Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In any one year the Soviet Union could choose to substitute up to 750,000 tonnes of any one commodity for another .
2 This is a branch of the Association devoted to the more senior ex-Manorians who would like to meet up with old friends , but who find it difficult to join in with the annual reunions .
3 My current mileage is only 10–20 miles per week , but I would like to move up to longer distances and triathlons .
4 But she may have to wait up to eighteen months for surgery .
5 If these governments want to win back the access to international capital markets that they need in order to expand and prosper , they will have to come up with some ideas of their own .
6 She would have to put up with occasional Sinatra-outs until she was out of the tank .
7 Supporters of BOTTS COMMON CORINTHIANS will no longer have to put up with annoying cancellations or last-minute postponements because of a frost-ravaged pitch during the winter months .
8 Managing the operation is Petre 's son Dominic , 25 , who actually lives in the house and will have to put up with disrupted weekends .
9 Managing the operation is Petre 's son Dominic , 25 , who actually lives in the house and will have to put up with disrupted weekends .
10 Until then Ron will have to put up with sleepless nights .
11 To achieve finer detail , animals would have to move up into ultrasonic frequencies , and a number of mammals have done just that .
12 We may have to follow up with other arrangements in the future .
13 Keeping on the go can become a habit and there are very many people who could manage to let up for ten minutes or more in the course of most days , with a bit of careful planning .
14 ‘ Or that he did n't want to face up to certain consequences , ’ said Lucenzo brutally .
15 She knew there were things she should be trying to sort out in her life , but she did n't want to face up to certain ideas that lurked at the back of her mind .
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