Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't difficult to pick up people for casual sex but it was difficult to transfer that casual sex contact into any sort of relationship . |
| 2 | In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions . |
| 3 | The European Commission has drawn up proposals for compulsory recovery of 90 per cent of all packaging waste . |
| 4 | The LCC grant aid scheme offered £2 million to local authorities to buy up land for green belt purposes , and a vigorous period of purchase ensued between 1935 and 1939 . |
| 5 | But political changes in several countries have opened up opportunities for alternative broadcasting channels . |
| 6 | Unable to do anything in bed but lie and whimper so temporarily give up search for progressive chemist who keeps contraceptives out on display . |
| 7 | Already the Pentagon is drawing up plans for long-term containment , including the construction of training and recreational facilities for thousands of troops . |
| 8 | Confirmation that ministers were drawing up plans for local government and judicial reform was enough to satisfy many . |
| 9 | Push up needles for full needle rib . |
| 10 | Push up needles for full needle rib . |
| 11 | In 1980 the Italian Attiero Spinelli and other parliamentarians founded the ‘ Crocodile Club ’ ( named after a Luxembourg restaurant ) to draw up plans for institutional reform , and in 1981 Parliament established an Institutional Committee with Spinelli as a member . |
| 12 | Yesterday set up conditions for Milky Way , he wrote . |
| 13 | Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses . |
| 14 | CU draws up list for grey campaign |
| 15 | France steps up search for cheap breeder |
| 16 | IBM DEUTSCHLAND SERVE UP GLOOM FOR NEW LEADER |
| 17 | A 74 year old man was noted to have a 10 cm mass in the left lobe of the liver on follow up ultrasonography for colorectal carcinoma . |
| 18 | More recently , the Department has commissioned an awareness campaign whose major aims are : ensuring everyone who needs to know about EMC does so ; ensuring that UK industry is well equipped with information to tackle the directive ; setting up mechanisms for British industry to acquire the necessary technical know-how ; helping industry to implement EMC measures with minimum cost and disruption ; and finally , promoting the positive aspects of competitive advantage in Europe as well as explaining the pitfalls of non-compliance . |
| 19 | Banks step up support for new technology |
| 20 | Labour would have backed his ambitious scheme to step up funding for European industry and would have been less rigid in opposing transfers of cash to the poorer regions . |