Example sentences of "[noun] is [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the field of comparative religion is opened up for the students in the study of the faiths of the modern world . |
| 2 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 4 | The purpose of this chapter is to open up for discussion some of the complex and ambivalent reactions which exist in us all towards old age and old people . |
| 5 | My rent is paid up for six months . |
| 6 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 7 | Everything here at the college is geared up for those with no sight , or very little , which really does help because it prepares you for University training really , where they are n't geared up for you . |
| 8 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 9 | Here are a few indications of the different laws worldwide where a stolen work is put up for sale . |
| 10 | If you work in a university , polytechnic , college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of funding , the Research Fund may be able to help you . |
| 11 | With no back-up flap system the aeroplane is set up for a slightly flatter flapless approach at 130 knots . |
| 12 | His job is lined up for TV commentator Tony Lewis , another ex-England skipper . |
| 13 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 14 | When Nick and the Bad Seeds take the stage though , the cosiness of most indie pop is shown up for what it is in the harsh light of some feral and shadowy music . |
| 15 | One microcomputer is set up for word processing and can be used by pupils at any time , another is used as a Prestel terminal and the third is available for the use of a variety of CAL programs . |
| 16 | Some systems have addressed this problem using a blackboard approach ( e.g. HEARSAY , [ Erman , 1975 ] ) in which a neutral working area is set up for components to store the results of their analysis . |
| 17 | Matty and Chris 's return flight is held up for seven hours . |
| 18 | Most wo n't pay up for delays unless your flight is held up for at least 12 hours — 10 with Thomas Cook . |
| 19 | The Ikon Gallery , whose lease is coming up for renewal in February 1993 , is studying the possibility of taking over a Victorian school next to the International Convention Centre . |
| 20 | They like it everyone is sort of their trundling around , the library is showing up for lunch . |
| 21 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 22 | Just as a stylesheet is set up for text so it is possible to create a basic colour palette using either the HLS ( Hue , Lightness , Saturation ) , CMYB ( Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Black ) or RGB ( Red , Blue , Green ) models . |
| 23 | Still to come : the oil price tops the forty dollars a barrel mark and a support centre is set up for women who 've had to leave their husbands hostages in Kuwait . |
| 24 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 25 | J is speaking up for himself , which would n't mean shit if ‘ First They Came ’ was n't such a simmering , mystical monster . |
| 26 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 27 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 28 | For Lacan notes how it is only when the infant encounters itself in a ‘ mirroring ’ image that a form is set up for the face and body ; the mirror provides a perceptual gestalt ‘ ideal ’ form , which does not reflect a reality since it differs from the subject 's fragmentary experience . |
| 29 | Otherwise , chopsticks are practical for one-handed eating , if the food is cut up for the patient . |
| 30 | Its fixed-interest bond pays 11.50 per cent net provided the money is tied up for at least 12 months .. |