Example sentences of "up for [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , and he signed up for accountancy of course . |
| 2 | The follow up for morbidity of gastric cancer shows increased risks in the years after starting cimetidine treatment . |
| 3 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 4 | Nowadays when his eyes light up for love of me , they are somehow clearer and brighter than they used to be ; the lighting up is the more flattering . |
| 5 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 6 | You ca n't do wi' your milk drying up for want of nourishment . ’ |
| 7 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 8 | Actor lined up for part of Maxwell |
| 9 | On 9 February 1922 a letter of complaint to the press from postmen headed ‘ The uncommunicative Commissariat ’ stated that the Moscow post office , with 4,000 employees , was frozen up for lack of snow-cleaners . |
| 10 | Much of the farming was fairly traditional but the premium received from quality products often made up for lack of weight in calves and lambs . |
| 11 | If you work in a university , polytechnic , college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of funding , the Research Fund may be able to help you . |
| 12 | Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty-one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . |
| 13 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 14 | Two Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied territories yesterday as wanted Arabs gave themselves up for fear of being shot by undercover squads . |
| 15 | But most big stores admit they dare n't put prices up for fear of losing the few customers they have . |
| 16 | With her long cotton dress tucked up for ease of movement , Emily looked neat and easy beside the rangy , untidy figure of the young magician . |
| 17 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 18 | Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I |
| 19 | No I , I do n't have time , it really does mean signing up for sort of long |
| 20 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |