Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |
| 2 | However , there are many new avenues opening up for qualified staff in areas which have not traditionally been associated with nursing . |
| 3 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 4 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 5 | She had just emerged to frown at the Manport , wearing a plain dark coverall that made no concession to dressing up for important company . |
| 6 | Swindon have to fight on in the promotion race … while Oxford have to battle on in the relegation scramble … but things are looking up for United … they 're off the bottom of the table for the first time since November thanks to a win at Brighton |
| 7 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 8 | Playing with other children , joining group activities , spending time in the park and playground — they 're all important parts of growing up for pre-school children . |
| 9 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 10 | The interviewing panel of Horsley , Pilger and Hayling , with Kerry Brown and Maxine Johnson representing the Founders , was supplemented by Christine Jackson , sitting in and limbering up for Equal Opportunities . |
| 11 | It says the move is to prevent demand building up for announced machines that vendors can not ship because of shortage of parts . |
| 12 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 13 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 14 | Instead of coming up for medical attention he was just sitting there , looking white , and Ruth was sitting next to him . |
| 15 | Very important time coming up for United — really can resurrect a fair bit of the season with what , the game at Swindon on Tuesday , Middlesborough away , West Ham at home ; good results in those games really could put a bit of a gloss on the season ? |
| 16 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 17 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 18 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 19 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 20 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 21 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 22 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 23 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 24 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 25 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |
| 26 | Meanwhile Keith and Mae are settling down to married life , making up for lost time . |
| 27 | Every Londoner seemed to be out of doors : the stall-holders were busy making up for lost trade and the air was thick with savoury smells from taverns and cookshops . |
| 28 | He 's a fifteen month-old making up for lost time . |
| 29 | On the question of job satisfaction making up for low pay relative to other sectors , Serota said he had not found highly paid individuals in the City were markedly unsatisfied in their work . |
| 30 | Opinion surveys suggested , however , that a majority of US citizens felt that reverse discrimination , even on the basis of making up for past wrongs , was unfair , and was a concept associated with the Democrats rather than the Republicans . |