Example sentences of "[conj] be up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 American travellers became stranded in Europe and turned into expatriates or exiles in Henry James 's novels , shadowy amalgamation of foreign manners with shreds of familiar accents that were up to the narrator to decipher , but it could n't happen to her , not in 1928 , even with a crash .
2 I believe that we should establish a different international organization that is up to the task of managing whaling . "
3 Now if you want to see something that 's up on a shelf at the side , ask one of the helpers wearing a red jersey and they 'll take it down for you and show it to you .
4 In a new biography of him , Lineker says : ‘ The substitution was a decision that was up to the manager .
5 Another remarked that once one had seen the ostriches ( he meant the ospreys at Loch Garten ) , the Aviemore Centre , and been up in the chair lift to Cairn Gorm there ‘ was n't anything else to do ’ .
6 Matt is competing in Germany in the European Cup and is up with the leaders …
7 Looking round for Blackberry , he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool , where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit .
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