Example sentences of "[adv] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fixed-sum versus running-account : an obvious distinction between credit for a fixed amount of money ( such as HP , fixed loans of money ) and credit , perhaps up to a fixed ceiling , which may fluctuate up and down depending on what the borrower draws or pays in ( such as shop budget accounts , credit cards , bank overdrafts ) . |
| 2 | Moving averages would normally be used for short term forecasting , perhaps up to a maximum of a few ( say 3 to 6 ) months ahead . |
| 3 | But only up to a point , you see . |
| 4 | Only up to a point : without oil Saddam Hussein would not have invaded Kuwait ; nor would his invasion have threatened the West 's security . |
| 5 | McFarlane took it to heart also , but only up to a point . |
| 6 | The metrics in both regions are unaltered , since a null electromagnetic field is defined by the metric only up to a constant duality rotation . |
| 7 | Tolkien 's opinions here are clear only up to a point . |
| 8 | Burton 's local fame grew in contradicting this up to a point — but only up to a point . |
| 9 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 10 | The three businessmen-politicians can be lumped together , but only up to a point . |
| 11 | Even the conservatives in the House could not be entirely depended on , for all but a few of them were no more than ‘ Hooverites ’ to use Stockman 's contemptuous label ; they were keen on budget-cutting only up to a point and were anxious that the budget should be balanced , but they had no stomach for swingeing tax cuts — the main article of the supply-side faith . |
| 12 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 13 | The answer is , yes it is , but only up to a point . |
| 14 | ‘ Though that is true only up to a point — last year after the dog fox was killed on the road the vixen called for three nights , the saddest sound I ever heard . ’ |
| 15 | But only up to a point . |
| 16 | Subsection ( 5 ) defines ‘ relevant shares ’ as : ‘ shares in the company other than — ( a ) shares which as respects dividends and capital carry a right to participate only up to a specified amount in a distribution , and ( b ) shares which are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme or , in the case of shares which have not been allotted , are to be allotted in pursuance of such a scheme . ’ |
| 17 | That is true only up to a point . |
| 18 | That is true , but only up to a point ; I have found the procedures laborious at times but usually vital , and SCOTVEC 's full-time officers invariably helpful and cheery . |
| 19 | Well only up to a point Lord Copper . |
| 20 | For example , a person witnesses the following events in a swimming pool : A tall adolescent boy walks purposefully up behind a small coloured child and pushes him strongly into the pool . |
| 21 | The watchword was always ‘ differentiation ’ which was plain enough up to a point : policy would not be made en bloc , but country by country , depending . |
| 22 | The book says : Jean Marsh — pale peach , not very good in beds , better up against a wall . |
| 23 | She stared dazedly up into a wild , glittering gaze that held her helplessly captive . |
| 24 | ‘ We had to remove one set which was already up for a production by the church 's own drama group . |
| 25 | He is required to make such provision ( either by insurance or some other means ) as the Minister may , with the consent of the Treasury , approve for sufficient funds to be available , generally up to a total of £20m. to cover compensation during this period . |
| 26 | No the erm none of your papers to the committee concentrated on the the compensation er proposals from the Good report , and as you know it 's a scheme er which is proposed to be restric restricted to losses ari arising from fraud , theft and intentional misappropriation of assets and is just up to a limit of ninety per cent . |
| 27 | During all our alterations I 've seen it in the old garage away up in a loft and I 've seen it put out in the back yard in the rain , and I 've always saved it and it 's there today . |
| 28 | In science , especially the hard sciences , the culprits are normally up against a robust professional consensus that defines excellence , originality , and the nature of evidence . |
| 29 | For most teachers I have worked with , their particular stress portfolio unfolds unconsciously up to a certain point , after which they become aware of the fact that they are getting seriously stressed and need to take care of themselves . |
| 30 | It was lying on its side with its legs drawn stiffly up to a grossly distended belly . |