Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Wells pointed out that the title Sheffield Shares is deliberately ambiguous — it can be taken to mean Sheffield 's shares , as in ‘ shares ’ which are up for grabs by keen or greedy speculators ( my interpretation ) , but it can also mean Sheffield shares as in ‘ shares its wealth ’ — ‘ and that 's basically what we are trying to initiate here . |
| 2 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 3 | The PRD now held only 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ; of its former four Senate seats , it lost both those which were up for election . |
| 4 | As the debate intensifies over the BBC 's Charter — virtually its right to broadcast — which is up for renewal in 1996 , a younger chairman is needed to take the corporation into the next century , critics say , but Mr Hussey was tightlipped as he flew in from Hong Kong . |
| 5 | But profits continued to fall in the troubled consultancy division which is up for sale . |
| 6 | But profits continued to fall in the troubled consultancy division which is up for sale . |
| 7 | Similarly it would be stated in the estate agents ' particulars whether permission had been granted for a house which is up for sale to be sold to someone who wanted to use it as a second home . |