Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to go out on bike rides up to the lake but I do n't any more . |
| 2 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 3 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 4 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 5 | Er I liked to ask you erm about if you , if you think that Harlow lives up to the ideal of the New Town ? |
| 6 | A fine flight of stone steps leads up to the gallery . |
| 7 | Andy reaches up to the iron grating and pulls at it . |
| 8 | I ought in all fairness to acknowledge that no American fault comes up to the revolting habit … of dropping or wrongly inserting the letter h . |
| 9 | First one child sidles up to the teacher with some trinket to show in order to allow the warm , cheerful voice of teacher questioning and encouraging to wash over the beginning of their school day ; then another , more venturesome , rushes into the teacher 's arms , with breathless news to convey ; and finally a third arrives preoccupied with the task in hand and refers inadvertently to teacher as ‘ mum ’ . |
| 10 | At the end of the book of Deuteronomy Moses climbs up to the summit of Mount Nebo ‘ which is opposite Jericho ’ ( Deut. |
| 11 | An imposing wooden staircase and gallery leads up to the suites which have a bedroom and a sitting area or sitting room , a bathroom , TV and telephone . |
| 12 | In an earthen-floor restaurant a young girl reaches up to the hatch to bring bowls of strongly coriander-flavoured potato soup to a rickety trestle table . |
| 13 | The party 's chair , Sara Parkin , said : " Unlike the other political parties , this manifesto faces up to the real issues " . |
| 14 | This Ethiopian , he had come to Jerusalem , he was a , he was a a , go , a Godly man , he was seeking after the things of God , and he had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to worship God , and he was returning home , and he had got hold of the scroll that had Isaiah fifty three in it , and he was reading it , and Philip goes up to the man in the chariot , he said , do you understand what you 're reading ? |
| 15 | South Africa wakes up to the threat of AIDS |
| 16 | Downs faces up to the past |
| 17 | A curving drive amongst trees leads up to the side of the lake and continues thence along the edge of the water in beautiful surroundings richly endowed with lovely trees planted by the Farrers in the days long ago when woodlands were intended for ornamental display and were allowed to develop to full maturity with no thought of slaughtering them for profit . |
| 18 | Then , when the brand is hot and the brander comes up to the horse and touches it momentarily on the shoulder ( previously clipped ) , the horse will be surprised , but will probably not even move a step , providing the handler remains relaxed and reassuring . |
| 19 | It remains to be seen how Taggart 's vision stands up to the floodlights — and the driving rain . |
| 20 | As his maturity increases the style moves up to the Hi R/Hi T quarter ; the leader ‘ sells ’ to the follower decisions already made . |
| 21 | Japan faces up to the software crisis |
| 22 | Once you 've got that fourth equation in from all this lot adds up to the total , and that 's the one that you seem to be forgetting , that 's the one you 've got to try and remember . |
| 23 | The plain-clothed cockney sidles up to the moustached man , grinning . |
| 24 | The left hand reaches up to the forehead , urging the brain to confirm a score line that , in years to come , will rank amongst the most shocking we have ever had to endure . |
| 25 | A second path leads up to the Castle from below . |
| 26 | Linked to this is the third factor , the cost of employing these additional workers , and how this sum matches up to the value of the output achieved by each additional worker . |
| 27 | SANTA CRUZ FACES UP TO THE GATHERING COMPETITION WITH OPEN DESKTOP LITE , PRODUCT REORGANISATION |
| 28 | In the event of non-payment of the interest or principal on this debt , the lenders have the right to require the sale of the property and will be paid all the sale proceeds up to the amount of the debt but have no other rights against the company . ’ |
| 29 | 3 Raise the right leg so that the knee comes up to the chest . |
| 30 | The double curving staircase leads up to the chancel where a fine Baroque grille hides the tombs of the Přemyslid princes , founders of the church and convent . |