Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Charlie , you know my mind 's been made up for years . |
| 2 | Oh we 're set up for Christmas now ! |
| 3 | This three-pronged approach has proved to be a successful formula , and many new markets have been opened up for companies as a result of participation on a mission . |
| 4 | With my letter , I sent you two copies of an Agreement that had been drawn up for signature on behalf of AT&T , and asked for confirmation of your tape specification requirements . |
| 5 | Black kids are psyched up for sport anyway . |
| 6 | The Bermuda Triangle , Erich von Daniken , transcendental meditation , Jean-Pierre Girard and , of course , Uri Geller , are shown up for frauds . |
| 7 | Now Millns is established as one of the most feared and effective fast bowlers on the county circuit , and he might well have been called up for England 's final Test at The Oval but for injury . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs were the informers against the keepers of the disorderly house who had first pleaded guilty and then later been called up for judgment and sentence . |
| 9 | They were afraid in that some time or another , some of the fellers on the corner had been locked up for obstruction . |
| 10 | Because of the sensitive nature of the police inquiries , a direct line has been set up for women to contact Gloucestershire detectives , based in Bristol . |
| 11 | Consortia , in various stages of maturity , but none as far advanced as 88Open , have been set up for Sparc , IBM , DEC , HP and Transputer architectures . |
| 12 | But I could not row more grain without causing an even worse grazing crisis from April to July when three acres are laid up for hay . |
| 13 | But they may be booked up for Christmas day . |
| 14 | She believes Jack was probably rounded up off the moors by a dealer who intended to sell him to be fattened up for slaughter.He has now joined hundreds of other animals at the centre who have been rescued . |
| 15 | The provision of copied material is expensive in resources and in time , but can facilitate work for pupils who have problems with distance vision , and a bank of basic material can be built up for future as well as current usage . |
| 16 | As my friend David Jessel has pointed out , even if 99 per cent of all criminal convictions are correct , that still leaves in a prison population of 40,000 some 400 who have no business being there ; and I can not imagine any experience more demoralizing than to be locked up for years for a crime one did n't commit . |
| 17 | Along with that , although solicitors have been given limited rights of audience in the courts , seriously complex cases still require specialised counsel and these are in short supply : ‘ You only need one Piper Alpha inquiry and they 'll be tied up for months ’ , he said . |
| 18 | While one country may be geared up for credit cards with hole-in-the wall machines everywhere you look , another may only accept local currency or travellers cheques . |
| 19 | The selectivity and control of conscious attention remains poorly understood ; very clearly it is not at all coextensive with information processing for much of this is never observed and can not be summoned up for examination . |
| 20 | How much land must you commit to arable rotation , and how much must be laid up for hay or silage ? |
| 21 | It would perhaps be unusual for expulsion to follow as a matter of course under this head without some discussion with the invalid to see whether other arrangements might be made and the real object of including this as a ground for expulsion is to remove doubt on all sides as to when such delicate matters are liable to be brought up for discussion in the context of early retirement . |
| 22 | Agreed procedures for appeals , complaints , and arbitration should be set up for users , and for authorities in dispute . |
| 23 | A fifth CNAA Committee would be set up for Art and Design , and pending a reconstitution of the Council 's committees and boards in 1975 the present NCDAD members were being asked to serve as a nucleus of the future committee . |
| 24 | An ombudsman and arbitration procedure be set up for disputes between names and Lloyd 's , and between names and agents |
| 25 | A meeting has been arranged for 30th September in the Village Hall when a neighbourhood watch will be set up for Belmont Road area . |
| 26 | At the same time another hierarchy might be set up for line management . |
| 27 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 28 | But when they 're to be ground up for fish meal it makes no difference . |
| 29 | The Government with British Coal decided that they would get an independent consultant 's report to study how the mine could be put up for licence — whether under the consortium or under private ownership . |
| 30 | Their South Molton cottage ( guide price £44,000-£46,000 ) is one of more than 20 lots to be put up for sale at the Barnstaple auction by Bristol and West Property Services , and one of more than a hundred which the building society subsidiary will be auctioning in eight West Country venues over a three-day period . |