a separate factory at Robert Street .
7 It was Rosa Luxemburg , with the strong support of the German leadership , who defended the position of the German Social Democrats in the name of internationalism , urging the Polish worker in Prussia ‘ to give up national utopias and to accept that his national interests are best taken care of by Social Democracy , and not by taking up a separate position as a Pole in the wake of nationalist parties ’ .
8 In 1879 , breeders in Friesland set up a separate herdbook , the Friesch Rundvee Stamboek ( FRS ) .
9 Xanana Gusmao , a former resistance leader in East Timor , was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Indonesian court for , among several charges , trying to set up a separate state .
10 In the north west the Somali National Movement ( ‘ S.N.M. ’ ) attempted to set up a separate state .
11 Mace declined to comment , other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’
12 Mace declined to comment other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’
13 My hon. Friend puts his finger on one of the central dilemmas faced by those who would advocate setting up a separate Parliament with separate powers entrenched in Edinburgh in rivalry to the Westminster Parliament .
14 Since March 1990 Mid Glamorgan 's community drug team has seen a progressive increase in the number of users of anabolic steroids attending general needle exchange clinics and has therefore set up a separate service for these users .
15 I then decided to set up a separate tank for them and to buy a pH test kit to make sure the pH was similar .
16 The couple is expected to set up a separate residence for themselves on or shortly after marriage ( that is , and has long been , a general European pattern ) , and the chief obligations of the spouses are to each other and to their children , and only after that to their own families of origin .
17 Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party .
18 In 1944 he produced the first fixed-odds football coupon , and set up a separate football company in 1944 .
19 The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks .
20 Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death .
21 However , some management education is provided in technical colleges which are not associated with RMCs and , somewhat concerned lest their work and status be eclipsed by nearby RMCs , they set up a separate pressure group in the form of the United Kingdom Standing Conference of Management Heads ( UKSC ) .
22 In 1989 KPMG Peat Marwick set up a separate environment unit to help its clients become more aware of environmental responsibilities , problems and opportunities .
23 The Government of Ireland Act 1920 had set up a regional parliament and government .
24 These include experiments in programme exchange and plans to set up a regional TV network in time for the 1992 Caribbean Festival of Arts .
25 Mr Bates , a local school governor , is a supporter of the controversial Macmillan City Technology College in Middlesbrough and is fighting his campaign on four main issues : law and order , the Conservative Government 's ability to lead the country out of recession , the Prime Minister 's commitment to the health service and his expectation that Langbaurgh voters will reject the plans of other parties to set up a regional assembly .
26 For example , when Kodak wished to set up a regional distribution centre in Nairobi , it failed to gain permission for ‘ green channel ’ facilities for the re-exports .
27 MMT operates purely in the UK South East where Haines claims 2% to 3% market share , and has no plans to set up a regional office up North until this market is saturated , although an acquisition is possible .
28 This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally .
29 This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally .
30 Proceeding up a flooded stream flowing into the Indaw-gwi Lake with a heavy load of paddy ( rice ) seed , the boat capsized and Case was thrown into the water and drowned .
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