Example sentences of "[adv] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He crowed suddenly up at the drawings tacked on the wall , then at other times was perfectly quiet and lovely , just looking at things , motes of light , bits of fluff , a pencil . |
| 2 | Though Halsey 's figures reach only up to the mid-1960s , other data show that the expansion of universities from the late 1960s onwards has not benefited the working class as much as the professional classes . |
| 3 | Clipboard in hand , she strode purposefully up to the doors . |
| 4 | So up to the woods and there in the woods he heard the sound of an axe . |
| 5 | Yeah , so up to the gates , just push yourself off the gates |
| 6 | By jeep and lorry we moved swiftly up through the towns and cities of middle Europe . |
| 7 | This has been possible because the phrase ‘ sufficient interest ’ is very vague and leaves it largely up to the courts to decide what interests are sufficient . |
| 8 | It is largely up to the banks themselves to decide on the ratio that they consider to be ‘ prudent ’ : i.e. the ratio that provides them with enough liquid assets to enable them to meet any demands for cash . |
| 9 | A little way further up the road on the opposite side , I could see the start of a footpath , which disappeared steeply up into the thickets . |
| 10 | She always wanted to be a vet , but she 's not up to the exams . |
| 11 | Lyons I was poorly attended : Lyons II ( May and July 1274 ) , though not up to the numbers of Lateran IV , had a wide spread of members . |
| 12 | Above all , local educational standards were as yet not up to the demands put upon them by ‘ the Centre ’ . |
| 13 | If someone 's performance is not up to the standards set by the injunctions , no allowances are made , even if they are doing their best to cope with severe or even impossible demands . |
| 14 | ‘ There are n't enough of them and they 're just not up to the standards women want . |
| 15 | You see , it 's not up to the participants to come in the right mood . |
| 16 | If schools feel that the National Curriculum does not get to the heart of the matter , that it is a relatively superficial means to more important ends and has important omissions , then is it not up to the schools to work through the National Curriculum or add to it to secure their goals ? |
| 17 | It is not up to the villagers what programs will be organized . |
| 18 | But the landscape became grander and more exciting as we drove north ; great fiords cut deep into the land , and mountain-sides of lava screes towered away up into the clouds . |
| 19 | Favourite backers had few anxious moments about the narrow margins involved in their investment , however , as Pencader was always up with the leaders and quickened at the furlong pole to score by two lengths . |
| 20 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 21 | To go away off up into the workings again . |
| 22 | My Queen , there is a gale and a high tide coming together , and the general view is that the women and children might be better off up in the hill-houses . ’ |
| 23 | They could imagine what conditions must be like up in the mountains , having done their stint in the sticks at one time or another . |
| 24 | We hope that this year , whether or not the snow situation improves , the Verbier Ski School will revise their arrangements and meet pupils directly up on the slopes , but if not , then any family going to Verbier should be warned of the timewasting and difficulties which arise if the arrangements are left as they were last year . |
| 25 | Somewhere up in the clouds there is a faceless organization man who menaces people with punitive restrictions , stifling rule-books , unyielding systems and incomprehensible decisions . |
| 26 | NORTH Wales will get emergency cash help from the Government to help clear up after the storms . |
| 27 | In the summer they go right up into the mountains , way beyond the permanent snow-line . |
| 28 | ‘ Before the accident I was right up with the leaders , ’ he said . |
| 29 | We have to get right up to the ceilings and dust right down to the floors of every room so that in Spring it 's all ready for you to come and see |
| 30 | Not all of them are strictly mid-ocean — some of them run right up to the continents — but together they form a world-wide network of mountain belts far higher ( above ocean floor level ) and more extensive than any on dry land . |