Example sentences of "[vb -s] up to [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 2 | Yes , but if you move on to that to the mainstream of our policies , which is five and six , that covers up to a thousand pounds parts and labour . |
| 3 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 4 | At CBS , where she worked for eight years , she remembers up to a hundred tapes pouring into the office each week . |
| 5 | The party 's chair , Sara Parkin , said : " Unlike the other political parties , this manifesto faces up to the real issues " . |
| 6 | Quietly , unhesitatingly — just like that — he faces up to the moral consequences of his realization . |
| 7 | Oxford currently houses up to a 190 prisoners , many on remand . |