Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never intended that his shares should be given up for no payment . |
| 2 | Whoever wrote the lyrics to that should be locked up for an affront to the English language . |
| 3 | Agreed procedures for appeals , complaints , and arbitration should be set up for users , and for authorities in dispute . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thereafter it should be opened up for general discussion . |
| 6 | The underlying idea of the central focus with its grouped dependencies here exactly meets the requirements of the case , and one need not hesitate as to whether the drawing-room or the dining-room carpet should be taken up for dancing … . ’ |
| 7 | Libraries in general have an image of unparticularized worthiness and sobriety , and many young librarians have an admirable messianic zeal about them , a firm belief that what their library has is good for people and that membership lists and issue figures must be pushed up for their own sake . |
| 8 | How much land must you commit to arable rotation , and how much must be laid up for hay or silage ? |
| 9 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 10 | At the same time another hierarchy might be set up for line management . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Terry Pearson , head of the bank 's global custody division , said the system could be set up for well under £50 million . |
| 14 | And he stressed it was unlikely an ‘ entire pattern of stability ’ could be set up for every operation . |
| 15 | Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She heard mention of six months ' imprisonment , and was terrified that she 'd be locked up for doing nothing . |
| 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 | But they may be booked up for Christmas day . |
| 20 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 21 | At a frank meeting with the above , at which this community 's concerns were forcefully put , it was agreed that work would halt during our community festival and that the area would be cleaned up for the festival . |
| 22 | Environmental commissioner Ioannis Paleokrassas announced that a special committee had been set up to carry out impact assessments on the application of regional and structural funds , and that a timetable would be drawn up for the implementation of the " Fifth Action programme for the environment " — a legislative framework for the future . |
| 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 | Companies that were awarded routes might have the right to run services for , say ten years , before their franchise would be put up for sale again , like ITV companies . |
| 25 | A pledge on which a loan of more than ten shillings had been made would be put up for auction , but its owner could come and redeem it on any day up to that of the sale . |
| 26 | Legislation on " small " privatizations , whereby around 100,000 state-owned shops , restaurants and other small businesses would be put up for auction , had been passed on Oct. 25 , 1990 , after a long official debate on its pace and a spate of strikes by shopworkers fearing redundancy . |
| 27 | When the application period ended ( on June 8 ) an assessment of the results would be made and unsold shares would be put up for sale at a lower price . |
| 28 | Instead of being demolished , the unused reactors will be locked up for 35 years . |
| 29 | At least 33 shows have been cancelled and the music hall will be boarded up for good within three months , Palladium officials said . |
| 30 | If you are able to find a literary agent who will take on your work , the process of having it looked at by publishers will be speeded up for you . |