Example sentences of "up [prep] [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 . |
| 21 | In Spain , the party that might hold the balance of power after the general election on June 6th , the Communist-dominated United Left , has reservations about the treaty , though it has dressed them up as criticism of the government for refusing to call a referendum on it . |
| 22 | Alun Evans , secretary of the Welsh football association who doubles up as chairman of the UAU committee , said : ‘ I was informed by the chairman of the UAU rugby committee that he was discussing the possible sponsorship of its championship and I received a copy of a proposal … it contained a number of features which were not acceptable to the union and it was therefore with great surprise that we learned a launch for the sponsorship had been called and it was decided that the union could not agree to this action . ’ |
| 23 | The windows had been bricked up as part of the soundproofing . |
| 24 | Of land on the registers he says hopefully , ‘ it 's possible that in areas with planning restrictions , planning permission might be given more readily in order for it to be cleaned up as part of development ’ . |
| 25 | A GRUMBLERS ' hotline is to be set up as part of the Government 's Citizen 's Charter campaign . |
| 26 | The same month , a United Nations commission , set up as part of the peace agreement , said that it was d'Aubuisson who had arranged the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 . |
| 27 | Thus it was taken up as part of a larger review of education in general , and teachers ' conditions of service in particular . |
| 28 | Between the build-up to the national railway dispute in 1907 and the end of 1909 no fewer than sixty-seven new boards were established , not including those set up as part of the settlement of the rail strike itself . |
| 29 | I mean , ’ he gestured expansively about him , ‘ look at this wonderful craft of yours : a tank that doubles up as part of a spacecraft . |
| 30 | Not just any portrait painter , either , but one who might possibly end up as part of the family and on whom it was therefore important to make a good impression . |