Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the 1730s before the government stumped up compensation for those whose houses had been damaged or destroyed and among them was one James Sharp , ancestor of Jane , my great-grandmother , whom I still remember being taken to visit as a child . |
| 2 | Thus policy-makers need to consider not just how to open up employment for lone mothers , but also how best to support those who are not employed . |
| 3 | The LCC grant aid scheme offered £2 million to local authorities to buy up land for green belt purposes , and a vigorous period of purchase ensued between 1935 and 1939 . |
| 4 | NEC Corp is to cut production of 1M-bit memory chips to free up space for more 4Ms , and will fill the low-end gap by importing more 1Ms from Boise , Idaho-based Micron Technology Inc . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm hoping to meet a man rich enough to keep me in comfort so I can indulge my every whim and fancy and give up work for good , ’ she said drily . |
| 6 | Unable to do anything in bed but lie and whimper so temporarily give up search for progressive chemist who keeps contraceptives out on display . |
| 7 | If you have to tie a tourniquet , do not keep up pressure for longer than ten minutes and allow at least one minute between re-applications . |
| 8 | R. W. Francis , butcher of Church St. , Bishop 's Castle , used to buy whinberries in bulk from local pickers , and Plowden Station at the foot of the Long Mynd was an ideal pick up point for these pickers . |
| 9 | Tax reform has a crucial part to play in springing the underclass from welfare dependency , as well as building up support for such a programme amongst a much wider group of the electorate . |
| 10 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 11 | These results will step up pressure for roundtable talks between party and reformers , along the lines of those held last year all over Eastern Europe . |
| 12 | Set up rehabilitation for all Sun readers |
| 13 | ‘ My family has always helped me out , but it 's getting hard , especially as I have to give up work for four months . ’ |
| 14 | CU draws up list for grey campaign |
| 15 | Despite the trials of 1830 trouble had continued , particularly in the east , where labourers ' trades unions had met in Lewes , Uckfield , Seaford and Rye to keep up pressure for higher wages , placarding the towns with posters . |
| 16 | At one stage , he considered closing up shop for good . |
| 17 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 18 | A Many mothers find that they end up breastfeeding for longer than they had intended . |
| 19 | Telly star serves up cheer for homeless |
| 20 | France steps up search for cheap breeder |
| 21 | ( Interestingly , he gave up athletics for one year after leaving school — and the influence of teachers — because ‘ there was no one to say , ‘ go into this and I 'll help you do it . ’ ’ |
| 22 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 23 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 24 | IBM DEUTSCHLAND SERVE UP GLOOM FOR NEW LEADER |
| 25 | Instead of hoping that experiments would eventually pile up evidence for some particular formula , he recognized that it was necessary to proceed hypothetico-deductively : to propose a structure for a given substance , then to work out consequences of this and test them . |
| 26 | A 74 year old man was noted to have a 10 cm mass in the left lobe of the liver on follow up ultrasonography for colorectal carcinoma . |
| 27 | Such inspections are theoretically repeated every two or three years , although I have come across some childminders who have not received a follow up visit for several years . |
| 28 | The mean number of tubes inserted and the mean follow up time for each group were compared by using Student 's t test . |
| 29 | I would be especially interested to hear from anyone who has experience of setting up provision for such people . |
| 30 | We will give people a new right of access to open country , create new national parks and step up protection for special sites . |