Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is our mechanism for keeping up to date ? |
| 2 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 3 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 4 | Conspiracy was an old common law offence , frequently charged and much in need of bringing up to date . |
| 5 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 6 | If you have another part-time job , or domestic commitments , then bank nursing can be a very flexible way of keeping up to date professionally . |
| 7 | At present the fiction that each MP acts on his own judgement and takes a discriminating part in legislation is preserved by insisting that members must be present and pass through the lobbies night after night , though in fact such activity makes no material difference , but seriously impedes MPs in their task of keeping up to date with their special interests and with their constituency work . |
| 8 | One night , ten days after the funeral , as Louise was thinking of going up to bed , Nora began to talk about Constance and her future . |
| 9 | Miguel had provided a carriage and pair for the newly-weds , and they had the privilege of riding up to Casa Madrid , where they rested and freshened up while the rest of the guests walked up the hill . |
| 10 | Oh travelling 's not bad , I mean , it 's only a local train and eh , and it 's going , he 'll be going in the wrong dir the best direction each time , instead of travelling up to town he 'll be travelling out . |
| 11 | of counting up to infinity |
| 12 | This is Christmas sort of run up to Christmas with had to do all the presents , buying , and wrapping |
| 13 | It offers adventure , contacts and understanding of other cultures and the opportunity of standing up to pressure . |
| 14 | I have thought about going up to Clove Lodge in the dark to say hello to Rosa , when I would n't be able to see my old place . |
| 15 | ‘ I really enjoy my job and especially like keeping up to date with all the modern styles , ’ says the enthusiastic young stylist from Hampshire . |
| 16 | A holiday-maker had once described the ascent to him as ‘ like going up to Heaven ’ . |
| 17 | My most significant thought about Facing Up To Age was that we all do it in our own way . |
| 18 | Radio Rentals take a pride in keeping up to date with new broadcasting technology . |
| 19 | She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation , and is rigorous in keeping up to date . |
| 20 | The examining teams are selected by the chief examiners and made up of practising bankers — members who are interested in keeping up to date and ‘ putting something back ’ into the profession . |
| 21 | I might have read , checked papers before going up to bed . |
| 22 | It is easy to see who looks best in Facing Up To Age : Anne Bancroft . |
| 23 | Until recently Saddam Hussein was supported only by a lunatic fringe in the Soviet Union ; the leader of Pamyat , an anti-Semitic group , praised him for standing up to Zionism . |
| 24 | Also worth looking at to keep up to date are the Radio Times and TV Times : useful sources of information on current programmes together with the names of the presenters and producers . |
| 25 | As the US government admits that its trade embargo against Haiti 's military regime has failed to reintroduce democratic reforms , communication groups in the country are gaining both local and international respect for their efforts to support Haiti 's democratic movement by providing up to date information and analysis of events . |