Example sentences of "up [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls . |
| 2 | ‘ No murky ending ’ is what President George Bush promised the US public in a nationally televised speech on November 29 , 1990 to whip up support for operation ‘ Desert Shield ’ ( later renamed ‘ Operation Desert Storm ’ ) , Washington 's latest Middle East military adventure . |
| 3 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 4 | The consultation , which was sponsored by Intermedia and WACC 's Asia Region , brought together 25 communicators from North America and Asia to discuss issues of communication and justice and to draw up plans for action for the future ( see reports on pages 1 and 4 of Action number 159 ) . |
| 5 | It is possible , however , that the Maktoums may snap up Manton for Hern . |
| 6 | From 1 April they will be able to set up contracts for community health services such as district nursing and chiropody , and possibly this might be extended to social aspects of community care . |
| 7 | No overall body , such as the ICDMA , has set up rules for trading and trading is generally more fragmented than in the dollar CD market . |
| 8 | I did little bits to help , like picking up sticks for firewood and fetching water from the well , as we did n't have any electricity or running water . |
| 9 | I will do , not that I feel the gavel-bashing toastmaster was in order by repeatedly calling for ‘ gentlemen ’ to cough up money for raffle tickets . |
| 10 | The personal involvement of the pupil , both at an individual and group level , is important in building up enthusiasm for learning . |
| 11 | John said : ‘ By reducing our holding in this block we are spreading our risk and freeing up funds for development elsewhere . |
| 12 | Mac conjures up funds for charity |
| 13 | Erm it has to be said that er new roads do o open up opportunities for development . |
| 14 | The Army began calling up reserves for combat training for the first time in the crisis to date ( the Marines having done so a week previously ) . |
| 15 | In an effort to produce a short form the JCT has not included specific provisions for many common situations , such as the need to open up work for inspection , or loss and expense suffered by the contractors due to default by the employer and supervising officer . |
| 16 | Do n't ignore this legal obligation , otherwise you could be ordered to pull down or open up work for inspection at your expense . |
| 17 | One by one , governments gave up sovereignty for stability and acceded to the TAPIR . |
| 18 | No , do n't rile him up boy for god 's sake . |
| 19 | IT OCCURS to me that it might be as well to quote the time related charges or TRC that British Telecom should apply in making up bills for work , following last week 's item . |
| 20 | Duties include preparing apparatus and setting up equipment for use in practical classes . |
| 21 | Current concerns regarding the moral state of the nation and high levels of crime will , I have no doubt , set up targets for blame and cause resources to be put into headline catching projects to ‘ deal ’ with offenders — in the meantime monies and effort put into the social education of our ordinary young people are diminishing . |
| 22 | Chatfield 's ball-handling and kicking skills saw Rovers race to an 11-0 lead in the opening 25 minutes as he set up tries for Aussie centre David Liddiard and second rower Andy Thompson . |
| 23 | So the writing and the record making process are inseparable in a way , but the way I work certainly seems to open up possibilities for discovery . ’ |
| 24 | An incongruity between expectations and results can also open up possibilities for innovation . |
| 25 | Three major initiatives have brought this about and have opened up possibilities for futher development in the years to come . |
| 26 | It is entirely coincidence that we have now given up pies for Lent . |
| 27 | The Railside Revival Fund also put up cash for replacement gates at the North end of the station and working replicas of old lamps at the subway entrances . |
| 28 | Both behaviourism and ‘ humanistic ’ views would have us believe that to be affective is to be effective in setting up conditions for learning . |
| 29 | And the successful formalization of data can open up questions for research , and types of evidence , which would not have occurred to the research community without the effort to present the data in computer-friendly form . |
| 30 | When he began writing again , he had given up realism for allegory about the conflict between , among other things , science and religion . |