Example sentences of "[be] up to the [noun] " 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 | They 're up to the roof are n't they ? |
| 3 | It would have made it more difficult , but the way that Maxwell used to involve himself in bulk transfers , you know and move , move two hundred pensioners from there to there and er no money followed and this sort of thing , I think that er that he could of quite frankly done exactly the same thing and we really feel that the , that the role of the pension regulator and the and the opposing role with I M R O that , that you really if we 're not careful , we 're going to put in another layer of bureaucracy and have a pension regulator who 's got the task of of checking a , a hundred and twenty eight thousand pension funds , when really there 's probably out of those a hundred and twenty eight thousand , ninety-nine point five per cent of probably being very well well run and , and quite safe and what , what we ca n't really see in the report is a is a method of identifying the determined fraudster at a at a very early stage , you know and we 're just terribly disappointed that er that Good has just thrown the whole of , of the matter back at I M R O who we feel have proved to tha that I do n't think they 're up to the task , I think that the that the whole question of er of the power of a self regulatory body which to us works on blowing the whistle , you know the whole the whole effect of a self regulatory body is that it 's members that it , it 's really like a club is n't it , you know and we 're all members of this club and if one of us er is gon na do something wrong , then the rest of us are gon na have to pay for it . |
| 4 | It 's actually and that 's the most absorbent time , your mind 's most absorbent where you 're up to the age of five which is when you should when you 're at nursery school . |
| 5 | Right now we know that the angle from where we are up to the top is forty degrees . |
| 6 | Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative . |
| 7 | The new , independent Her Majesty 's inspectorate will have the duty of giving a little lion stamp to those inspectors and ensuring that they are up to the mark . |
| 8 | Biggar are up to the task |
| 9 | I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter . |
| 10 | I hope you are up to the job . |
| 11 | No doubt theorists are up to the challenge presented by the new results and will come back in time with new estimates , before they declare the proton stable . |
| 12 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
| 13 | I 'd just arrived , and I had n't been up to the village yet , or seen anyone . |
| 14 | And has he been up to the top of the |
| 15 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 16 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |
| 17 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |
| 18 | Have you been up to the house yet ? ’ |
| 19 | I saw him — never mind how , I 'll tell you later , but the point is , he 's been up to the house and taken things . |
| 20 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 21 | It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction . |
| 22 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 23 | Whether or not this second series will be something the crew can be proud of , will be up to the viewers to decide . |
| 24 | Judging from the photograph , Joseph Noel Paton 's Crimean War weepie ‘ Home ’ is one of the very few narrative pictures which might be up to the standard of this ideal exhibition . |
| 25 | Because then you you would n't certainly up , be up to the standard would you ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE . |
| 28 | He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players . |
| 29 | It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater . |
| 30 | 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 . |