Example sentences of "[vb infin] up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |
| 2 | Whatever figure you choose , you can then borrow up to a given multiple of that amount whenever you like , either in a lump sum or in small irregular amounts . |
| 3 | She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion . |
| 4 | If you do take a paid job , bear in mind that although you can earn up to a certain amount per week without affecting your state pension your wages will also be subject to income tax . |
| 5 | If you draw your pension , you can earn up to a certain amount a week without affecting it . |
| 6 | Will he contrast that with the words of the Leader of the Opposition to the effect that Labour would sign up to a single currency now , irrevocably ? |
| 7 | Having raised turnover from £9m at its float six years ago to £118m last year , the 165-year-old group has outgrown the unlisted securities market and will move up to a full quote in May . |
| 8 | Does a certain relationship retain its explanatory power for a number of countries rather than just for one — can it stand up to a comparative analysis ? |
| 9 | With a plastic top affixed to a metal base the ME6 looks and feels like it will stand up to a fair bit of punishment . |
| 10 | It 's a lucky force of archers indeed that can stand up to a determined push by even indifferent infantry in a long melee . |
| 11 | There is an ugly lump on his right fist and Thornton does n't sound too confident when asked whether it would stand up to a hard fight . |
| 12 | No , well like I have n't learnt it , I ca n't play I can play up to a certain bit in the start and then I can play the rest of it like , it 's just one I ca n't get it 's just real annoying , I have the at the right pitch and I just |
| 13 | The times of death seemed to span the whole day , but he could n't be sure the thirty-eight covered everybody who died that day because the numbers of each certificate did n't add up to a complete sequence . |
| 14 | Relatively unimportant as these smaller losses may seem compared with the main one , together they may add up to a total picture of her life which she feels has been shattered overnight by a single blow . |
| 15 | However , these positive steps still did not add up to a radical new direction for farming on the scale that is needed . |
| 16 | ’ It 's not as if they would add up to a great sum . ’ |
| 17 | The Department has denied there 's anything secret about the plans , but objectors claim a series of bypasses and road-widening will eventually add up to a new motorway . |
| 18 | But putting these accounts together does not unfortunately add up to a multi-dimensional model which could provide the basis for a general theory ; it only amplifies their essentialism . |
| 19 | Too often , noise has meant a level plane of abraded texture , which can merely add up to a different kind of blandness , a sense-dulling consistency . |
| 20 | But all this did not yet add up to a widespread expectation in London that Anglo-American relations would or should retain their wartime intimacy . |
| 21 | Assuming one is evident , Kondratiev 's discovery alone does not add up to a theoretical framework . |
| 22 | Basically they need to be able to understand the idea that ‘ tokens ’ may add up to a big reward . |
| 23 | As my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook said earlier , we have seen only a few small and rather insignificant measures that do not add up to a large impact on our criminal justice system , which is crying out for fundamental change . |
| 24 | So th th th the , the outline agrarian law is simply a means of ensuring that everybody will come up to a middle peasant status . |
| 25 | America is trillions of pounds in debt , economic growth is slow at best around the world , the massive defence industry must wake up to a new post-Cold War world and the nation 's infrastructure is in deep disrepair . |