Example sentences of "up for [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That victory set the Swede up for a seemingly difficult task against the 6th seed Wheaton , who had beaten Edberg 's former doubles partner Anders Jarryd , in the other semi-final , 6–3 , 6–4 . |
| 2 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
| 3 | They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position . |
| 4 | TELEVISION viewers in the south may soon be seeing advertisements for undertakers , as funeral directors gear up for an increasingly competitive and high-profile market . |
| 5 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
| 6 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 7 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |
| 8 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 9 | As churches we feel an obligation to speak up for the least privileged in our society , for those who live in the areas of highest unemployment , poorest housing and social disintegration . |