Example sentences of "[verb] up for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are many new avenues opening up for qualified staff in areas which have not traditionally been associated with nursing . |
| 2 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 3 | ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’ |
| 4 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 5 | You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls . |
| 6 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 7 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 8 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 9 | Indeed , Bailey holds up for critical scrutiny the idea that schools can prepare young people for a world of rapid technological change by concentrating on the very technology which is subject to change ; rather , he suggests , the best basis for adaptability is a liberal education aimed at generating a wide understanding and the development of reason and autonomy . |
| 10 | A great many doctors feel that chemical sensitivity is improbable — a dubious diagnosis that probably covers up for psychosomatic illness , hyperventilation , or purely psychological symptoms . |
| 11 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 12 | She had just emerged to frown at the Manport , wearing a plain dark coverall that made no concession to dressing up for important company . |
| 13 | ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions . |
| 14 | is n't there a risk that if we do n't keep a reasonable balance between employment and employment demand and employment supply in North Yorkshire , we shall finish up for different reasons with a need to regenerate the economy of Yorkshire , North Yorkshire ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why I wo n't speak up for fat people ’ by She-Devil star Julie T Wallace |
| 16 | WHY I WO N'T SPEAK UP FOR FAT PEOPLE ! |
| 17 | Sky fell fast asleep when the bidding came up for Italian football — that 's ironic , since they had shown it so compulsively themselves . |
| 18 | Hold up for new town museum |
| 19 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 20 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 21 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 22 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 23 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 24 | Town tunes up for top brass THE sound of music will take over at Rhyl 's seafront New Pavilion Theatre when 36 top brass bands compete in the second annual Rhyl Festival of Brass , on the weekend of June 19–20 . |
| 25 | Piper tunes up for big Benn |
| 26 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |
| 27 | By the same token contracts drawn up for Italian fresco painters during the Renaissance commonly stipulated the use of ultramarine containing powdered lapis lazuli for the Virgin 's cloak . |
| 28 | Horoscopes were also extremely popular and frequently drawn up for Protestant clergy and laity ; even Queen Elizabeth , the head of the English church , consulted her astrologer before deciding on a date for her coronation . |
| 29 | Planned maintenance means that routine servicing and overhaul arrangements are scheduled in advance and contingency plans drawn up for unexpected breakdowns . |
| 30 | Plans have been drawn up for commercial offices and a smaller centre for church events . |