Example sentences of "[verb] up to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh . |
| 2 | This possibility can only occur if the masses are generally speaking apolitical and acquiescent , or ready to defer to authority ; or if patron — client relations can be pyramided up to the national level so as to bind mass support very firmly and unconditionally to national elites ; or if mass parties with extensive organizational capabilities can be created and continuously sustained by major political leaderships . |
| 3 | Helen chose a small-patterned carpet that stands up to the combined wear and tear of two dogs , two cats and three children . |
| 4 | The plain-clothed cockney sidles up to the moustached man , grinning . |
| 5 | Caro peered up to the black sky . |
| 6 | The foil packs have a flat bottom so that they can stay upright when water is being added up to the measuring mark on the pack . |
| 7 | This confirms that Rentokil Healthcare come up to the high standard expected and specified by BSI . |
| 8 | In the claim we are showing quite clearly , and we have won up to the present stage — six years to show that women 's work in the RVH is equal to men 's work . |
| 9 | Adrian Scanlon insisted on driving up to the front door , once I had opened the gate . |
| 10 | Labour , by signing up to the Social Chapter and introducing a minimum wage of £3.40 an hour , will make flexible jobs for women with families far too expensive for most employers to contemplate . |
| 11 | All prisoners serving a year or more will be put on licence when released and supervised up to the three-quarter point of their sentence and , for some sex offenders until the end of their sentence ; |
| 12 | As I arrived a tractor pulled up with sacks of freshly-picked hops that would be carried up to the main floor of the building to be dried . |
| 13 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 14 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 15 | But by walking up to the eastern corrie , Coire an Dothaidh , fear is not an issue ; only leg muscle . |
| 16 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 17 | Each table was fitted with transfusion stands and connected up to the piped oxygen laid on throughout Casualty . |
| 18 | Just 20 minutes before , about 60 heavyweight Congress I supporters in three or four jeeps roared up to the unprotected station in a whirlwind of dust . |
| 19 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 20 | As she cycled up to the ornate porch she always thought of chivalrous knights attending maidens dressed in high , pointed hats and long sweeping gowns . |
| 21 | The strain of living up to the lofty concept of marriage that they have invented is tiring , at times , and she is a busy woman . |
| 22 | Several schools commented on the importance of involving the whole school in living up to the agreed health policy . |
| 23 | LIVING UP TO THE MACHO IMAGE |
| 24 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 25 | There is jurisdiction for actions valued at less than £50,000 to be transferred up to the High Court under ss41(1) or 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 , although such transfers are likely to occur only in exceptional cases raising questions of general public interest . |
| 26 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 27 | It took more than three billion years to evolve up to the human race . |
| 28 | He woke up to the nauseating smell of burning skin and a roaring sound . |
| 29 | But when parliament woke up to the electronic age and first allowed its proceedings to be broadcast in 1978 , nobody was sure whether those broadcasts were also privileged . |
| 30 | If the patient can not walk at all , you should have a special wheelchair for outdoor use ; while an indoor wheelchair has large back wheels and relatively thin tyres , the outdoor version may have four small wheels with thick fat tyres , which should be kept pumped up to the correct pressure . |