Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv prt] [prep] date " in BNC.

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1 If the right hon. Member for Aylesbury ( Sir T. Raison ) inquires of the trustees and directors of either the national or the Tate he will be told in no uncertain terms that it is extremely unsatisfactory that they can not acquire the sort of painting that they need to keep their collections fresh and up to date .
2 Suddenly she felt old and out of date .
3 The narrow nationalism expressed by people who want to cling to total sovereignty for the United Kingdom is rather like the arguments we hear from Scottish and Welsh nationalists — unrealistic and out of date .
4 Given his professed contempt for journalists , the importance of this last source was surprising , but all the more revealing about his determination to keep informed and up to date .
5 She 's jolly and up to date .
6 Well , I went round and talked to group , but I think there 's a lot of er , about keeping everything fine and up to date at all times in all places and all the rest .
7 LISS Parish Council heard complaints from a group of residents at last week 's annual general meeting about the large and out of date stage that was severely restricting activities in the village hall .
8 Great literature is only partly the reflection of a particular year or generation : it is also a timeless thing , which can never become old-fashioned or out of date , or depend for its importance upon historical considerations .
9 Even when a discharge is discovered , it is sometimes very difficult to establish where the other end of the pipe is : town plans or the other records which comprise the organizational memory are often incomplete or out of date , while physically tracing the effluent can involve the time-consuming and hazardous task of lifting manholes in the middle of city streets while filling sample buckets , proceeding by trial and error to narrow down the possible sources of pollution .
10 You are never stuck with less than up to date equipment .
11 As Adegbehin points out , assessment of the resource base itself has been poor and existing inventory data are both incomplete and out of date .
12 This booklet has been produced by women for women to provide accurate and up to date information about AIDS and the issues and problems it raises for women .
13 It must be emphasised , therefore , that it is essential that management monitor and frequently check the competence of their surveying staff , the methods of measurement used , and that sub-contractor 's accounts are accurate and up to date .
14 This will ensure that flexi records are accurate and up to date .
15 As far as up to date development plans is concerned , this is supported by all sections of the community and need not be dwelt upon .
16 To make sure that their knowledge of enemy military procedure was correct and up to date , Buck had also recruited a couple of Afrika Korps men who had been taken prisoner .
17 If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date .
18 Employer involvement is important for all courses because of the need to keep teaching/learning relevant and up to date .
19 Ballantyne 's style is old fashioned and Golding 's is more modern and up to date .
20 The Prime Minister , Vaclav Klaus , has accused environmentalist opponents of the scheme of misleading public opinion with " trivial , childish and out of date arguments " .
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