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

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1 As far as I can make out we 're up to , we 're up to the darts competition
2 Town are up with the pacemakers for promotion .
3 Brushing back her hair with the back of a damp hand she said : ‘ Your lot are up in the attics , Miss Sara is out and they 're in the shop . ’
4 You know where the swings are up by the shops ?
5 ‘ And if you do n't get out of here I 'll tell him you 've been up in the woods with a dog .
6 This has never been up among the recommendations for this work , and even at mid-price it is n't competitive with those versions listed above .
7 It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible .
8 It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction .
9 Whether or not this second series will be something the crew can be proud of , will be up to the viewers to decide .
10 Mr Small said : ‘ Our normal opening hours will be 9am-5.30pm but it will be up to the tenants ’ association if they want late night shopping .
11 It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater .
12 The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case .
13 Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can .
14 That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible .
15 Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months
16 Mr Saville added : ‘ If they slap a CPO on the site , then it will be up to the councils to get on with the job of reclamation .
17 If this has not been the case , it will be up to the individuals to explain the reasons behind this .
18 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 .
19 The third is the one that we are providing — giving the governors of schools the choice of teams of inspectors , who will be up to the standards required by HMI at the centre .
20 And certainly af after the riots , they were always erm couple of days , perhaps longer than that where erm local policemen would be up on the walkways , playing football with the local kids .
21 ‘ If we had shown any form at all outside Anfield we would be up amongst the leaders .
22 I 'm up in the clouds . ’
23 The sailors were up on the yards now , and setting more sails ; the huge stretches of canvas bellied outward and upward , and Sara felt the ship come alive under her feet , the bow dipping and the first hiss of white bubbles and foam going along the side .
24 I said well it 's up to the teachers , I said , you ca n't expect me , I mean if there was if he was picked on I would go down there but I mean if he 's being naughty then it 's up to the teachers to sort him out
25 I said well it 's up to the teachers , I said , you ca n't expect me , I mean if there was if he was picked on I would go down there but I mean if he 's being naughty then it 's up to the teachers to sort him out
26 It 's up to the punters what they use the environment for .
27 That 's up to the editors . ’
28 Well it 's up to the managers but I agree with Stansted four times a day , I think we 're losing a lot of traffic because we have nothing between seven in the morning and three o'clock in the afternoon
29 All the women we spoke to agreed that it 's up to the families themselves to fight for their rights and recognition — sadly no one else is going to do it for them .
30 by seven and then it 's up to the members
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