Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] up to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's building up to critical . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Some years ago , Eritel had a captive market , but that 's opening up to non-state owned companies , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Fisher , 18 , is serving up to 15 years for blasting mother-of-two Mary Jo Buttasuoco , 37 . |
| 4 | contribution , even though it is costing up to two and a half times more to collect than the revenue raised . |
| 5 | Well mine 's going up to twenty eight |
| 6 | * The Confederation of British Industry estimates that one company in five is allocating up to 25 per cent of its total investment to waste management and improvement of environmental performance . |
| 7 | You 're listening to B B C Radio Nottingham news it 's coming up to five past one . |
| 8 | Again , some feedback on the flip chart erm let's give you fifteen minutes for that so it 's coming up to five past twenty past |
| 9 | Michael 's still a little bit small , well he 's coming up to four now in May , so , but er |
| 10 | Yeah , hold on what am I , yeah he 's coming up to fifty yeah , forty nine |
| 11 | Forty , forty last June , he 's coming up to forty one this year |
| 12 | I mean it 's coming up to twenty past |
| 13 | A POPULAR town centre cafe is creating up to 18 new jobs , thanks to a bumper cash boost from the local council . |
| 14 | Now he 's playing up to that image in True Romance , a Bonny and Clyde type movie involving drugs , car chases and a beautiful woman . |
| 15 | Crammed with his manuscripts , his instruments and evidence of his other interests outside music , the house is attracting up to 10,000 music lovers each year . |
| 16 | According to an estimate by the entanglement Network , a coalition of 18 environmental groups in Washington , DC , lost or discarded plastic is killing up to 2 million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals each year . |