Example sentences of "[vb -s] up for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 2 | He has received a card with drawings of gangsters on it and threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ if he turns up for the second-round tie . |
| 3 | But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory . |
| 4 | Who actually speaks up for the vulnerable older person ? |
| 5 | He pays up for the Big Turn but , ’ she shook her head and compressed her lips together , ‘ she 's never once swept that stair . ’ |
| 6 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 7 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 8 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 9 | But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones . |
| 10 | One glimpse of the world 's most spectacular waterfall makes up for the tiresome form-filling in baking customs halls which any African border crossing entails — neither Botswana nor Zimbabwe are suitable for those who wilt quickly in the heat or ca n't stomach light aircraft . |