Example sentences of "[vb infin] up to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this situation you should gradually work up to the 20-minute target . |
| 2 | You will probably find that the sander will not work up to the very edge of the floor , so you will have to hire a smaller unit to finish off the job . |
| 3 | His speech is the latest in a series which will run up to the Scottish party conference in May at which a booklet containing all his speeches will be on sale to the party faithful . |
| 4 | Nothing and no one could measure up to the beautiful goodness , attractive goodness she saw in its ideal perfection in Jesus Christ . |
| 5 | So does Foinavon measure up to the magic figure ? |
| 6 | Feminist psychology tries to get round women 's occasional lower scores on such traits by suggesting how , with the right experience and environment , they could measure up to the male-oriented norms . |
| 7 | We must face up to the harsh fact that the present social and economic pattern of farming in the EEC can no longer be maintained . |
| 8 | A new building could also face up to the logistical problems presented by so much contemporary art : vast canvases , dispersed installations , massive weights ( the Serra sculptures currently on show required the floor to be shored up ) , and ultra-sensitive materials . |
| 9 | Rather than face up to the horrendous alienation implied by such strong electoral support for Sinn Fein , the Government has closed its eyes and now compels the population to do the same . |
| 10 | Now let's move up to the next port of call , which is Station . |
| 11 | If you still can not reach up to the extreme end and determine that the burrow is now empty you must reintroduce your line ferret once more to do the job for you . |
| 12 | Headline is doing lots of advertising , which will link up to the new hardback in September and the next paperback in December — a Koontz autumn programme . |
| 13 | Although the driver ant colony is an " animal " weighing in excess of 20 kg and possessing on the order of 20 million mouths and stings and is surely the most formidable creation of the insect world , it still does not match up to the lurid stories told about it . |
| 14 | The two slower movements come off better , but even here the playing , thoughtful though it is , does not match up to the rapt quality which the finest artists achieve in this music , and the Scherzo surprisingly fails to take flight ( its Trio is plain dull ) . |
| 15 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 16 | Expatriates may feel that Britain has gone ‘ downhill ’ while they have been away and homecoming does not match up to the good life abroad . |
| 17 | The end result did n't match up to the pre-race hype . |
| 18 | At tissue level , the end point of good healing is scar tissue , which does not match up to the original tissue lost in injury . |
| 19 | Halsey , Heath and Ridge have argued persuasively that the post-war education system 's achievements never did match up to the meritocratic ideals of its creators . |
| 20 | It is on this point that participant observation in practice very often does not match up to the ideal form and some consideration should be given to the situation arising . |
| 21 | Mr Mario Cuomo , New York 's governor , has led the way in showing that a politician can stand up to the capital-punishment lobby . |
| 22 | This will give a firm footing and will stand up to the constant flow of traffic . |
| 23 | Then followed the painstaking process of finding materials that would stand up to the tough usage and getting the whole thing done at a reasonable price . |
| 24 | I said and that 's why cos Paul said to me , he said , I never hear you moan , I said look you wo n't hear me moan because it 's not that I enjoy the job I hate the job I said I hate the work , and I find it hard work but at the end of the day on a Friday , I know that six o'clock in the morning on a Friday I can go up to the Nationwide Anglia , slip my card in there and I know there 's gon na be a couple of hundred of quid in there with the |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll walk up to the main road . |
| 26 | Bear in mind that all sections must add up to the overall length measurement . |
| 27 | population levels i in the area of Greater York , an allocation would suggest that , he was n't advocating that , it was just a pro rata ball park estimate , and he did n't purport to make it add up to the residual requirement okay ? |
| 28 | If he put down sheets of newspaper in the kitchen to keep the floor clean on wet days , one of his cats would back up to the far wall and then launch herself as fast as she could at the papers . |
| 29 | Not nearly so self-consciously ‘ modern ’ as , say , Slaves Of New York , this disaster-laden story of a Manhatten misfit who 's had enough does n't quite live up to the provocative promise of its title . |
| 30 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |