Example sentences of "would [adv] [be] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd rather be up against androids ? ’ |
| 2 | But then he 'd have to take the desk with him if he was n't to be completely disorientated , and he 'd never be up to manhandling such a heavy piece of furniture . |
| 3 | So , surely there could be no objection to someone taking a look at a place that would soon be up for sale anyway ? |
| 4 | They were written during the thirties , but much of it would still be up to date — after all , I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly . |
| 5 | However , the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started — it would still be up to God to wind up the clockwork and choose how to start it off . |
| 6 | A comparable dry desert area of the arctic might yield a similar selection of cryptogams , but there would probably be up to a dozen species of flowering plants scattered among them . |
| 7 | It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans . |
| 8 | It would then be up to the employee to set up his own business and exploit the patent if he is able to attract venture or loan capital to do so . |
| 9 | It would then be up to the American deterrent to avert war . |
| 10 | Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited . |
| 11 | But she knew , morning person or not , if Fen only felt for her the way she felt for him , she would happily be up at half-past three or even earlier , just to be with him . |