Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ruins of the rack shelving were leaning against the wall ; the books had been stacked up in neat piles beside it . |
| 2 | As more animals have been brought inside by the introduction of intensive feeding systems , so more land has been given up to arable production . |
| 3 | Len Daniels had been given up for dead by his wife . |
| 4 | Scientists at Boston University , using remote sensing techniques , have found that the desert pavement of Kuwait , southern Iraq and Saudi Arabia has been broken up over large areas by the massed movement of vehicles during the war . |
| 5 | As uncertainty about the fate of commercial galleries grows , the burden of showing new artists has been picked up by unexpected agents . |
| 6 | ‘ The Commitments ’ , with an all Irish cast and based on a book by Roddy Doyle , would be perceived here as an Irish film , but director Alan Parker is English , the screenwriters were British , the costumes were designed and made in England ( to look like they had been picked up in second-hand shops in Dublin ) and , perhaps more significantly , the film was financed with American and British money . |
| 7 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 8 | By looking at the present distribution of animals and plants , and by comparing this with what was known about geological changes in the past , the evolutionist could seek to explain how the populations of the earth 's various regions had been built up through successive migrations . |
| 9 | Therefore either the customers must continually be changing identity ( so it is sensible for them to engage in some search ) and some expectation must have been built up about potential high benefits to search , or else search costs must be truly trivial , in order for the potential incumbent to stand a chance of usurping the established firm . |
| 10 | The lawn itself has been built up from strong flowing curves and these naturally lead the eye away from those rectangular boundaries . |
| 11 | In addition , a number of titles from Grades 1–4 have been made up into sturdy and convenient Readers Packs . |
| 12 | Selected titles in Grades 1–4 have been made up into sturdy Reader Packs , each containing a Reader , a Cassette , and Notes for the Parent/Teacher in English , Italian , Spanish , Arabic , Greek , Japanese , and Portuguese . |
| 13 | That state sector has been made up of nationalized industries , and of extensive welfare services provided on the basis of need , and not on the basis of the ability to pay . |
| 14 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 15 | The national monopoly has disappeared and auctioning in France has been opened up to other Europeans , but auctioneers will remain officers appointed by the Minister of Justice . |
| 16 | Plans have been drawn up for commercial offices and a smaller centre for church events . |
| 17 | The Auditing Practices Board has issued a Practice Note for Lloyd 's auditors , which has been drawn up in close cooperation with the insurance market . |
| 18 | The measure , which had been drawn up by congressional leaders and administration officials and approved by the House of Representatives on Nov. 1 by 382 votes to 37 , represented an alternative to the minimum wage bill passed by Congress in May and vetoed by President Bush . |
| 19 | Already a list has been drawn up by Italian clubs who intend to buy British following Gazza 's incredible impact . |
| 20 | ‘ There is a suggestion that the Act has been dreamed up by left-wing lunatics , when in fact it was devised by a Conservative government after wide consultation , ’ NACRO 's director Vivien Stern told a conference on young adult offenders last month . |
| 21 | These sporting contests between the house and the village ended with the arrival of a character who could have been dreamt up by central casting . |
| 22 | On the extreme eastern boundary of the parish , however , where the church and vicarage were rather oddly placed , a number of small terrace houses had been bought up by speculative builders , gutted , modernised , and sold at high prices to people who wanted small houses that were almost in town but could not afford the more fashionable districts of Islington , St John 's Wood or Hampstead . |
| 23 | In my day — why , Sècheron would have been swallowed up by inner suburbs clustering round the old U.N . |
| 24 | The latter has now been swallowed up by extreme political shifts and disputes . |
| 25 | The IPCC had been set up under United Nations auspices following the November 1988 world climate conference [ see p. 36784 ] and was due to meet again in August 1990 in Stockholm . |
| 26 | This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) . |
| 27 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
| 28 | This new board has been set up with equal representation from CGLI and BTEC to validate and examine courses for the Certificate of Pre-vocational Education ( CPVE ) . |
| 29 | A democratic , parliamentary system of government has been set up with free elections at least once every five years . |
| 30 | The new sanctuary has been set up on dry prairie land south of Lac Leman . |