Example sentences of "up for " in BNC.
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| 31 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 32 | Owners should make up for any lost socialising time with large dogs because , while lack of socialisation can mean problems for any dog , the big boys are that much more of a handful in later life . |
| 33 | In this , of the great poet-critics of the past the one he most nearly resembles is Dryden , whose criticism virtually always comes before us as the preface to a volume of original imaginative writing — including translations which , in this too like Pound , Dryden considers no less ‘ original ’ than poems he has made up for himself . |
| 34 | Talks are believed to have been held with Thorn EMI , whose defence interests are up for sale . |
| 35 | John Hayes , secretary general of the Law Society , said he regarded the entire matter as up for debate . |
| 36 | The McLean family , principal shareholders in Canada Packers , Canada 's largest food processor , is putting its 30 per cent stake up for auction . |
| 37 | The Government says that many scholarships will be on offer to make up for the charges , but surely this means that only rich people and the very brightest of the less well-off will be able to afford a degree . |
| 38 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 39 | WELLINGTON ( AFP , AP ) — Three New Zealanders and an American given up for dead were found alive yesterday after drifting for four months on an upturned trimaran in the south Pacific . |
| 40 | The 24-year-old Luton striker was sent off at Chester after scoring his first goal of the season , but Billy Bingham has called him up for next week 's Group Six qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin . |
| 41 | We have come all this way to take part in a major game , not put ourselves up for auction . ’ |
| 42 | First , it should he held up for critical inspection , pilloried when necessary . |
| 43 | ANGLO UNITED , which won its £478m bid for Coalite in July , has put eight Coalite businesses up for sale . |
| 44 | It is the best way to serve the people we want to stand up for . |
| 45 | The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances . |
| 46 | Boxing : Sky lines up for a classic TV fight : Neil Wilson on the big battle of the small screen and growing threat of the extra terrestrial to the conventional channels : ‘ We 're not averse even to putting major sport on our movie channel .. |
| 47 | Football : Drinkell steps up for Coventry |
| 48 | The workers , members of the International Association of Machinists , are taking advantage of the boom to try to make up for years of contract concessions and stagnant income . |
| 49 | Somewhat forbidding socially because of shyness , Dorothea had an absolute integrity which made her stand up for what she believed should be done . |
| 50 | This is the process whereby every scrap of green land in a town is up for grabs by development . |
| 51 | A CONSIDERABLE future opened up for Gary Mason here last night when he knocked out Tyrell Biggs as the bell rang to end the seventh round . |
| 52 | In order to build up for the trip to Orrell , Cusworth is omitted from the Leicester side to face Coventry at home this weekend . |
| 53 | ‘ Unnecessary suffering ? ’ , last night 's Natural Concern programme ( BBC 2 ) , began with shots of the cuddly toys and cartoons with which modern children are sold the lie that ‘ animals are whimsical , endearing extensions of ourselves ’ : the emotions which lead people to stick up for animals , that is , can be branded as essentially childish . |
| 54 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
| 55 | When he leaves here , he faces four tournaments — Antwerp , Toulouse , Paris and Wembley — in five weeks to tune up for the Masters on 27 November . |
| 56 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 57 | The company is controlled by a US group that is up for sale and has said it wants to sell AMI . |
| 58 | At lunch hours things get busy as customers queue up for the small range of soft pasta dishes and such daily specials as vegetable lasagne or a spicy Italian-sausage casserole — all moderately priced and consistently good . |
| 59 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 60 | ‘ They just collapse , ’ he said , leaning against his winning pumpkin , which looked like something run up for a stage set . |