Example sentences of "[be] up to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives are up to a pint of seed bait , such as sweetcorn , a pint of casters , etc . |
| 2 | In their personal freedom I would n't say they are free like English girls but they are up to a point . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 5 | Some economists say the net effect will be up to a 50% cut in European production capabilities . |
| 6 | By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim . |
| 7 | Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey . |
| 8 | Present day rent free periods can be up to a year or even longer , and the tenant will not wish to make the first payment of rent on the date of the lease where the Rent Commencement Date is 12 months hence . |
| 9 | It will then be up to a care manager to decide on the level of service . |
| 10 | In an andesite , the phenocrysts may be up to a centimetre across ; the groundmass ( or jam ) is extremely fine-grained , and is often glassy , even in the centres of flows . |
| 11 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 12 | In truth , you need around two and a half to three feet ( that 's up to a metre in Blue Peter-speak ) of front-to-back space to site the beast , which may seem a little profligate for a printer 's footprint , but is worth it , believe me . |
| 13 | It 's up to a point . |
| 14 | ‘ It is up to a man , ’ she said ‘ to make a marriage a source of peace or misery , because the man has power ; our women usually have none . ’ |
| 15 | Well there is up to a point because you know how bad they are at responding . |
| 16 | Over the range of moisture contents likely to be reached in air the lateral dimensions of wood can thus change between five and ten per cent , that is up to an inch on a ten-inch-wide plank . |
| 17 | Once the basic outline of the artist 's sketches were reproduced , it was up to a team of colourists , some obviously better than others , to colour the 200 or so copies of each plate . |
| 18 | Previously a small claim , under the small claims procedure , was up to a maximum of £500 . |
| 19 | It had been a difficult afternoon , and she was not sure she was up to an evening of trying to extract information from Jamie Baird . |