Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’ |
| 2 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 3 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 4 | This time it 's Murray Mouse : Supercop that comes up for a lump of cheese and a quick spin on the squeaky exercise wheel that keeps the whole house awake at night . |
| 5 | The legs and knees take a belt — — you are , after all , suffering most of the strains of downhill skiing and for longer at a stretch — but the distance travelled more than makes up for that . |
| 6 | But what sets A.agassizii apart from all other known species , and more than makes up for any deficiency in the dorsal ‘ plumage ’ , is its splendid tail . |
| 7 | This approach may lack an academic master work expounding and defending it , but it more than makes up for this with populist political appeal . |
| 8 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |
| 9 | The quality of the sound however more than makes up for this . |
| 10 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 11 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that many companies find that the loyalty given to them by disabled people more than makes up for any days that they may have to take off work to undergo treatment ? |
| 12 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 13 | But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones . |
| 14 | What the film lacks in political correctness the depiction of the North American natives of the time is , like Fenimore Cooper 's attitude , verging on the slanderous it more than makes up for in vitality . |
| 15 | He is a meticulous writer and turns up for filming knowing his lines perfectly . |
| 16 | Why exactly the authorities wish to deprive so many thousand people of their bread and butter when the becak is cheap , pollution-free and makes up for the deficiencies in mass transit , is a mystery . |