Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon . |
| 2 | A territorial sunbird can time its visits to a particular flower such that its nectar has built up to a high level . |
| 3 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 4 | By Stage three , marketing has moved up to a position of equality with sales . |
| 5 | But a litter of nine Chinese Shar-Pei puppies are expected to fetch up to a thousand pounds each . |
| 6 | When a cut has to extend up to a wall , for example , the sole plate can be moved back , out of the way , by turning just one central screw . |
| 7 | It 's estimated the case trial has cost up to a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 8 | Lastly , windblown sand has accumulated up to a height of 150 metres , where rock-cored hills with gentle slopes lie close to beach or eroding dune areas which furnish a steady supply of sand . |
| 9 | Provision was also made to carry up to a 2,000lb bomb load under the lower wings . |
| 10 | Does detail build up to a whole or is detail obtained by microscoping the whole ? |
| 11 | But I 'm , but I 'm sure it 'd got up to a hundred and something pounds . |
| 12 | But much food aid is stolen as it is unloaded at the ports ; and army-escorted convoys manage to lose up to a third of their cargoes on the way . |
| 13 | Complimentary ‘ Carta Venezia ’ for all guests staying 7 nights or more which can be used to obtain up to a 60% reduction on public waterboats ( 2 passport photos required ) . |
| 14 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 15 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 16 | Oh right they 've got to add up to a hundred and eighty |
| 17 | They confirmed to make up to a thousand different messages You know that Chinese shop in Woking ? |
| 18 | The hearing , expected to last up to a fortnight , is into the deaths of brothers Michael Gerard Hart , 29 , and Martin Joseph Hart , 23 , and their brother-in-law Brian Mullin , 26 , all from the Sixmilecross area of Co Tyrone . |
| 19 | But he must take care that what he creates builds up to a monolithic whole . |
| 20 | I like to wake up to a cup of Assam , a very robust tea , or a strong blend of African and Indian teas of the type that makes a good English breakfast blend ; in the evening I prefer to drink Keemun or Lapsang Souchong . |
| 21 | For a sustained output from IC2 however , capacitor C5 is enabled to charge up to a level exceeding that on pin 2 of the op.amp and the output switches high , so turning transistor TR5 on and operating the relay which closes RLA1 contacts . |
| 22 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 23 | Expenditure on the programme will have built up to a minimum of £200,000 a year by 1986/87 . |
| 24 | By then governments may have woken up to a yet more radical option . |
| 25 | He and Mrs Thatcher are having to face up to a crisis they have made worse by trying to deny it , and now they can not agree on who should do what or how or why . |
| 26 | BRAINTREE District Council is having to face up to a need to take recovery action over the new council tax . |
| 27 | You may have to face up to a display of feelings of hurt or rejection ; but if your parent is a naturally unselfish person ( and not mentally impaired ) who had simply failed to realise your need for this degree of privacy and emotional ‘ living-space ’ , she will probably be only too anxious to co-operate . |
| 28 | Eventually these persons might have to face up to a period of crisis , of self-examination , and so achieve ego-identity by route C. However , foreclosure does offer an escape route and an individual might postpone indefinitely any real self-examination by clinging rigidly to his [ or her ] beliefs and values ( route D ) . |
| 29 | If the hon. Gentleman wants a level playing field between Scotland and England , he will have to face up to a substantial drop in spending by central Government in Scotland . |
| 30 | Dozens of men with hand tools may have taken up to a year to dig out the brook banks and build arches and canal on top . |