Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Len Daniels had been given up for dead by his wife . |
| 2 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |
| 3 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 4 | However , since we are keyed up for decisive physical action this is still the best way of working it off . |
| 5 | Also , £192,000-worth of preference dividends have also been rolled up for future payment . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Plans have been drawn up for commercial offices and a smaller centre for church events . |
| 8 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
| 9 | They must never be broken up for short-term gain . |
| 10 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 11 | I 'm given up for dead by now , I 'm accepted for dead . |
| 12 | At least 33 shows have been cancelled and the music hall will be boarded up for good within three months , Palladium officials said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |
| 16 | Thereafter it should be opened up for general discussion . |
| 17 | The funding up by 14pc on this year will enable 495 acres of derelict land to be cleaned up for industrial , commercial , housing and leisure development . |
| 18 | The organisation will consist of executive and advisory boards and ad hoc committees and task forces will be set up for specific projects . |
| 19 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 20 | Goods coming into the country can be held up for other routine reasons , for example , non-completion of paperwork or the non-payment of tax and excise duties , said Customs . |
| 21 | For that very reason , the Government are standing up for British businesses and British services in Brussels as we want more jobs , not fewer . |
| 22 | Also , there are three sites that have been put up for public consultation by the Gipsy Working Party and that 's Rockhill Farm at Chipping Norton , the airfield at Chiltern near Burford , and Standlake . |
| 23 | Government-approved ‘ mousetrap ’ had for so long banished regional English cheeses , for instance , that they were given up for dead . |
| 24 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 25 | And Labour has friends in the advertising industry who will try to spot advertising space being bought up for fake corporate campaigns by pro-Tory companies for May or June . |
| 26 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 27 | Follow-up questions , particularly into critical areas , were drawn up for intensive two-day visits . |
| 28 | When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service . |
| 29 | That caused a shortage , especially of male dancers , which was worsened when others were called up for military service during the war . |
| 30 | All the lead-in codes were set up for USA-style dialling ; local , long distance and so on , and whilst these could be changed the lead-out character was set to be a semi-colon . |