Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By my second meeting , I was up to 20 words . |
| 2 | These moves would not disgrace a HVS climb were it not for the fact that two sets of in situ threads protect them perfectly : a good testing ground to see if you are up to greater things . |
| 3 | We 're up to 81 subscribers right now , which is pretty good . |
| 4 | To know we were up with seven games left to play . |
| 5 | As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers . |
| 6 | But does this mean that our friends from Dixieland — the Intelligence Service lived south of the river ‘ — are going to give us a hint of what they 're up to these days ? ’ |
| 7 | you know erm daily , just so we know when somebody does appear , if they 're , you know , if we , you know , wanted a chat with them or , you know , to see what they 're up to these days that yeah but I w er yeah yeah . |
| 8 | It 's up to Social Services , and Social Services may choose , although I have got to say it 's unlikely , to register a children 's or an elderly person 's home despite the fact that we 've given advice that they should n't . |
| 9 | It is up to moral agents to decide how moral patients should be treated ; since animals , infants , and imbeciles lack self-consciousness . |
| 10 | Gram for gram it is up to 200 times sweeter than sugar and on average three times sweeter than aspartame . |
| 11 | Er er that that o o order , order , it 's a very good question er but I fear not that it is up to individual members themselves to exercise some restraint and to and to u order , order , and to use the procedures of this house properly and correctly and not to abuse them . |
| 12 | ANL organisers say it is up to individual members whether they take to the streets to fight racism , but Safina Hussain has little doubt about what action is needed . |
| 13 | Ultimately it is up to individual councils to decide who they are going to levy charges upon for the collection of waste . |
| 14 | In the east it is up to 16 times more acid . |
| 15 | The National Curriculum has given the basis , it is up to effective teachers to use their professional skills to translate this into a worthwhile and meaningful experience for each of their pupils . |
| 16 | It is up to 50 feet high , overhanging throughout and wide enough to allow 15 or more teams to operate at one time . |
| 17 | It is up to social workers and the legal system to find ways of supporting rather than hindering parents and children in the difficult task of building themselves into a new family . |
| 18 | It is up to local authorities , but I believe the extra grant , the extra spending permission , means that a good quality education can be delivered to children in Wales er without it in any way being jeopardised by these proposals and I would illustrate later on in my speech that local government does have considerable flexibility to spend wisely and well and it has resources at its disposal to do a good job . |
| 19 | She says it is up to local authorities to ensure voluntary groups do not miss out . |
| 20 | Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on . |
| 21 | They intended to canoe the three miles to Charmouth but it was up to four hours after they were due to arrive that a huge rescue operation was mounted . |
| 22 | But David Lowe , vice-president of the League of Friends of Darlington Memorial Hospital , which sent out the letters , said it was up to individual members as to whether they contributed . |
| 23 | Using a magnetometer , they found that only in the bones of the sinuses was magnetic remanence more than twice the background level — and in those bones it was up to 13 times background . |
| 24 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |