Example sentences of "[verb] up to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 2 | As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill . |
| 3 | So a a a a as you say that the problem is that erm as this process gets under way and er i i s so , I , I think it 's , it 's not just absolute egalitarian in that everybody will get the same , I think there was an assumption that there would be enough for everybody becoming up to a middle peasant status . |
| 4 | They were closed , but just beyond them he cut the engine and drew up to a short flight of steps with a small studded door at the top . |
| 5 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 6 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |
| 7 | These two incidents hardly added up to a minimal knowledge of the principality . |
| 8 | All the little steps have added up to a high achievement . |
| 9 | On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her . |
| 10 | Lifted up to a new level and a new nearness to our Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 11 | All modems hook up to a serial port . |
| 12 | What would 've happened if absolute egalitarianism had been pursued and absolute egalitarianism had worked and there was enough land for everybody to come up to a middle peasant status and you 'd created an absolutely e equal society ? |
| 13 | If I also say to him that the lesson we learn from the United States is not to go down the route that he and his party have signed up to in signing up to a socialist manifesto for the European elections . |
| 14 | Remember , a loss of between 2 and 4 lb per month adds up to a 24–48 lb drop in a year , 48–96 lb over two years . |
| 15 | That adds up to a good campaign in Labour 's view : no gaffes , lots of pictures , and a positive message delivered in controlled surroundings . |
| 16 | She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’ |
| 17 | There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 ) |
| 18 | That adds up to a great confrontation in today 's championship clash with title-holders Essex , with England captain Graham Gooch making an early return to Old Trafford where he hit one of the great Test centuries on Monday . |
| 19 | Clearly it all adds up to a great season ahead for the fans , who fought to keep speedway in Swindon . |
| 20 | This adds up to a total cost of just under £20 bn , or about £6,600 per unemployed person . |
| 21 | It all adds up to a better deal , for your managers , your training budget and for effective corporate management development . |
| 22 | Their visibility or otherwise , the ways in which they are coded , policed , censored , constructed , praised or punished , the ways in which and levels at which they are represented as engaging with the viewer , and the contexts in which women 's bodies are placed in images and how images of women 's bodies are then distributed and consumed — all this adds up to a subtle politics of the representation of women 's bodies . |
| 23 | Our friendly bar with its extensive range of beers , real ales and cocktails , combined with the latest music , dancing and entertainment , adds up to a memorable evening in a convivial atmosphere . |
| 24 | All of this adds up to a personal credo that we are not just specialized apes but a unique and peculiar species of our own . |
| 25 | Cos each group adds up to a dotted quaver . |
| 26 | This seldom adds up to a coherent investment plan , but may be more simply described as a way of keeping things going until better days arrive . |
| 27 | This all adds up to a bleak picture for corporate UK . |
| 28 | Which all in all adds up to a Mediterranean type of diet — with porridge ! |
| 29 | We 've been frozen out there , and that order was worth a couple of million sterling , and that adds up to a hefty pile of wage packets . |
| 30 | Maintaining safety in the home is an expensive business and , for families with children , the purchase of recommended safety equipment — such as car safety seats , stair gates , a playpen and a cooker guard — adds up to a considerable sum . |