Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 2 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 3 | He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents |
| 4 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 5 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 6 | Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request . |
| 7 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 8 | They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars |
| 9 | It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans . |
| 10 | It would then be up to the employee to set up his own business and exploit the patent if he is able to attract venture or loan capital to do so . |
| 11 | It would then be up to the American deterrent to avert war . |
| 12 | Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited . |