Example sentences of "[verb] up [coord] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such views are often picked up and repeated by non-finance specialists ( e.g. Hill , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 3 | Such ventures never formed more than a significant minority of the total number of clubs , most of which were based on street or neighbourhood groups set up and run by ordinary working people . |
| 4 | These are cooperative credit societies set up and controlled by local people from a defined geographical area . |
| 5 | The key figure responsible for resurrecting the Durkheimian idea of the functions of crime was Erikson ( 1966 ) , but it was taken up and used by other writers of the period ( for example , Box , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | The simple task devised by Kinsbourne and Cook ( 1971 ) was subsequently taken up and modified by other investigations . |
| 7 | The local technical university is a useful source ; so is the Penang Skills Development Centre , set up and financed by local multinationals . |