Example sentences of "is [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 2 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 3 | In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) . |
| 4 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 5 | It is gearing up for its second consecutive presidential election in November , with candidates ranging from far right to soft left , and front-runners representing the centre . |
| 6 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 7 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 8 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 9 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 10 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 12 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 13 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 14 | Her famous voice ( ‘ Percet ’ said Sir Colin Davis of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden ) , is in such worldwide demand that she is booked up for years to come . |
| 15 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 16 | Mining communities , the dock areas , Liverpool , all these people the only crime , the only crime they 've ever committed is to stand up for their rights . |
| 17 | The out of centre position is made up for by the excellent rates Amsterdam Travel Service have specially negotiated at this hotel . |
| 18 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 19 | His son Stephen , who made his campaign debut at Labour 's London reception yesterday , is boning up for his finals next month . |
| 20 | The purpose of this chapter is to open up for discussion some of the complex and ambivalent reactions which exist in us all towards old age and old people . |
| 21 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 22 | When Nick and the Bad Seeds take the stage though , the cosiness of most indie pop is shown up for what it is in the harsh light of some feral and shadowy music . |
| 23 | Another slice of the Maxwell empire is going up for sale . |
| 24 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 25 | Finally , the field of comparative religion is opened up for the students in the study of the faiths of the modern world . |
| 26 | And also how much clerical time is used up for non consumer activities in a division , like supporting those things you go off to London and |
| 27 | The council says that it is speaking up for smokers . |
| 28 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |
| 29 | J is speaking up for himself , which would n't mean shit if ‘ First They Came ’ was n't such a simmering , mystical monster . |
| 30 | Cairns Underwater Camera Centre ( CUCC ) is geared up for photography , with a full processing lab onshore . |