Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 2 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 3 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 4 | More study needs to be made of garden buildings and structures in later Victorian and Edwardian town gardens , which were often laid out on an elaborate scale and contain interesting features that have been entirely forgotten ; these are in danger of destruction as the gardens of suburban houses are divided up for redevelopment . |
| 5 | Instead of loading the program by typing WP , you type in WPT and the fonts are set up for you . |
| 6 | Black kids are psyched up for sport anyway . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 9 | To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market . |
| 10 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 11 | Palestinians in the territories were placed under curfew and as many as 1,300 alleged Hamas sympathizers were rounded up for questioning . |
| 12 | The IDB 's Trade Fair programme also aims to visit a balanced mixture of major UK and European exhibitions , with IDB group stands being set up for the Northern Ireland companies taking part . |
| 13 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 14 | I do think that the struggle for national liberation , certainly in my country at the times when we were most successful in that struggle , were the times when more opportunities were opened up for my own liberation and my own freedom of choice as a woman . |
| 15 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 16 | ‘ Conversely few companies are in a position to compete strongly in the auction when subsidiaries are put up for sale , ’ they said . |
| 17 | The late nineteenth century saw a major expansion of paleontology as new areas were opened up for exploration . |
| 18 | High expectations are set up for the client to gradually learn to achieve deep feelings of heaviness and relaxation throughout the body . |
| 19 | A pair of Japanese satsuma garden seats were snapped up for £290 while an upright overstrung piano in a mahogany case went at £250 . |
| 20 | All commuting costs were grossed up for tax and National Insurance deductions and paid through the payroll . |
| 21 | In September 1957 the Gladstone Street buildings were put up for sale ; in 1958 the Temps moved out , and in 1959 the Hall was demolished and the Institute converted into shops . |
| 22 | Section 57 states : ‘ In the case of a sale by auction — ; ( 1 ) Where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 23 | Under s57(1) , where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 24 | This week 14 paintings were put up for auction in London so the gallery could clear its debts and provide grants for artists , particularly students , in the region . |
| 25 | The privatization of industry in the Czech Lands began on Aug. 8 when 50 of the republic 's largest businesses were put up for sale on international markets . |
| 26 | Grass-roots workers recognise the problems being stored up for the general election . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment . |
| 29 | Fifty patients with healed ulcers were followed up for one year . |
| 30 | The damage is in part caused by the increasing incidence of road edges being dug up for laying pipes , cables and power lines . |