Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 3 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All the judges can do is award a greater proportion of non pension assets to the wife to make up for her lack of long term security and if these other assets are small , the husband is still the winner . |
| 6 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 7 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 8 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |
| 9 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 10 | ‘ She had not the spirit to stand up for her own mother . |
| 11 | Middlesbrough Council is chasing businesses in the town who missed the deadline to sign up for food safety under the Food Premises Registration Regulations . |
| 12 | His group was a homespun affair and he wanted to support people inspired solely by the love of writing and music , and with the verve to stand up for themselves in print . |
| 13 | If in doubt , ask the supplier to measure up for you . |
| 14 | Such good management involves proper drainage , maintenance of a neutral pH , a balance between grazing and cutting , mixed stocking , controlled grazing and resting , the avoidance of physical damage ( particularly in bad weather ) , and the return of organic matter to the soil to make up for hay or silage removed . |
| 15 | It is just asking the public to sign up for a Barton by-pass . |
| 16 | This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1 . |