Example sentences of "[being] put up for " in BNC.
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1 | AMOTHER 'S objections to her two children being put up for adoption were upheld in the Court of Appeal yesterday . |
2 | Kumar has retained his position at St Andrew 's despite the club being put up for sale last month after his business empire went into receivership . |
3 | BLACKBURN Buccaneer S.1XK532 , gate guardian at RAF Lossiemouth since 1984 , is being put up for disposal . |
4 | Today , in the extremely unlikely event of its ever being put up for sale , it would certainly fetch several million US dollars on the open market . |
5 | With the mines now being put up for private operation , a great deal will depend on how sincere British Coal is about helping the new licensees to make a go of it . |
6 | The cash ten times the amount offered by the dead woman 's husband Peter after the murder is being put up for information leading to the detection of the killer . |
7 | BIRMINGHAM CITY manager Terry Cooper yesterday claimed that chairman Samesh Kumar kept him in the dark about the club being put up for sale . |
8 | Every week one reads of Victoria Crosses being put up for sale by the hard-up families of men who willingly risked their lives for their country , yet at this very moment three holders of this supreme badge of courage live in unmarked graves on Merseyside . |
9 | Every week one reads of Victoria Crosses being put up for sale by the hard-up families of men who willingly risked their lives for their country , yet at this very moment three holders of this supreme badge of courage lie in unmarked graves on Merseyside . |