Example sentences of "be [verb] up to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The steady increase in the number of complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's report has continued ; 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 2 | The steady increase in complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's Report has continued , 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 3 | Though Musgrave did not bring himself to ask the soldier what he had seen , his impression was ‘ that Aimable had not been fattened up to the mark of the visitor 's large expectations ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ For Christ 's sake — because I believe Tweed is innocent , that he 's been framed up to the hilt . |
| 5 | Smaller practitioners are fed up to the back teeth with all forms of regulation , and audit regulation in particular . |
| 6 | The mere wear-and-tear of the prolonged firing contributed to German losses ; after superhuman efforts , one of the monster 420s had been moved up to the Bois des Fosses in order to knock out Fort Souville , but on the third shot a shell exploded in the worn barrel , killing almost the entire crew . |
| 7 | It enables your staff to know themselves how well they 're doing their job , and if they 're keeping up to the mark . |
| 8 | You 're running up to the thing , yeah ? |
| 9 | Well first time , first time you 're coming up to the supermarket , drop it , drop them in |
| 10 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 11 | Now America is the hottest market ; institutions that find Wall Street overvalued are waking up to the attraction of overseas investment . |
| 12 | Service managers are waking up to the value of experienced nurses whose understandable reservations about being out of date with current ideas and technologies prevent them from taking up their careers again . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ( The bank clerk who had occupied it had been called up to the army . ) |
| 16 | A path had been worn up to the door . |
| 17 | Large boats are roped up to the quayside . |
| 18 | But nationally , Directors of Social Services have identified that the trends in child care are such now , as to create serious concern that the children 's homes themselves are geared up to the kind of er tasks that now face them . |
| 19 | He has met his brothers at the fair which accompanies the hiring but otherwise there has been no joy ; certainly nothing to bring to his wife , Emily , who has been driven up to the town and found refuge in the house of a local schoolmaster , Mr Stephens . |
| 20 | The IT and CTT policies are policies of indemnity and are settled up to the limits of each policy section less applicable excesses . |
| 21 | I think we are coming up to the peaks now . ’ |
| 22 | In compulsory competitive tendering the Government are merely bringing up the rear and ensuring that local authorities that have not yet taken advantage of those techniques are brought up to the level of the best . |
| 23 | Double-breasted to be fastened up to the collar , or left open , the reefer quickly ceased to be only navy blue and became a double-breasted tweed ‘ casual ’ coat , a direct ancestor o f the modern double-breasted suit . |
| 24 | It seemed to be given up to the birds and their morning hymns … |
| 25 | The Black Man of Saxony , playing grisly tunes so that the children would follow him to his terrible mountain lair , there to be given up to the Man of the Mountains . |
| 26 | Despite a statement by Selwyn Lloyd , the Foreign Secretary , in the House of Commons on 23rd July that there was ‘ no question of large-scale operations by British troops on the ground ’ , Army units had to be flown up to the Oman from Kenya to support the Sultan 's armed forces in crushing the rebellion . |
| 27 | The operative principle should therefore be one of a ‘ retributive maximum , as advocated by Norval Morris ( 1974 : 75 ) : while an individual offender may be punished up to the level indicated by the tariff , there is no obligation to do so if other valid considerations indicate that a more lenient course will be more constructive or humane . |
| 28 | Applications may , however , be considered up to the date when a course begins , provided that not all places have been filled . |
| 29 | It is advisable to apply as early as possible , and preferably before 31 January of the proposed year of entry to the University , though application may be considered up to the date when a course begins , subject to the availability of places . |
| 30 | However applications may be considered up to the date when a course begins , subject to the availability of places . |