Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect .
2 Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution .
3 Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request .
4 It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action .
5 They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars
6 It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans .
7 Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited .
8 It would then be up to the employee to set up his own business and exploit the patent if he is able to attract venture or loan capital to do so .
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