Example sentences of "up [noun] for [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was used as the basis for invitations , issued at the end of 1857 , to the nobility of every province to form committees which would draw up projects for the emancipation of their peasants . |
| 2 | As we have noted , Circular 11/77 asked Regional Advisory Councils to draw up plans for the training of full-time further education teachers and to report progress to the DES by September 1978 . |
| 3 | As well as his authorship of many books he drew up plans for the House of Correction at Maidstone , was elected to the Rochester Bridge Corporation , a deputy Alienations officer , deputy Keeper of the Rolls , President of Cobham College and , a few months before his death , Keeper of the records in the Tower of London . |
| 4 | Dave Morpfee again impressed as he bagged 3–33 to set up Bangor for a response of 111–5 , Hefin Lewis , Andy Savage and John Parry all scoring 23 as Ruthin 's John James pocketed 4–29 . |
| 5 | I assure hon. Members that we readily acknowledge the strength of feeling about that aspect of Sunday trading and will take it fully into account when we draw up proposals for the reform of the law . |
| 6 | At the same time her deep sense of duty and obligation impelled her to keep up appearances for the sake of the public . |
| 7 | I 'd been banging up dikes for a couple of years when smack came on the scene and I just sort of carried on as I had been doing , y'know , with the smack instead of the dike . |
| 8 | The danger for such grand schemes is that the developed countries will think up targets for the rest of the world to meet , without fully considering the implications for their own domestic policies . |
| 9 | Genetic engineering has opened up possibilities for the introduction of genes which confer the ability to produce either insecticidal toxins or semiochemicals which alter insect behaviour . |
| 10 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |
| 11 | ( The TRAGEDIANS have taken up positions for the continuation of the mime : which in this case means a love scene , sexual and passionate , between the QUEEN and the POISONER/KING . ) |
| 12 | One of the interesting things about my reminiscing is that it stirred up memories for a lot of other people , too . |
| 13 | Specific recommendations to WACC 's African Regional Association included : setting up networks for the exchange of information on human rights issues ; helping develop leadership and resources for media literacy education ; ensuring participatory communication by ensuring fair representation of denominations , gender , professions , nations and languages . |
| 14 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 15 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 16 | Meanwhile the SPD kept up pressure for a policy of ‘ co-existence ’ with East Germany . |
| 17 | Piling up information for the sake of it can reveal a lack of understanding . |
| 18 | For around £20 each we enjoyed the simple pleasures of being able to dance the Gay Gordons round a bonfire at midnight , vomit into a loch instead of on to a pavement , and stumble up hills for the remainder of the week walking off hangovers . |
| 19 | We are still left with the dilemma that despite all the potential sophistication , the lymphocytes actually in the infection seem to be there using up energy for the sake of using up energy — like cars stuck in a traffic jam with their engines racing . |