Example sentences of "the [noun] up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the reforms were introduced during the run up to a general election in which it was widely ( but incorrectly ) expected that health would be the key issue . |
| 2 | And in the run up to a public offering — which , it insists , is still part of the SCO roadmap — ‘ we 'll continue to play the product game , not the technology game . ’ |
| 3 | On 19 October 1988 , the then Home Secretary , Douglas Hurd , issued notices to the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) and BBC , requiring them , under the Broadcasting Act 1981 , to refrain from broadcasting any words spoken on behalf of , or in support of , a ‘ proscribed organisation ’ , excluding anything said in the course of parliamentary proceedings , or in the run up to a parliamentary , European parliamentary or local election . |
| 4 | For example , he says that he would very much like to record the Berg Violin Concerto ( ‘ another piece that 's difficult to programme ’ ) , but the trouble is finding a coupling that will bring the disc up to a respectable length . |
| 5 | On their oceanic margin earthquake foci are shallow , but they become progressively deeper further away from the trench up to a maximum depth of about 700km . |
| 6 | ‘ A woman had taken some children playing in the road up to a high room to ‘ see her puppies . ’ |
| 7 | So much for the way in which our furry fauna have captivated so many kite flyers ; now to the practical aspects of how to take the skydiver up to a safe release height . |
| 8 | Assuming that you are happy with your ability to cope with a helicopter in an unfamiliar attitude and with the mechanical soundness of your model , all you really need to do is to get the model up to a safe height , build up lots of forward speed , pull the cyclic stick back and watch it go round . |
| 9 | Now all you have to do is to take the model up to a safe height , roll it inverted and flip the switch . |
| 10 | But the sale had its quirks too : enthusiasm among bidders for an inelegantly and oddly shaped sixteenth-century Lombard dignitary 's chair in walnut pushed the price all the way up to a staggering FFr900,000 ( £93,500 ; $162,700 ) , a world record for a chair of the period and almost twenty times the estimate . |