Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been right up to the fence several times ! |
| 2 | ‘ Tipperary are already through to the knock-out stages of the league and ca n't be caught , but mindful of their pride and arrogance they wo n't be doing us too many favours . ’ |
| 3 | If you are determined to give up smoking , you are already off to a good start . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 're right up to a point , ’ agrees Friday . |
| 5 | And they 're right up to a point . |
| 6 | A goal from Cliftonville striker Ron Manley in the first half was enough to settle this most disappointing affair ; the only consolation for Linfield is that they 're already through to the quarter-finals . |
| 7 | The problem I think comes when you go when you become insolvent , you know , and I think that 's and so therefore unless we 're going to come up with some system where we do insure our pensions as we do our home , then you , you , you 're still back to the basic contract between a company and an individual . |
| 8 | We 're also off to the West Ham game on Wed 8th , but Leeds tickets are limited to Sunderland-attenders — AGAIN ! |
| 9 | And then you 're straight on to the next job . |
| 10 | We 're now back to the page that we were on which is six six one |
| 11 | They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now . |
| 12 | The incomparable off-roader , its restyled interior also sets new luxury standards for a leisure vehicle — they 're fully up to the rich appointments of a Mercedes-Benz saloon . |
| 13 | That is , when they 're not watching themselves in the mirrors , making sure that they are still up to the mark . |
| 14 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
| 15 | Switching the cabinet voicing off , you realise just how much it is working to condition the sound ready for tape ; because without it , you are straight back to the two gnats in a bottle sound , beloved of direct outputs on many amps . |
| 16 | Since this release the Toms have followed up with the equally impressive ‘ Ruff Disco EP ’ from Nature Boy and are now up to a healthy six releases . |
| 17 | We are now back to a situation where industry is both poacher and gamekeeper " . |
| 18 | Craig ( 1987 ) concludes that the trends are now back to the pre-industrialization pattern of population and that the ‘ 1911 type ’ may eventually turn out to have been exceptional . |
| 19 | erm That 'll be more down to the chairman than myself , he 'll put you more in line with that . |
| 20 | I 'm now up to a thirty four B and I 've been a thirty four B ever since then . |
| 21 | I 'm now down to the weight my doctor said I should be . |
| 22 | And the good news is that you could be almost back to a non-smoker 's risk level within a few years . |
| 23 | Under the registration of inspectors advocated by the Bill , local government inspection will be universally up to the standard which at the moment only the very best attain . |
| 24 | Mike Gatting will probably get the job this winter , but I doubt if either he or the two younger contenders , Mike Atherton and Alex Stewart , are quite up to the task of masterminding a major English renaissance . |
| 25 | ‘ If [ the searcher ] is a lawyer , private publishers supply annually updated texts which are almost up to the minute when purchased and databases which are at least adequate . |
| 26 | Now we are almost up to the present . |
| 27 | We are then back to the " quest for the golden horizon " again , with the illogical presumption that there really is an answer to the question . |
| 28 | After a brief stay at Kyle we were soon up to the house and burn near Sandaig Lighthouse , the undisclosed setting , I suspect , of Gavin Maxwell 's otter book " Ring of Bright Water " , later to be filmed . |
| 29 | Both sides struggled to find their rhythm during that opening 45 minutes , perhaps a legacy of the fact that they were already through to the quarter-final stages . |
| 30 | the degree can vary from the rider feeling that he is having his arms pulled out to the good feeling when the horse is keen to get on with his business — this is described as being well up to the rider 's hand . |