Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] up [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The contrast between Reagan and his predecessor in these situations has been pointed up by one Democratic congressman . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Experiments have been using deuterium alone , and the temperature of the plasma has been pushed up to 300 million degrees . |
| 7 | After last year 's success he has appeared on TV and radio all over the world and has been signed up by three advertising agencies . |
| 8 | Their blueprint for a sort of gun-rack for spades and hoes has been taken up by one manufacturer . |
| 9 | In the example given , the production function has been divided up into four sub-units or departments . |
| 10 | I assume that Crilly has been picked up on one of his many ‘ wanted ’ charges and that the police are calling to confirm the address he has given . |
| 11 | The new company Securicor Okhrana St Petersburg has been set up with four Russian partners and the UK subsidiary of a Finnish bank . |
| 12 | On our review model the tremolo has been set up with three springs instead of Stevie 's five , and the baseplate is kicked up way too high from the face of the body . |
| 13 | Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth . |
| 14 | A HOTLINE for people worried about relatives on the Airbus has been set up on 071 270 4112 ( office hours ) and 071 839 1010 ( other times ) . |
| 15 | A special recruitment helpline has been set up on 0244 318990 . |
| 16 | Nearly £5 billion has been put up by 2.2 million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed , making the sale one of the most popular in the Government 's privatisation programme . |
| 17 | ‘ I wish I 'd been brought up in one of these , ’ he said , ‘ rather than a tower block . |
| 18 | Next month she will have been locked up for 4 years without being charged or tried , while an examining magistrate struggles to assemble enough evidence to convict her of murdering first her husband and then her boyfriend . |
| 19 | Perhaps it could have been rounded up to seven hundred — still not quite accurate , but at least more accurate ? |
| 20 | ‘ We have a very large number of people who 've been on our books for between a year and 18 months and they are quality staff , people who would have been snapped up within 10 days , three years ago . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm very competitive , having been brought up as one of four brothers and with parents who are competitive too . |
| 22 | and your husband having been brought up in one . |
| 23 | As the economy grew that happened , although the goal of stable real spending can only be said to have been achieved up to 1990 if the returns from privatisation are included to reduce the total — essentially a cheat . |
| 24 | The earliest written version of Lex Salica seems to have been made up of sixty-five titles . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | Repeated attempts to salvage her had been made up to 1840 , CH 1 . |
| 29 | And do you seriously believe that the American or world computer industry would be better today if IBM had been broken up into five pieces 20 years ago , as the 1960s and 1970s trustbusters proposed ? |
| 30 | Furthermore , the reforms which had been implemented up to 1990 did not emerge from discussions between the communities concerned and the government but have been imposed from above . |