Example sentences of "[noun] up for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GTE Corp signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Lynch Corp for the sale of its telephone service area in Kansas on undisclosed terms : GTE put 2,300 access lines in Kansas up for sale in January , where it has three employees serving 13 exchanges in the state ; after the purchase , Lynch will have 10,750 access lines in five states . |
| 2 | Last year the British company Bristol-Myers Squibb withdrew its breast implant products from the US market and put its Surgitek subsidiary up for sale after approval problems for its SCC smooth-walled breast implants . |
| 3 | WIMBLEDON have put top players Warren Barton , Robbie Earle and John Scales up for auction in a desperate bid to raise £2 million by the New Year . |
| 4 | We used to put these herren up for red-herren during the winter , and we 'd probably put three lots or consignments . |
| 5 | PERRIER , the French group which has come to epitomise ‘ designer ’ water , has put its soft drinks division up for sale for around £250million . |
| 6 | THESE are the trophies up for grabs in our 1992 Daily Mirror National Allotments Awards . |
| 7 | After an exhausting schedule of two days of pool matches — the most tortuous ‘ trial by fire ’ ever devised for a sevens tournament — Namibia had established themselves as firm favourites to claim top spot among the four qualifying berths up for grabs in Catania for Murrayfield , 1993 . |
| 8 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 9 | By the way , I 'll be putting 50 of Hockney 's best prints up for auction at Sotheby 's at the end of June . |
| 10 | Coventry are ready to put skipper Stewart Robson up for sale at £750,000 . |
| 11 | THERE are two prize fishing holidays up for grabs in the Echo 's Catch of the Season competition . |
| 12 | But most big stores admit they dare n't put prices up for fear of losing the few customers they have . |
| 13 | Some were housewives who had been called up under the call up for women of forty-five to fifty . |
| 14 | ‘ After an initial delay the MoD decided to put the property up for sale on the open market . |
| 15 | Setting his sights on the lucrative prizes up for grabs in the Daily Mirror/Manx Airlines sponsored event is classy Kenyan Jimmy Muindi , the current World Junior steeplechase champion . |
| 16 | However , there were reports of difficulties , and Bagsik put the company up for sale on July 30 at US$500,000,000 . |
| 17 | When permission is granted , the owner does not always immediately begin work on a popular local leisure facility , but simply puts the land up for sale at a much higher price . |
| 18 | Entry is free and there is £100 up for grabs with the overall winner receiving the Roy Tongue Cup . |
| 19 | The Cambridge-based group said the deal is the first step in broadening the customer base for ARM chips , and opening the technology up for use in niche consumer markets , where low power consumption and low cost are key . |
| 20 | Whatever your taste , there 's bound to be something to interest you among the 3 collections of cigarette cards up for auction at Phillips in Oxford . |