Example sentences of "up [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down
2 Tax reform has a crucial part to play in springing the underclass from welfare dependency , as well as building up support for such a programme amongst a much wider group of the electorate .
3 Banks step up support for new technology
4 YUGOSLAV jet fighters launched rocket attacks on villages in western Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as federal forces appeared to step up support for Serbian militiamen in the ethnic conflict convulsing the former Yugoslav republic .
5 Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses .
6 The daily Clarín reported on March 3 that under a decree signed by Menem on Feb. 26 , 1990 ( expanding an earlier decree of March 10 , 1989 , introduced after the La Tablada attack — see p. 36394 and below ) , the armed forces were entitled to intervene in the event of " a state of internal disturbance " serious enough to endanger the life , liberty , property or security of the country 's inhabitants ; with this in mind the National Security Council [ see p. 36613 ] was to draw up plans for possible joint actions by the police , the security forces and the armed forces .
7 Reports in early July said that the USA had drawn up plans for closer monitoring of international sanctions against Iraq following Jordan 's alleged violation of the trade embargo .
8 Already the Pentagon is drawing up plans for long-term containment , including the construction of training and recreational facilities for thousands of troops .
9 I knew it was n't healthy or good for me to spend so many hours thinking about eating and cooking up plans for new diets or exercise programmes .
10 Instead the party will set up a top level group to investigate prostitution and draw up plans for new laws .
11 In 1980 the Italian Attiero Spinelli and other parliamentarians founded the ‘ Crocodile Club ’ ( named after a Luxembourg restaurant ) to draw up plans for institutional reform , and in 1981 Parliament established an Institutional Committee with Spinelli as a member .
12 Confirmation that ministers were drawing up plans for local government and judicial reform was enough to satisfy many .
13 We will give people a new right of access to open country , create new national parks and step up protection for special sites .
14 The European Commission has drawn up proposals for compulsory recovery of 90 per cent of all packaging waste .
15 It was not a directly elected body , though it was given the right under the Treaty to draw up proposals for direct elections .
16 I would be especially interested to hear from anyone who has experience of setting up provision for such people .
17 Labour would have backed his ambitious scheme to step up funding for European industry and would have been less rigid in opposing transfers of cash to the poorer regions .
18 With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment .
19 The Clinton administration is slowly turning its attention to the $14 billion that the US government will spend this year on basic research , conducting a review of six multi-billion-dollar interagency initiatives and convening a panel of senior administrators to draw up programmes for future budgets that correspond to the president 's domestic policy goals .
20 The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter .
21 The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter .
22 By the time I was involved the business had chalked up losses for many years and was in deep trouble .
23 The loss of competitive edge might open up demands for protective measures against countries which have imposed no limitations on their own industries .
24 They could not grasp the value of setting up refuges for Asian women and to these men consulting with the community always meant consulting with other men .
25 It may also open up opportunities for barrack-room lawyers .
26 But political changes in several countries have opened up opportunities for alternative broadcasting channels .
27 Where there is consolidation , this offers up opportunities for commercial and industrial companies , for example , where materials such as glass , bricks , cement , tiles and pipes are supplied in large quantities for construction .
28 Unable to do anything in bed but lie and whimper so temporarily give up search for progressive chemist who keeps contraceptives out on display .
29 France steps up search for cheap breeder
30 ‘ It would mean tying up cars for four to five days — and a lot of people would n't get buried . ’
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