Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the field of comparative religion is opened up for the students in the study of the faiths of the modern world . |
| 2 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 4 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 5 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 6 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 7 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 8 | When his father was tucked up for the night , the son would wander out into the garden and enjoy the cool air as a contrast to the fug of the sick-room . |
| 9 | Schemes of the same kind were drawn up for the forests of Chute , Pickering and Knaresborough , and in the soke of Somersham within the forest of Huntingdon , which the Attorney-General reported ‘ had not been in use for a long time past . |
| 10 | For Lacan notes how it is only when the infant encounters itself in a ‘ mirroring ’ image that a form is set up for the face and body ; the mirror provides a perceptual gestalt ‘ ideal ’ form , which does not reflect a reality since it differs from the subject 's fragmentary experience . |
| 11 | Otherwise , chopsticks are practical for one-handed eating , if the food is cut up for the patient . |
| 12 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 13 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 14 | That a similar system be set up for the archival negative collections which would be rehoused within the proposed new photographic suite . |
| 15 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 16 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 17 | And also any alterations or recommendations for the national agreement the case was put up for the delegates . |
| 18 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |
| 19 | The wife 's brother is coming up for the festivities . ’ |
| 20 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 21 | Over lunch at the Roof Gardens , an agreement was drawn up for the purchase of Powell 's share in Virgin , giving him one million pounds , the Scala cinema and the video-editing suites . |