Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |
| 2 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 3 | Swindon have to fight on in the promotion race … while Oxford have to battle on in the relegation scramble … but things are looking up for United … they 're off the bottom of the table for the first time since November thanks to a win at Brighton |
| 4 | For that very reason , the Government are standing up for British businesses and British services in Brussels as we want more jobs , not fewer . |
| 5 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 6 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 7 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 8 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 9 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |