Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 2 | The horses all looked spruced up for the occasion with plaited manes , even the two disgruntled piebald ponies on which perched two identical solemn-faced small girls . |
| 3 | Kelly ( 1985 ) found instances of girls performing a service role in the laboratory — being expected to tidy up for boys , for example . |
| 4 | ‘ If they all voted to go to Disneyland would ratepayers be expected to cough up for that too ? ’ |
| 5 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |
| 6 | What we 've just seen conjures up for me some positive messages of direct impact upon children and young people 's lives through our work in this country and overseas . |
| 7 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |
| 8 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 9 | However , attempts have been made to make up for this by the development of other devices such as question time , ten-minute rule bills and the practice of asking wide-ranging questions each Thursday when the business for the following week is announced . |
| 10 | It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay . |
| 11 | You see , and all the time we 're pushing it , you know , the girls have got to stand up for themselves and they 're not to allow the boys to speak to them in ways that are sexist . |
| 12 | You can stand on a stage grinning like a fool but sooner or later you 've got to stand up for what you believe in , ’ says Harding . |
| 13 | Young people have got to stand up for their rights Alexander . |
| 14 | On this typical page of shooting script are given the essential directions needed to set up for each shot in a sequence . |
| 15 | And for a while there were , until staff no longer bothered turning up for them , and the practice was quietly abandoned . |
| 16 | And if you can be bothered staying up for this , it will take you through to 6am tomorrow . |
| 17 | You 're the , you 're the driver and you 've got to get up for work in the morning and everything else . |
| 18 | Does it mean that county and district have got to sign up for it ? |
| 19 | Pancreatic enzymes are given to help improve digestion — and a high-protein , high fat diet with added vitamins is needed to make up for poor absorption of nutrients . |
| 20 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 21 | Because that 's all he 's got , his knowledge that we 're happy ; it 's got to make up for hating what he does every day to keep us safe . |
| 22 | They are both the product of good intentions : old-Etonian William Waldegrave has promised to speak up for the ‘ little guy ’ . |
| 23 | Where the unions fail in their duties to black workers they must be challenged to stand up for their rights . |
| 24 | On arrival , conference participants were invited to sign up for a workshop of their choice . |
| 25 | We are invited to sign up for , on the one hand , economic and monetary union and , on the other , political union . |
| 26 | Anyone aged 14–25 is invited to sign up for an audition for the drama project which is due to take place in July . |
| 27 | BUDDING soccer stars are being invited to sign up for the Reebok Fives national tournament . |
| 28 | One of the strongest domestic fields for many years — including three previous winner of the race — is set to line up for the London Marathon on April 12 . |
| 29 | For example , he stumbles into this howler on the question of social security as cash , rather than provision in kind : ‘ Social security benefits have been introduced to make up for the withdrawal of more general provision : examples in the UK are free prescriptions ( introduced because prescription charges were introduced ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 30 | It was an uncompromising little den which , in keeping with the rest of the house , stoutly refused to make up for its lack of charm . |