Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | These charges , and any interest payable on an overdraft , are calculated up to the first Friday in March , June , September and December , and deducted from your account 14 days later . |
| 2 | I 've been there , do n't forget , and I 've seen how you are looked up to . |
| 3 | The most colourful of Appenzell 's many processions is the ascent to the mountains , when the cattle are moved up to their summer quarters . |
| 4 | In some circumstances the supervisor is in a position to visit his own views about policy and practice onto his junior colleagues , since he is the channel through which information and recommendations are transmitted up to senior staff and policy directives are funnelled down . |
| 5 | Smaller practitioners are fed up to the back teeth with all forms of regulation , and audit regulation in particular . |
| 6 | Postal bookings are accepted up to 48 hours before the screening or event . |
| 7 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 8 | This is despite a tiny cellar which means deliveries are made up to five times a week . |
| 9 | you 're exposed up to there always do n't you ? |
| 10 | Soft-sided cases are more likely to be damaged when they 're stacked up to be transported |
| 11 | But it 's when you 're built up to nine pints it makes you |
| 12 | yes , under the Building Society Protection Act , if the society fails , you 're protected up to twenty thousand , and you 'll get eighteen thousand back , there 's a ninety percent protection , provided they 're members of the Building Society Association , which all are , er virtually , even down to things like the Clay Cross and the Staffordshire Railway , they 're all members of the Building Society Association , so they 're all covered . |
| 13 | We 're brought up to live and breathe politics . ’ |
| 14 | They were the disciples of one Malam Ibrahim , a teacher of the Koran whose studies had slowly convinced him that the Jesus of whom he read in its pages was the mediator through whom the prayers of the faithful are offered up to the All-Merciful . |
| 15 | This occurs when markets , previously served by the public sector monopolies and governed by regulations , are opened up to competition from the private sector . |
| 16 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 17 | It is used by Tom Puddings , coal-carrying compartment boats which weigh about 40ft each and are towed up to 20 in a string , and is one of the most heavily used canals in the country , also carrying liquid fuels and general merchandise . |
| 18 | However , please remember that brochures are produced up to twelve months in advance and there may be occasions when an advertised facility of entertainment is not available during your particular holiday , especially if it is out of high season . |
| 19 | Large boats are roped up to the quayside . |
| 20 | Furthermore , he will know that his contemporaries are not really too keen on its revelation : indeed they may well argue that the police have research facilities of their own which are geared up to the internal needs and interests of the institution ( Benyon 1988 : 21 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Estimates of the uncounted unemployed are provided up to 1981 by the annual General Household Survey . |
| 23 | The IT and CTT policies are policies of indemnity and are settled up to the limits of each policy section less applicable excesses . |
| 24 | If and only if it does , that route is followed , which means counting how many of the 26 bits are set up to and including the required one , to establish which member of the pointer array to follow to the next level in the tree . |
| 25 | There are some problems which are set up to be impossible to solve . |
| 26 | We are set up to be competitive for the size and shape of projects that we are shooting for and the industries we are targeting . |
| 27 | ‘ All men wish all women to be gentle , ’ Mrs Browning commented , ‘ just as all women wish men to be strong and to alter this we must first start with our sons and what they are brought up to . |
| 28 | Prisoners are brought up to date with new legislation that may affect them , such as housing and social security . |
| 29 | The appearance of such systems , often in advance of any Western equivalent , usually generates flurries of excitement , yet early versions tend to possess rudimentary capabilities , and effective variants may take considerable time to emerge as the component technologies are brought up to standard . |
| 30 | Others have focused on the socialization process through which girls are brought up to be gentle , passive people who will do as they are told , while boys are brought up to be bolder and more aggressive . |