Example sentences of "[to-vb] up to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no doubt that Dana would be with Garry and her twin was n't made to stand up to that kind of trouble . |
| 2 | No one has yet been able to stand up to that complex and refuse to give it the money . |
| 3 | And so there they , they claim that his childhood was relevant , because of this character defect in , in Wilson , his inability to stand up to strong men . |
| 4 | It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother . |
| 5 | A lightweight racer/trainer many look sleek on the shelf , but it is n't going to stand up to heavy mileage and regular forays off-road . |
| 6 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |
| 7 | Before they met , Marshall announced the absurd news that enquiries in the rag trade had revealed that Trilyn , notorious for its inability to stand up to heavy wear , was most frequently used for trouser pockets . |
| 8 | So if , if you are a poor peasant you are thinking hold on the Party expects me to stand up to this landlord and accuse him of this this and this , actually point a finger at him when there is a chance that , you know , the Kuomintang is , is twenty miles away and they , I know they 've come into other villages as they come back , m of land to peasants.s in the form of land |
| 9 | As faith in the League declined , some called for a new alliance system — and a new Government — to stand up to fascist aggression . |
| 10 | Menem also indicated that Argentina , in return for EC aid and improved trading arrangements , would be prepared to accept up to 300,000 immigrants from the former Eastern bloc over the next three years ; he discussed with EC commissioners the possible arrival of 40,000 immigrants in the short term . |
| 11 | However , for databases which fail to come up to that standard a new right to prevent unfair extraction is proposed . |
| 12 | Yes , I mean it 's not the whole of the market , admittedly , and we are still encouraging our own countrymen to take a holiday in this country erm but if one 's blunt about it , yes , it 's erm a large sector of the market and one that is , one we 've got to get back to come up to last year 's levels . |
| 13 | the real feeling and we feel we 've got to come up to some sort of a standard . |
| 14 | Buildings are not listed lightly : they have to come up to strict standards to qualify . |
| 15 | OATS has also won a contract from Kuwait Airways to train up to thirty pilots over the next two years . |
| 16 | This new venture aims over a period of three years to train up to ninety students not only as teachers of BSL but as BSL English interpreters . |
| 17 | The severe budget deficit caused the UNHCR to close 19 of its approximately 100 regional offices and to freeze up to 300 posts . |
| 18 | Much praised at the Evian conference for a bold offer to absorb up to 100,000 refugees , the Dominican Republic had closed its application list at 2000 . |
| 19 | If the client is happy to pay any contribution required , the solicitor is authorized to provide up to two hours of work . |
| 20 | The necessity of obtaining every ounce of production in the grim days of 1940 raised the standard week of the workshops to 66-hours and , it was not unusual for men to work up to 80 hours per week for long periods , involving seven days a week without a break . |
| 21 | Now the company want permission to work up to 20 Sundays in any year from 7.30am until 4.30pm . |
| 22 | More than a year ago , the Barnes board had failed in a bid for permission to sell up to fifteen works from the legendary collection of early modern materpieces in order to fund building repairs . |
| 23 | This option enables you to activate up to 10 DCs via a single package . |
| 24 | However , a European firm is set to create up to 100 posts in the town , it was revealed today . |
| 25 | Around 330,000 people are already subscribing around £21 per month to receive up to 35 channels per day , according to figures released yesterday . |
| 26 | In any one year the Soviet Union could choose to substitute up to 750,000 tonnes of any one commodity for another . |
| 27 | The borough council is to visit up to 1,500 business premises in the town to check safety and health standards . |
| 28 | Offenders will be liable to serve up to five years in prison and could face unlimited fines and driving bans . |
| 29 | COUSTEAU : Fully grown , it has been known to reach up to forty feet in size . |
| 30 | The world recovery will be led by the United States , according to the IMF , where growth is expected to pick up to 3½ p.c. next year . |