Example sentences of "it [be] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is up to moral agents to decide how moral patients should be treated ; since animals , infants , and imbeciles lack self-consciousness . |
| 3 | Gram for gram it is up to 200 times sweeter than sugar and on average three times sweeter than aspartame . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ultimately it is up to individual councils to decide who they are going to levy charges upon for the collection of waste . |
| 7 | In the east it is up to 16 times more acid . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is up to 50 feet high , overhanging throughout and wide enough to allow 15 or more teams to operate at one time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She says it is up to local authorities to ensure voluntary groups do not miss out . |
| 13 | Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |