Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much has been made of the contracts coming up for renewal with the main power generators in the United Kingdom — National Power and PowerGen . |
| 2 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 3 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 4 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 5 | Sky fell fast asleep when the bidding came up for Italian football — that 's ironic , since they had shown it so compulsively themselves . |
| 6 | But basically th every time the contract comes up for renewal , what will happen for a company to attempt to win the contract it 's got to cut the hours of its employees and its also got to try and c cut the costs erm by cutting pay and that 's the way that 's the way contracts are won in this situation and as long as that keeps happening then the situation 's going to get steadily worse . |
| 7 | Janine came into the kitchen dressed up for her trip to the hairdresser 's . |
| 8 | The university opened up for me a freedom I never knew existed . |
| 9 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 10 | Hoggett 's analysis concerns itself principally with the opportunities opened up for the left by these changes , with more direct contact between service providers and consumers through neighbourhood offices . |
| 11 | When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue . |
| 12 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 13 | Since Intersolv reckons that maintenance accounts for some half of all programming work in MVS sites , and says that the research makes up for the bulk of this work , the potential time savings for users and the potential market for Intersolv are substantial . |
| 14 | The programme summed up for me all the human frustrations , hopelessness and despair . |
| 15 | Current members of the Club go up for the weekend to climb ( this year it was too cold — even the lakes were frozen ) and after dinner retire to doss on whatever floor may be found . |
| 16 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 17 | Then when we got to the sawmill I 'd stay close beside Uncle Bill watching him sawing and planing , keeping well away from the saw , until midday when the mill shut up for the week . |
| 18 | ‘ Two sets of twins , all boys , as indicated by the horoscopes drawn up for Lucia and Michele , which greatly influenced her father 's decision to allow them to marry . ’ |
| 19 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 20 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 21 | " ( lA ) In giving effect to subsection ( 1 ) above , no single buyer may own more than two of the subsidiaries set up for disposal " . |
| 22 | The fate laid up for such a man is revealed by the story of Alderman Reed of London , who , ‘ upon a disobedient stomach ’ , refused to pay and gave a bad example to his fellow citizens . |
| 23 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 24 | But how does the cake divide up for the punters ? |
| 25 | The cry went up for more pix . |
| 26 | They had n't expected the terrorists to turn up for at least another two days . |
| 27 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 28 | He sounded at the end of his tether , all the adrenalin summoned up for his phone call now evaporated . |
| 29 | In any event many contracts for the provision of the service come up for regular renewal , giving you the chance to tender when they do . |
| 30 | The ball set up for to drive it straight into the wall Speedy then tried the shot Oldfield takes over . |