Example sentences of "be up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 These digital and digitally remastered recordings date from the late ‘ 70s and '80s and information/presentation/quality are up to the usual Chandos high standards , although playing times tend to be short .
2 Tabitha Jute , remember , had not yet been up to the other floors of Plenty .
3 By now , 1345 hours , the Colonel had been up with the leading Troops for more than because two hours , and as the short Arctic day was drawing to a close he ordered the withdrawal to begin .
4 After that it would be up to the German socialists to respond , pressing their own Government to adopt positions convergent with the emergent consensus among the Allies .
5 This year a bumper crowd is expected to turn out for Northern Ireland 's premier triathlon event at Portaferry in July , and Alastair should be up with the front runners .
6 I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part .
7 One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement .
8 Time they get to about sixteen or seventeen you know they can be up in the top players .
9 Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’
10 Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it .
11 The Rover GTi race will also be closely contested with Mike Whalley from Holmfirth being up among the leading challengers .
12 No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves .
13 I thought you were up with the latest fashions .
14 Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names .
15 ‘ But at the end of the day it 's up to the 100,000 citizens of Derry to act as sales people for their city . ’
16 It 's up to the organic farmers to sort out the inconsistent supply complaint .
17 Money-Go-Round : Time 's up for the secret savers
18 Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board .
19 However you view the almost indecent haste of sports organisations in South Africa to make themselves acceptable to the outside world , it is up to the individual governments to lift their own exclusions .
20 It is up to the professional institutions , employers ' organisations and educational establishments to answer these needs .
21 At a recent rugby jamboree in Kimberley the unification of these two bodies was formally completed so now it is up to the various officials and administrators to make the new South African Rugby Football Union really work .
22 In reality , the choice is up to the five countries with permanent seats on the Security Council — America , Britain , China , France and the Soviet Union .
23 The Chandos digital recording , made in the SNO Centre , Glasgow , is up to the best standards of the house , naturally balanced with a fine bloom on the sound and vivid detail .
24 ‘ But now it is up to the Catholic officials and the county to find the money from the £243,000 I have set aside for church school repairs .
25 Marketing 's task is to define the customer 's needs and wants , but it is up to the other departments to convert those needs and wants into practical reality .
26 ‘ This outcome of this case will make people think , but it is up to the local councils to bring the cases .
27 The show is up in the other rooms .
28 The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter .
29 Now it was up to the Marine Commandoes .
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