Example sentences of "up for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 2 | The police Holmes computor system , set up for major crime investigations , is being used to collate information from across Britain . |
| 3 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 4 | A great many doctors feel that chemical sensitivity is improbable — a dubious diagnosis that probably covers up for psychosomatic illness , hyperventilation , or purely psychological symptoms . |
| 5 | This involves standing up for personal rights and expressing your thoughts , feelings , and beliefs directly , honestly , and spontaneously in ways that are respectful of the rights of others . |
| 6 | With the mines now being put up for private operation , a great deal will depend on how sincere British Coal is about helping the new licensees to make a go of it . |
| 7 | Sign up for private insurance . |
| 8 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 9 | They must never be broken up for short-term gain . |
| 10 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 11 | The phrase " has with him " seems to exclude articles picked up for immediate use . |
| 12 | Better have some O neg. sent up for immediate use as well . |
| 13 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 14 | Like a , a good example the , the the ninety three one , the ninety two one rather this year was a good example because there was erm a titanic battle in Old Harlow where the leader of the council Richard was up for re- election . |
| 15 | Discounting the John Major ‘ feelgood factor ’ he also expects to make up for lost sleep . |
| 16 | Then they escorted us to our rooms , where we gratefully made up for lost sleep . |
| 17 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 18 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
| 19 | Every Londoner seemed to be out of doors : the stall-holders were busy making up for lost trade and the air was thick with savoury smells from taverns and cookshops . |
| 20 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 21 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 22 | And when the third and surviving princess emerges from her orange , Lesley Garrett immediately makes up for lost time , singing ravishingly . |
| 23 | Certainly , it will need to work hard to make up for lost time ; the party has neglected the cause of democratic socialism in the North for far too long and it has allowed would-be Labour activists to become demoralised . |
| 24 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , we immediately started our other meetings to make up for lost time . |
| 26 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 27 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 28 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 29 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 30 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |