Example sentences of "are [verb] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 2 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 3 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 4 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 5 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 6 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 7 | At the annual Radcliffe lecture in Oxford , Dyson pointed out that eight tonnes of oxygen are used up for every three tonnes of coal or oil burned . |
| 8 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 9 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 10 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | FERRARI the fast fading Grand Prix giants , are revving up for a revival … with British know-how . |
| 13 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 14 | High expectations are set up for the client to gradually learn to achieve deep feelings of heaviness and relaxation throughout the body . |
| 15 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 16 | I should have thought that hon. Members would have got behind the work of the regulators , who are standing up for the interests of the customer . |
| 17 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 18 | SUSAN DEVOY , seven times champion and top seed , and Sue Wright , the English girl who ended the New Zealander 's run last year , are lined up for a revenge meeting in the quarter-finals of the Hi-Tec British Open Championships . |
| 19 | You two are paired up for the quiz , I had a lot of money |
| 20 | Dixie and I are dressed up for the Island . |
| 21 | MUSIC students in Scotland and London are tuning up for the first annual LASMO Music Festival to be held in the theatre at Haddo House , Aberdeen , on 22 June . |