Example sentences of "gear [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election .
2 ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ?
3 Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr
4 The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 .
5 Furthermore , he will know that his contemporaries are not really too keen on its revelation : indeed they may well argue that the police have research facilities of their own which are geared up to the internal needs and interests of the institution ( Benyon 1988 : 21 ) .
6 Because of the competition we face from the new union , UNISON , we need application forms geared up to the particular industries that we require .
7 Are educational establishments really geared up for the European challenge , and do our current measures go far enough ?
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