Example sentences of "[adv] up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fixed-sum versus running-account : an obvious distinction between credit for a fixed amount of money ( such as HP , fixed loans of money ) and credit , perhaps up to a fixed ceiling , which may fluctuate up and down depending on what the borrower draws or pays in ( such as shop budget accounts , credit cards , bank overdrafts ) . |
| 2 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 3 | The metrics in both regions are unaltered , since a null electromagnetic field is defined by the metric only up to a constant duality rotation . |
| 4 | Subsection ( 5 ) defines ‘ relevant shares ’ as : ‘ shares in the company other than — ( a ) shares which as respects dividends and capital carry a right to participate only up to a specified amount in a distribution , and ( b ) shares which are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme or , in the case of shares which have not been allotted , are to be allotted in pursuance of such a scheme . ’ |
| 5 | For most teachers I have worked with , their particular stress portfolio unfolds unconsciously up to a certain point , after which they become aware of the fact that they are getting seriously stressed and need to take care of themselves . |
| 6 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 7 | Pull out leftwards from beneath the overhang to gain a groove , followed by a crack , leading directly up to a big ledge . |
| 8 | Watch how they move right up to a certain morsel and pick it up with their lips , or how they move no closer than several inches to another and then draw it to the edge of their lips with a mighty suck . |
| 9 | All manner of dogs have won , including a Pekingese who saved a mother and daughter from carbon monoxide poisoning , right up to a sandy-coated mongrel who learned how to climb a ladder in his apprenticeship as a window cleaner 's assistant ! |
| 10 | The graphics in 256 colour mode are pretty good , and the ground detail is also up to a high standard . |
| 11 | Since this release the Toms have followed up with the equally impressive ‘ Ruff Disco EP ’ from Nature Boy and are now up to a healthy six releases . |
| 12 | No , well up to a certain extent I am afraid , not all the way . |
| 13 | I walked along the edge , then up to a small sand-covered hill . |
| 14 | Income seems more closely related to whether or not people have ever used any form of credit than any other characteristic : the higher someone 's income ( at least up to a certain level ) , the more likely they are to have used at least some sort of credit sometime . |
| 15 | Once through the boulder field , a grassy sward high above picturesque Crummack Dale led steadily up to a broad plateau near Long Scar , from where we had our first view of the distant and brooding Ingleborough rising from a vast array of moor and limestone pavements , shimmering in the summer heat like a huge field of cotton grass . |