Example sentences of "[be] up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It should be up on the 800 server series in the third quarter . |
| 32 | This year a bumper crowd is expected to turn out for Northern Ireland 's premier triathlon event at Portaferry in July , and Alastair should be up with the front runners . |
| 33 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
| 34 | One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement . |
| 35 | CHAMPIONS Leeds will be up against a familiar figure tonight — a Gordon Strachan clone ! |
| 36 | For that you have to be up against the real thing . |
| 37 | He said I would n't be up against an angry mob at my age . |
| 38 | Time they get to about sixteen or seventeen you know they can be up in the top players . |
| 39 | Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’ |
| 40 | I 'm up against the six footer , and a five foot ten wife |
| 41 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
| 42 | The Rover GTi race will also be closely contested with Mike Whalley from Holmfirth being up among the leading challengers . |
| 43 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 44 | We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us . |
| 45 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 46 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 47 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 48 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 49 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 50 | At Penguin , trading profits were £26.3m — and increase of 101% or , if the impact of the Smithmark and New York lease problems of the previous year is excluded , of 31.5% — while at Longman , operating profits were up by a hefty 38% , to £23.5m . |
| 51 | What 's up at the Conservation Unit |
| 52 | ‘ But at the end of the day it 's up to the 100,000 citizens of Derry to act as sales people for their city . ’ |
| 53 | He 's up to the middle class ! |
| 54 | It 's up to the blooming restaurant . |
| 55 | A NatWest spokeswoman said : ‘ It 's up to the individual branch management . |
| 56 | Oh that 's up to the last page . |
| 57 | It 's up to the organic farmers to sort out the inconsistent supply complaint . |
| 58 | Surf 's up for the tidal wave of the year . |
| 59 | Money-Go-Round : Time 's up for the secret savers |
| 60 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |