Example sentences of "be up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They 're up for sale at an auction of film props to be held in Norton in Gloucestershire . |
2 | In eighty seven all the councillors of most district councils are up for election . |
3 | One third of the councillors in each of three consecutive years are up for re-election . |
4 | That is , just as a county council in eighty five , all the councillors are up for re-election just as in a parliamentary general election , yeah ? |
5 | In addition , the existing nurses , who were given undertakings when the trust was set up that their posts would be protected , are now being told that all their jobs are up for re-examination and that anyone seeking extra education will soon be told that someone else is waiting to take her position — |
6 | writes from : AS A barmaid , I was told by a customer — a Mr Brewster — that his ancestor founded the annual Brewster Sessions when all pub licences are up for renewal . |
7 | Four items are up for auction , George Best 's Tampa Bay Rowdies shirt ; Stevie Cowan 's autographed Portadown jersey ; an autographed Derry City ball , and a Derry jersey . |
8 | Talks are believed to have been held with Thorn EMI , whose defence interests are up for sale . |
9 | THE British-based Brabham team are up for sale because a company run by its owner Joachim Luhti is bankrupt , his lawyer said . |
10 | WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers are up for sale at £4million , just three years after the club were saved from extinction . |
11 | STRUGGLING Second Division Mansfield are up for sale . |
12 | CRISIS-TORN Swinton are up for sale . |
13 | Pictures , oars and models are up for sale , as well as some of the most beautiful boats afloat . |
14 | They tell the story of a life lived in the public eye , but now 45 are up for sale . |
15 | They tell the story of a life lived in the public eye , but now 45 are up for sale . |
16 | The herd are part of the Batsford Park estate , near Moreton in Marsh and now the magnificent animals are up for sale , following the death of the former Lord Dulverton . |
17 | So how many houses are up for sale now ? |
18 | It 's our job to bring you comprehensive performance results on PCs that are up for review , and we have to be even handed while we do it . |
19 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
20 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
21 | We 'll all be up for child rape . |
22 | Some will be up for re-election in two years . |
23 | before they went back , and er , I ca n't remember whether I told them to get one or whether they should be up for Easter . |
24 | Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I |
25 | So , surely there could be no objection to someone taking a look at a place that would soon be up for sale anyway ? |
26 | Although Portland ( a Thomson subsidiary ) and Tjaebourg itself seemed to be doing well , in 1985 the British Airways subsidiary Martin Rook was rumoured to be up for disposal , with an uncertain future . |
27 | • It seems that Danielle Dax 's ‘ Pop Eyes ’ , once a contender in the NME indie charts , could also be up for re-release through WSD . |
28 | That 's entirely up to him what we do but I shall be up for dinner you know and sort of see you and then if Geoff wants to leave early , we will . |
29 | I 'm up for promotion , and there 's Erika … . ’ |
30 | If you 've had speeding disqualification er speeding points and you were up for disqualification because you 'd totted up twelve points |