Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for those who like the idea of a guaranteed fixed income , the two main points to consider are , first , how long your capital can be tied up for , and second , whether interest rates are likely to increase , leaving you with an investment yielding less than is obtainable elsewhere . |
| 2 | No , but he will do the preparatory work and he 's taking photographs now for us , that can be blown up for display purposes and he 's linking with marinas to find equipment so |
| 3 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 4 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 5 | ( Why be beaten up for nothing when you can be beaten up for being a smart-arse ? ) |
| 6 | The provision of copied material is expensive in resources and in time , but can facilitate work for pupils who have problems with distance vision , and a bank of basic material can be built up for future as well as current usage . |
| 7 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 8 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 9 | You can be had up for blackmail , you know . |
| 10 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 11 | Controls can be set up for most of these experiments , e.g. plant cress seed on dry blotting paper as well as wet , so that children begin to realise that it really is the water that is responsible for the change . |
| 12 | This fish has now been imported for over two years and when first appeared its price was in the second-mortgage league , but now has dropped considerably and can be picked up for between £30–£50 . |
| 13 | And the fact that a package trip can be snapped up for about £600 has put the exotic destination within the reach of many Britons . |
| 14 | A Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6LS drops £500 to £11,100 , a Rover 820SI £738 to £17,712 and , for those who can still afford it , a Lotus Esprit can be snapped up for £45,878 , a cut of £1,912 . |
| 15 | Goods coming into the country can be held up for other routine reasons , for example , non-completion of paperwork or the non-payment of tax and excise duties , said Customs . |
| 16 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |