Example sentences of "up for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the RPF 's leaders were uneasy about risking the new movement 's reputation by contesting these elections , but de Gaulle , perhaps trying to make up for the lost opportunities of 1945 and 1946 , was adamant that the Rassemblement should make an all-out effort to capture as much popular support as possible .
2 Three year rolling service agreements are to be drawn up for the other directors and senior employees as set out in Appendix II .
3 In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards .
4 Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe .
5 This can be useful ; the only thing to bear in mind is that too many icons in here will increase the time taken for Windows to get going , so it 's best to keep Start Up for the real essentials .
6 Members of this house will recall that this matter was raised er in relation to an amendment er at committee stage and we argued during the committee stage of the bill that it was not feasible for an entirely new electoral system to be set up for the European elections in June nineteen ninety four and that it was er silly to apply a different system for the additional six seats to that applying to the other eighty one .
7 But that one painted notice is not enough to make up for the shabby doors , scruffy brickwork , and grimy frosted glass .
8 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 .
9 The signs are that he is prepared to sign up for the emerging versions of both political and monetary union .
10 as if to make up for the early deaths of her sisters , she lived to a ripe old age , dying in the Almshouses at Dorking on 4 November 1855 , aged eighty-seven .
11 Whether directly or indirectly through a broker , documents submitted to the Stock Exchange for reading need to be marked up for the relevant references from the Yellow and Blue Books .
12 Before long , I was introduced to the hysterical world of balletomania and had had several overnight trips to Sadlers Wells theatre to queue up for the cheap seats , once even queueing all night .
13 Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas .
14 ‘ Bully , ’ said Angela , speaking very earnestly to the alsatian , ‘ here 's your chance to make up for the naughty things you 've done to me .
15 But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory .
16 As in the past , a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund , and this will take the place of the regular second collection .
17 But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones .
18 Money-Go-Round : Time 's up for the secret savers
19 The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games .
20 There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months .
21 Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record .
22 ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’
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