Example sentences of "up for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 2 | It is quite obvious that the government have been gearing the NHS up for this plan for some time . |
| 3 | But is is that usual though , so they usually take a form up for this mobility thing ? |
| 4 | He had no abilities , but made up for this drawback with sharp elbows . |
| 5 | They 're one of 14 national display teams limbering up for this weekend 's International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 6 | We 'll just have lunch , and then I 'm sure you 've got a wonderful programme lined up for this afternoon ! ’ |
| 7 | So many turned up for this emergency meeting of Swindon 's railway pensioners , that more than a hundred had to stand outside . |
| 8 | ‘ Arazi is 60 to 70 per cent wound up for this race , ’ he points out , ‘ but we have had no interruptions in preparing him . ’ |
| 9 | The Highlands Congested Districts Board was set up for this purpose in 1897 , but it was able to achieve very little . |
| 10 | Another common advance ordering practice is that of selecting books a few months before publication , after scrutiny of information provided by library suppliers or ( in the case of academic libraries ) by specialized alerting services which have been set up for this purpose . |
| 11 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |
| 12 | A Working Party has already been set up for this purpose and will have met by the time this issue of ‘ Contact ’ is published and mailed to registered Members of Convocation . |
| 13 | They would use this time to seek a university job , helped by a coordinating body , KAI , set up for this purpose . |
| 14 | After US obstruction , a Committee of the Board of Governors of the IMF was eventually set up for this purpose late in 1972 . |
| 15 | If there were several children queuing up for this delight , the second-comers were told , ‘ You can ring tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
| 17 | Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew , President of the BT National Swimathon , wished all 30,000 swimmers who have signed up for this year 's BT National Swimathon ‘ the very best of luck ’ . |
| 18 | Serving great forces was not what she had signed up for this trip , but somehow it felt right . |
| 19 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 20 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 21 | Can you explain the cultural foundation that you have set up for this loan ? |
| 22 | and do n't forget first news of the football … on goals extra tomorrow teatime … our next sport takes us to Kingsholm in Gloucester and its curtain up for this week 's rugby review |
| 23 | This time , alas , there is little to cheer and they need to pick themselves up for this Saturday 's basement battle against Chester . |
| 24 | Babies have very immature immune systems and rely upon breast milk to make up for this deficiency as it contains protective factors . |
| 25 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 26 | In a bygone era the postmen and staff of Frensham Post Office lined up for this photo call . |
| 27 | Jasper , her elder brother , had refused from the first to dress up for this party and wore his school jeans and Western shirt , though school had not seen him that day . |
| 28 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 29 | Have there been any developments on the guitar synth front which you 've taken up for this album ? |
| 30 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |