Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er weddin' dress 'ad been run up for 'er by Mrs Stuart that 'ad only just give up 'er job workin' for a dressmaker in Shoreditch . |
| 2 | Learning , singing , and praying are rolled up into one : catechesis , as opposed to dialogue or concerned interest for religious matters . |
| 3 | The dining-room has been fitted up ( but she ‘ could n't for goodness gracious tell why ’ ) in the ‘ middle-aged style ’ , and the drawing-room , supposedly her province , has become a kind of . |
| 4 | It is an interesting thought that this whole design has been built up from a series of interlocking rectangles . |
| 5 | The picture has been built up from an analysis of 715 applications to join the group 's management buy-in programme . |
| 6 | These prizes were awarded to students for commendable achievements and demonstrate the close partnership that has been built up between the polytechnic 's Department of Science and local industry . |
| 7 | The picture of cattle stealing which has been built up thus far has emphasized its institutional nature . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | The Queen of the Night has knowledge of her domain , but her knowledge has been built up by allowing the quality of the dark to touch her , and the nature of its creatures to awaken a response in her own being . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | In the course of completing the resurvey of the Coventry district , a comprehensive borehole and shaft database has been built up for the Nuneaton-Bedworth area by way of experiment . |
| 12 | A comprehensive borehole and shaft database has been built up for the Nuneaton-Bedworth area , by way of experiment , so that thematic maps can be produced when required , as well as a more advanced three-dimensional depiction of geological structure . |
| 13 | George Ortiz 's own collection of antiquities has been built up over the past forty-three years . |
| 14 | This rim wall has been built up and fortified and marks the boundary of the town . |
| 15 | A great deal of confidence has been built up in this system and NASA regularly publish reports of incidents notified to them , though of course without any reference to the individuals involved . |
| 16 | The friendly atmosphere of St Catherines Lodge Hotel has been built up by the present owners over many years . |
| 17 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 18 | A purpose will be to reassess the value of our penal system as it has been built up until now — but much more than that . |
| 19 | Between the admirable houses in the so-called Quartier de la Barre , which goes down to the harbour mouth , and the sandy beach , a dike has been built up , twelve or fifteen feet high , to protect the town from the waves . |
| 20 | Much of the tradition of Anglican church music has been built up in cathedrals and in the cathedral-style worship of some parish churches . |
| 21 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 22 | In this sense an academic discipline has been built up with an explicitly political stance . |
| 23 | A network of contacts has been built up . |
| 24 | Decision process models are also affected by the degree to which brand loyalty has been built up and maintained , since brand loyalty speeds the individual through the decision process sequence , and lessens the degree to which alternative products or brands are evaluated . |
| 25 | I am thinking of a feeling of confidence which has been built up and which it would take some drastic change to break down . |
| 26 | The reputation of this division has been built up by a dedicated management team , many of which have been involved in contractual cleaning operations as well as in-house posts . |
| 27 | British infancy research has a well-established National , European and International reputation , and this has been built up by many eminent researchers working separately at their different institutions . |
| 28 | Now employing two people , this is the only one-stop bike shop in the area and has been built up into a thriving business as people have become more aware of the need for a healthy lifestyle . |
| 29 | ( This software could be used by Garden departments when sufficient in-house expertise has been built up ) . |
| 30 | It has been built up by observation and/or training , and stored . |