Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [v-ing] up to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skilled stalkers are shooting up to a dozen hinds a day . |
| 2 | At long last , the motor manufacturers are waking up to the reality that they ought to do more and that they too can assist in the reduction of car crime . |
| 3 | My parents were pointing up to a beam of light and saying ‘ Dumbo ’ . |
| 4 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 5 | Service managers are waking up to the value of experienced nurses whose understandable reservations about being out of date with current ideas and technologies prevent them from taking up their careers again . |
| 6 | WIRRAL rail passengers are facing up to a Sunday on the buses this weekend . |
| 7 | The CIT 's members are standing up to the recession and keeping close to their customers and associates . |
| 8 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |