Example sentences of "has been [to-vb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of his achievements since joining Guy 's in 1985 has been to set up a full fertility unit . |
| 2 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 3 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 4 | One of the aims of both Tim Grant and myself has been to build up expertise and knowledge of expert systems within the Engineering Branch . |
| 5 | An important aspect of recent legislation and policy has been to tighten up on ‘ information agreements ’ , which could form the basis of secret collusion . |
| 6 | Acorn 's policy has been to buy up sound but somewhat shabby family-owned hotels as and when opportunity offers , and to renovate them to an extent consistent with the company 's ‘ image ’ of old-fashioned comfort . |
| 7 | Their reaction , towards the east and to the Gulf war too , has been to pay up and keep their heads down . |