Example sentences of "[vb -s] up to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C D trials give a good opportunity to see if the driving system stands up to a teacher who was not involved in the design of the unit and C DL and C D L trials separately show its effectiveness on first acquaintance and its effectiveness after the teacher is acclimatized to its use . |
| 2 | This adds up to a threat to the source of Japan 's post-war strength . |
| 3 | But to be forever in child-bed , surrounded by countless sons and daughters , many of them ill ; to run a self-supporting household with endless heavy domestic chores ; to be victim to a view that a woman 's one means of self-fulfilment must be through the home — all that adds up to a state of affairs not to be envied . |
| 4 | ‘ This kind of weight reduction ca n't be met by plastic 's rivals — and it all adds up to a reduction in waste at the beginning of the cycle , which is where the environmental action should start ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That was seventeen years ago and she has n't as far as I know been seen or heard of since ; surely that adds up to a disappearance ? |
| 6 | It all adds up to a time consuming and often costly exercise . |
| 7 | It all adds up to a summer of hard work for staff at the wildlife hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 8 | It all adds up to a summer of hard work for staff at the wildlife hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 9 | It adds up to a recovery but not a boom , Sudhir Junankar , the deputy director of economic affairs said yesterday . |
| 10 | Together with some unique little touches — a new menu of European and Japanese dishes , newly designed china , and real glassware — it all adds up to a world of difference . |
| 11 | It all adds up to a lot of loyalty , from staff and customers . |
| 12 | This adds up to a loss of £9.57 . |
| 13 | It adds up to a drag factor that is 13% ‘ slippier ’ through the air , which helps economy and reduces wind noise . |
| 14 | It adds up to a picture of a man in a wider context that just as a fighter pilot . |
| 15 | Mel toddles up to a driver of a white Fiesta and gets out his wiper . |
| 16 | To the rear of the house , the lawn surrounded by herbaceous borders leads up to a meadow and copse which is bordered by the northern boundary of the forest . |
| 17 | From the gallery the main staircase leads up to a first-floor open-plan living/dining-room/kitchen area , the hefty roof timbers of the old barn being exposed overhead . |
| 18 | The first speech leads up to a toast to bride and groom , the most important people of the day . |
| 19 | We bore right at the first gate — the left track leads up to a farmhouse — and later , along a grassy track with pine forest on the left , right again , where a dry stone wall creates a Y-junction . |
| 20 | Into this ordinariness , out of the muddy water , rise the spectres the murdered boys , led by Grimes 's father ; and Crabbe , hostile to his own father , leads up to a death-bed of insanity and terror . |
| 21 | In attempting to explain this last finding , Hall and Honey ( 1990 ) offered a suggestion based on the observation ( made by many but see , e.g. Schachtman , Channell , and Hall ( 1987 ) that , with prolonged conditioned suppression training , the CR grows up to a point and then begins to decline in magnitude . |
| 22 | Leeds have agreed to pay Wigan £5,000 for every five first-team games he plays up to a maximum of £25,000 . |
| 23 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
| 24 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
| 25 | This goes up to a resolution of 1,024 by 768 in non-interlaced mode , at a flicker-free 72Hz vertical scan rate . |
| 26 | A savings plan is also an annuity but in this case the cash that you pay in builds up to a sum that you receive at the end of the plan 's term . |
| 27 | He also has a motorcycle , and owns up to a passion for all kinds of biker gear . |
| 28 | SINGER Harry Connick Jr faces up to a year in jail after being found carrying an unlicensed gun as he tried to board a plane . |
| 29 | If convicted , Pierce faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine , which Van Halen have offered to pay . |
| 30 | Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister . |