Example sentences of "we are up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Right now we know that the angle from where we are up to the top is forty degrees .
2 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
3 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
4 As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’
5 We are up on The Tummel to-day in a Golden Haze of Perthshire sunshine & scenery … no salmon but lovely views !
6 We are up against a substantial amount of red tape , ’ O'Donovan said .
7 The water authority responded with its case : ‘ We are up against a lot of pressure from landowners to do something about the flooding . ’
8 We are up against a ceiling and if we added new areas to the map , we should have to remove other areas .
9 One adviser , for instance , protested to Johnson on 28 July 1966 , " In short , we are up against an attitude of mind which , in effect , prefers that we take losses in the free world rather than the risks of confrontation . "
10 After only 20 doublings , which does n't take very long , we are up in the millions .
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