Example sentences of "[noun] are [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 2 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 3 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 4 | A delusion and a vain hope are opened up for us , so we can witness their terrible results . |
| 5 | More study needs to be made of garden buildings and structures in later Victorian and Edwardian town gardens , which were often laid out on an elaborate scale and contain interesting features that have been entirely forgotten ; these are in danger of destruction as the gardens of suburban houses are divided up for redevelopment . |
| 6 | Instead of loading the program by typing WP , you type in WPT and the fonts are set up for you . |
| 7 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 8 | Black kids are psyched up for sport anyway . |
| 9 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 10 | But I could not row more grain without causing an even worse grazing crisis from April to July when three acres are laid up for hay . |
| 11 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 12 | TOUGH guys Sylvester Stallone , 46 , and Arnold Schwarzenegger are squaring up for their latest film The Last Action Hero . |
| 13 | ‘ Conversely few companies are in a position to compete strongly in the auction when subsidiaries are put up for sale , ’ they said . |
| 14 | At the annual Radcliffe lecture in Oxford , Dyson pointed out that eight tonnes of oxygen are used up for every three tonnes of coal or oil burned . |
| 15 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 16 | High expectations are set up for the client to gradually learn to achieve deep feelings of heaviness and relaxation throughout the body . |
| 17 | Will he ensure that all discussions that take place are opened up for us to criticise and assist ? |
| 18 | Section 57 states : ‘ In the case of a sale by auction — ; ( 1 ) Where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 19 | Under s57(1) , where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 22 | It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment . |
| 23 | So the very being of God and the true nature of man are opened up for us in him . |
| 24 | If these payments are kept up for five years and are used to buy a home , the Ministry of Defence will add £1 tax-free for every £3 saved . |
| 25 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 26 | Further growth of the market is anticipated , perhaps by 30pc again next year , and many of the big players are gearing up for expansion . |
| 27 | For that very reason , the Government are standing up for British businesses and British services in Brussels as we want more jobs , not fewer . |
| 28 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |
| 29 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 30 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |