Example sentences of "[vb -s] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 4 | HOW sickening that President Bush has to fend off allegations of a long-ago affair as he gears up for the US election . |
| 5 | Although she turns up for the interview her customary peaked-capped urchin self , she is worried that her feminist interpreters will consider her video a sell-out . |
| 6 | He has received a card with drawings of gangsters on it and threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ if he turns up for the second-round tie . |
| 7 | Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’ |
| 8 | GARY ARMSTRONG will take another giant step towards reviving his Scotland career when he lines up for the Barbarians at Leicester on December 28 . |
| 9 | But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory . |
| 10 | It is a low repetitive moan that she keeps up for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 11 | Who actually speaks up for the vulnerable older person ? |
| 12 | He speaks as a Conservative representing a coal mining area and he truly speaks up for the industry . |
| 13 | He pays up for the Big Turn but , ’ she shook her head and compressed her lips together , ‘ she 's never once swept that stair . ’ |
| 14 | A HUMID evening in Boston early last summer ; afternoon rain has cleared , and at Fenway Park the lead-off batter for the visiting Baltimore Orioles steps up for the first pitch from the Red Sox . |
| 15 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 16 | See the , the Salvation Army only comes up for the |
| 17 | If the person makes up for the deficit by eating extra nutritious food , then he or she might have an adequate amount of nutrients , but the high overall food and calorie intake will lead to obesity . |
| 18 | He makes up for the boredom and emptiness of his own life by creating a dramatic emotional triangle for these puppets of his imagination , only to realise finally that his puppets are dancing to quite another tune . |
| 19 | One glimpse of the world 's most spectacular waterfall makes up for the tiresome form-filling in baking customs halls which any African border crossing entails — neither Botswana nor Zimbabwe are suitable for those who wilt quickly in the heat or ca n't stomach light aircraft . |
| 20 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 21 | Since Intersolv reckons that maintenance accounts for some half of all programming work in MVS sites , and says that the research makes up for the bulk of this work , the potential time savings for users and the potential market for Intersolv are substantial . |
| 22 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones . |
| 26 | Yeah but now we got the extra five hundred and which I say is th is , makes up for the which is five percent of the purchase price we 've got an extra to play with and get a bit more . |
| 27 | Makes up for the one lost . |
| 28 | that makes up for the time you , then doing the |