Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 2 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 4 | The fact that Freeman is writing primarily for the social work profession is apparent , for instance , in the extent to which the legal regulation of substitute care is dealt with in depth . |
| 5 | By section 5 of the 1987 Act , the liability covered by Part I of the Act extends to : a ) death or personal injury , b ) damage to or destruction of any item of property ( including land ) other than the defective product itself ( there is a lower threshold of £275 before a claim can be made ) provided that the property ; i ) is the type normally intended for private use and consumption , and ii ) it is used mainly for the private use or consumption of the person claiming . |
| 6 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 7 | Gradually you make your standards ( criteria ) of your child 's approximations to the correct response more and more stringent until , in the end , he is rewarded only for the precise behaviour that is required . |
| 8 | The case of Donoghue v. Stevenson is noted moreover for the general test as to liability in negligence propounded by Lord Atkin where he says : ‘ You must not injure your neighbour . |
| 9 | ‘ Central to the theme is our strongly held belief that society is suffering now for the liberal views of the Sixties . |
| 10 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 11 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 12 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 13 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 14 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |
| 15 | Having rejected the need for an appropriate comparison to be made with a man for true pregnancy-related dismissals Lord Keith then resumes the need for a comparison when a gender-neutral explanation is put forward for the unfavourable treatment . |
| 16 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 17 | Criticised for what actually went into it , now the sausage is singled out for the artificial colouring often put in . |