Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields .
2 In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output .
3 But he blew his chances when he said that giving up sovereignty to the European Commission was like giving in to Hitler .
4 The sensor measures alkalinity and when the level falls below a pre-set value it activates a pump that delivers product from a bulk container to the tank in sufficient quantity to make up solution to the desired strength .
5 What many fear is that , despite negotiated settlements ’ being fashionable in other parts of the world , the US will be more than happy to leave El Salvador to Arena , freeing it to step up aid to the Nicaraguan contras and removing , once and for all , any chance of success for the peace plan being negotiated by the five Central American presidents , which has never been supported by the US .
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