Example sentences of "is up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , a sufferer is seen to be mad , and his fearful sense of what he is up to can be seen to dominate the book in which it is in the end defeated or controverted . |
| 2 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 3 | It is up to us to institute delay , he wrote . |
| 4 | The book now goes on to my sister and what happens next is up to her . |
| 5 | Once again it is up to the pilot to insist that this wing is held and not to accept someone on the upwind wing-tip . |
| 6 | That is up to you . |
| 7 | The choice of timber is up to the entrant ; the only proviso being that the two pieces must be consistent . |
| 8 | Unfortunately minor works grants are only ‘ discretionary ’ , ie it is up to the council whether or not you receive help . |
| 9 | Other types of work may qualify for a discretionary grant , which means it is up to the council whether you get a grant . |
| 10 | Spreading rate is up to 7sq m/litre for fine , and 10sq m/litre for smooth . |
| 11 | Our lawyers and judges will never turn off this mad process which , for them , is a fountain of dollars and a source of power : it is up to the Press to publicise civilised European libel procedures and insist that we get them too . |
| 12 | Dr Tadecki said : ‘ Research in America indicates that someone is up to 50 per cent more likely to lose their temper if they regularly watch violent television programmes such as The Equalizer . ’ |
| 13 | No other sort of mind is up to the demands of the system , which needs to seem to have judicial impartiality and a rocklike permanance while also being quickly responsive to the latest political fads . |
| 14 | I have no idea what Sir Robert Mark is up to . |
| 15 | That is up to you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is up to this meeting to decide what happens to those stocks , but we see no reason for Hong Kong to be penalised . ’ |
| 17 | It is up to the discretion of the neighbourhood policemen whether or not they respond to incidents reported over the personal radio , although major occurrences such as bomb alerts and fights , tend to attract them , as well as incidents that are nearby . |
| 18 | Obviously , the way you sound is up to you , but it is worth deploying all the resources you have to ensure a decent quality of recording and to present the cassette in an appealing way . |
| 19 | After only half an hour we can tack left and right — a must in general , as going downwind puts the canopy between you and the way ahead giving you no chance of avoiding rocks and ruts — so that we can move almost anywhere in an arc that is up to 45 degrees on either side of the wind . |
| 20 | ‘ It is up to a man , ’ she said ‘ to make a marriage a source of peace or misery , because the man has power ; our women usually have none . ’ |
| 21 | With his portable equipment — weapon , tool bag and hook and line — the weight , as he shuffles out of the ICP , is up to about 70 lb . |
| 22 | The rest is up to the children , music included ; as Runswick and music director Terry Edwards discovered on their rounds of the schools at an earlier stage in the project , the teachers had only to supervise , rarely to prompt or invent-solid preparation indeed for the GCSE 's new emphasis on composition . |
| 23 | ‘ It is up to them to put a high priority on bringing arrears quickly under control . |
| 24 | It is up to the authorities to decide . ’ |
| 25 | It is up to the authorities to decide . ’ |
| 26 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 27 | It is up to government to finance and provide it — but as far from the DTI as possible . |
| 28 | Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on . |
| 29 | In reality , the choice is up to the five countries with permanent seats on the Security Council — America , Britain , China , France and the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | Applying environmental laws is up to Spain 's regional governments , most of whom still think of emission standards as how fast building permits are issued . |