Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of some 40 sub-projects involving all the Member States ( and often several groups within each one ) , databases of topography , soils , water resources and quality , biotopes , atmospheric emissions , climate , soil erosion and administrative boundaries have been built up for the whole Community and can be interrelated ; other data sets ( such as land cover , derived from satellite imagery ) have already been compiled for some of the Member States . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 3 | At the annual Radcliffe lecture in Oxford , Dyson pointed out that eight tonnes of oxygen are used up for every three tonnes of coal or oil burned . |
| 4 | ‘ Both of them play have represented Denmark at under-21 level while Morton has been called up for the senior squad . |
| 5 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 6 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 7 | The show had been set up for the little jockey but maybe , at some time in the future , Mrs Butler would be interested . |
| 8 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 9 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 10 | Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas . |
| 11 | Three year rolling service agreements are to be drawn up for the other directors and senior employees as set out in Appendix II . |
| 12 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 13 | We have to ensure that people who deserve to be locked up for the public good are locked up . |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately , something came up — a trouble-shooting mission that required Adam 's special diplomatic talents — I 'm afraid he 's going to be tied up for the major part of the weekend . |
| 15 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
| 16 | Whether directly or indirectly through a broker , documents submitted to the Stock Exchange for reading need to be marked up for the relevant references from the Yellow and Blue Books . |
| 17 | Members of this house will recall that this matter was raised er in relation to an amendment er at committee stage and we argued during the committee stage of the bill that it was not feasible for an entirely new electoral system to be set up for the European elections in June nineteen ninety four and that it was er silly to apply a different system for the additional six seats to that applying to the other eighty one . |
| 18 | As in the past , a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund , and this will take the place of the regular second collection . |
| 19 | With a soft , luxurious feel , they are wonderfully comfortable for wearing around the home , but could just as easily be dressed up for a smarter occasion . |
| 20 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 21 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 22 | Through the centuries about twenty-five houses had been built in Ploughman 's Lane , first of all for the minor gentry , the widows and kinsmen , for instance , of the lord of the manor ; in more recent times , equally large and widely spaced dwellings had been put up for the professional class . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 24 | Plans are being drawn up for a new production line that will provide additional capacity of 60,000 tubes per day at the factory currently making 317,000 tubes per day . |
| 25 | Now that Rune had taken charge of the whole operation , bringing in ‘ back-up ’ troops , her own futile efforts were being shown up for the amateur plan they were ! |
| 26 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 27 | Grass-roots workers recognise the problems being stored up for the general election . |
| 28 | FORMER Northern Ireland international star Ian Stewart is being lined up for a dramatic comeback with Glentoran . |
| 29 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 30 | That a similar system be set up for the archival negative collections which would be rehoused within the proposed new photographic suite . |