Example sentences of "[to-vb] up to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would be desperately hard , in the Arab world , to stand up to a man who could portray himself as a ( literally ) world-defying champion of Palestinian rights . |
| 2 | Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon . |
| 3 | Complimentary ‘ Carta Venezia ’ for all guests staying 7 nights or more which can be used to obtain up to a 60% reduction on public waterboats ( 2 passport photos required ) . |
| 4 | It seems the young drivers like to play up to an audience . |
| 5 | It seems the young drivers like to play up to an audience . |
| 6 | There was a relationship between Jean Simmons ( then married to Stewart Granger ) and Burton which was so close that he continued embracing her , publicly , after the stroke of midnight one New Year 's Eve , only to look up to a slap in the face from Sybil , who instantly left the party — for New York . |
| 7 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 8 | Provision was also made to carry up to a 2,000lb bomb load under the lower wings . |
| 9 | Underwing bomb racks could be fitted to carry up to a 2,00lb bomb load , or alternatively two Mk VIII or Mk X Whitehead torpedoes could be carried . |
| 10 | The hearing , expected to last up to a fortnight , is into the deaths of brothers Michael Gerard Hart , 29 , and Martin Joseph Hart , 23 , and their brother-in-law Brian Mullin , 26 , all from the Sixmilecross area of Co Tyrone . |
| 11 | When a cut has to extend up to a wall , for example , the sole plate can be moved back , out of the way , by turning just one central screw . |
| 12 | The 1930 Act gave the Education Minister power to nominate up to a quarter of the membership of Education Committees in Northern Ireland ( it being understood that the nominees would be clergymen ) ; regulated the membership of School Management Committees ; and required local education authorities to provide Bible instruction in any school if the parents of ten or more children demanded it . |
| 13 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 14 | The head , in promoting the discussion and holding the ‘ overview ’ of developments across the school as a whole , will be aware that there are many different possible patterns , ranging from a simple ‘ lesson-a-week ’ pattern to a more complex planned programme which might ( for example ) integrate music into a thematic project or topic , and allow for an ‘ intensification period ’ at the end of term ( say for the children to build up to a performance ) . |
| 15 | When safely across the river , remembering of course to unclip your lifeline , take off the safety helmet , undo your life jacket , and slip out of the survival suit , the route passes beneath the splendid waterfall and starts to climb up to An Gearanach , not marked by name on the ordnance survey map . |
| 16 | Only in the Norman and the crusading states , colonized in great measure from the homeland of French feudalism , did one find any attempt to live up to a conception of feudalism as coherent as that of northern France . |
| 17 | He had either supported Michael Heseltine in his leadership bid ( ‘ disloyal to dear Mrs Thatcher ’ ) or had failed to turn up to a multitude of constituency functions , wine and cheeses , bring and buys . |
| 18 | The moribund mainframe market is about to wake up to a flurry of developments in the storage area , with Hitachi Data Systems Inc preparing to announce a Symmetrix-type disk array for mainframes on May 25 , and IBM Corp following up a week later with launch of the 3390-9 disk drive , which is now expected to be accompanied by a new 3990-4 controller . |
| 19 | Much of the country was due to wake up to a teeth-chattering 4C ( 39F ) — six degrees lower than average — with ground frost in many parts of the South , Midlands and Scotland . |
| 20 | I like to wake up to a cup of Assam , a very robust tea , or a strong blend of African and Indian teas of the type that makes a good English breakfast blend ; in the evening I prefer to drink Keemun or Lapsang Souchong . |
| 21 | Mr Schrodinger informs you that the customer is prepared to pay up to a maximum of £20,000 for the order . |
| 22 | You may have to face up to a display of feelings of hurt or rejection ; but if your parent is a naturally unselfish person ( and not mentally impaired ) who had simply failed to realise your need for this degree of privacy and emotional ‘ living-space ’ , she will probably be only too anxious to co-operate . |
| 23 | BRAINTREE District Council is having to face up to a need to take recovery action over the new council tax . |
| 24 | Eventually these persons might have to face up to a period of crisis , of self-examination , and so achieve ego-identity by route C. However , foreclosure does offer an escape route and an individual might postpone indefinitely any real self-examination by clinging rigidly to his [ or her ] beliefs and values ( route D ) . |
| 25 | He and Mrs Thatcher are having to face up to a crisis they have made worse by trying to deny it , and now they can not agree on who should do what or how or why . |
| 26 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 27 | Our students are encouraged to spend up to a year of their LLB abroad under the ERASMUS link . |
| 28 | ‘ The offer allows Sun-3 and Sun 386i users to move up to a Sparcstation IPX or a Sparcstation 2 , ’ he said , offering either a full system swap or a CPU exchange . |
| 29 | And if that was the case , then the idea for Artemis to move up to a horse must surely have sprung from him . |
| 30 | For a sustained output from IC2 however , capacitor C5 is enabled to charge up to a level exceeding that on pin 2 of the op.amp and the output switches high , so turning transistor TR5 on and operating the relay which closes RLA1 contacts . |