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 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 3 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | he 's waiting to come up for another load . |
| 13 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 14 | GIRDING up for six hours with the Mahabharata is a long training . |
| 15 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 16 | Two hundred riders will line up for this marathon . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Serafine sways with her hands , Xanthe follows , imitates gigglingly , but Miranda is too grown up for such playschool ways . |
| 20 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 21 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 22 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | You had n't turned up for that date . |
| 25 | So he goes out there and they all turn round and say , stuff you , I 'm not coming in to clean up for four pound and hour which again equates to six pound an hour . |
| 26 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 27 | She had just emerged to frown at the Manport , wearing a plain dark coverall that made no concession to dressing up for important company . |
| 28 | ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | Cough up for greater acceleration , increased top speed , improved shocks for a smoother ride ( pity — I hoped they 'd electrocute your opponents ! ) , and snazzier tyres for better off-road-holding . |