Example sentences of "[vb -s] up to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Uno definitely lives up to Fiat 's claim that it 's the Independent Car for Independent women . |
| 2 | Only a pilot project , he insists , will determine whether or not the technology lives up to suppliers ' promises . |
| 3 | Yet the country 's performance in this area hardly lives up to promises when the relevant laws were passed in 1978 . |
| 4 | Vango have been making strong , well constructed tents for as long as I can remember and the Odyssey 200 dome tent certainly lives up to Vango 's good name . |
| 5 | Lochinver fully lives up to expectations . |
| 6 | The distortion on the unit , which I expected to be awful , is actually very good , although I do n't think it quite lives up to Ibanez 's claim that the unit could serve as a preamp , when linked to an amplifier . |
| 7 | The 240 has up to 96Mb RAM and 1.2Gb of disk and is the size of a PC , the company says : it costs from £9,500 . |
| 8 | Everyone , that is , except 20-year-old Darcey Bussell , who , as the rich fleshpot 's daughter Ganzatti , stands up to Asylnuratova 's presence with a staggering authority . |
| 9 | This is fine as long as the music stands up to scrutiny . |
| 10 | Their attitude scarcely stands up to scrutiny . |
| 11 | ‘ We are delighted with the results so far , especially the performance , which stands up to comparison with the rest of the sports car world . |
| 12 | This is not , however , a presumption that stands up to examination . |
| 13 | Now when Mike gets up each morning for breakfast Natasha jumps into their bed and nestles up to Diana . |
| 14 | ‘ There are a lot of musicians in Seattle and every one of them looks up to Jimi Hendrix . |
| 15 | We can say that the 1st turn plus the 2nd turn adds up to 180° . |
| 16 | This adds up to £109.70 , some £54.90 above the applicable amount , and 70 per cent of that is £38.43 . |
| 17 | This adds up to £109.70 , some £54.90 above the applicable amount , and 70 per cent of that is £38.43 . |
| 18 | This adds up to £109.70 , some £54.90 above the applicable amount , and 70 per cent of that is £38.43 . |
| 19 | Whether all this adds up to Mr Winchester 's ‘ inchoate oneness ’ , scheduled to mature in a generation or so , is open to doubt . |
| 20 | If the Prime Minister thinks that all that adds up to recovery , he is not living in the real world . |
| 21 | All in all it adds up to power . |
| 22 | Sponsorship , including a donation of £5,000 from the North West 200 Supporters Club , adds up to £40,000 . |
| 23 | ‘ Everything — it all adds up to enchantment . ’ |
| 24 | Fat sows up to 59p — 130 kgs at £77 while sows off pigs cleared to £95 and stores to £44 . |
| 25 | From here the route climbs up to Birchwood Common before heading back to Malvern . |
| 26 | In its condensing mode , the unit achieves up to 95% efficiency , contributing to reduced fuel bills . |
| 27 | Barry Fox wakes up to morning television |
| 28 | Life , predictably , never measures up to art . |
| 29 | We rarely find one who provides answers to all our questions , meets all our expectations and generally measures up to perfection ! |
| 30 | Cross bred ewes £25 up to £36 ; rams from £23 up to £38 ; prime stock 888 forward ; light lambs up to 116.2p av 114p , standard lambs up to 123.9p av 118.4p ; medium lambs up to 124.6p , av 120.4p ; light hoggets up to 103.3p , av 91p . |