Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] 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 | Sky fell fast asleep when the bidding came up for Italian football — that 's ironic , since they had shown it so compulsively themselves . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Janine came into the kitchen dressed up for her trip to the hairdresser 's . |
| 6 | The university opened up for me a freedom I never knew existed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The programme summed up for me all the human frustrations , hopelessness and despair . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 17 | But how does the cake divide up for the punters ? |
| 18 | The cry went up for more pix . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He sounded at the end of his tether , all the adrenalin summoned up for his phone call now evaporated . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The ball set up for to drive it straight into the wall Speedy then tried the shot Oldfield takes over . |
| 23 | If the person makes up for the deficit by eating extra nutritious food , then he or she might have an adequate amount of nutrients , but the high overall food and calorie intake will lead to obesity . |
| 24 | Single parent families are much more vulnerable to attack , and so it seems that the best option in this situation is to put the whole brood up for adoption . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 28 | Then he was swinging out of it , feeling the blood retreat from his head , sensing the ground reach up for his wheels : twisting to see the flag , before he went up and waited his turn to do it over again . |
| 29 | ‘ Look at the ground opening up for Randy Sherwood , ’ said Fatty Harris . |
| 30 | The Daily Mirror conceded that the story was ‘ still corny , predictable and thin to the point of malnutrition ’ but believed that the lavish settings , its song-and-dance routines and the cast made up for this and added that Crawford ‘ brings a superb youthful energy to the role of the gawky , naive young clerk ’ . |