Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv prt] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I understand it , GPs refer patients to individual consultants , usually to the older , more experienced man who may be slowing down , rather than to the younger , inexperienced newcomer who is right up to date with the latest hi-tech mod. con. , but is afforded scant opportunity to increase his experience . |
| 2 | I can think of no other person in the Anti-Apartheid Movement who knows more and is more up to date on the current situation in South Africa . |
| 3 | What it can offer will be illustrated in case studies below , but can be summed up as a general information carrier , providing instant access to a variety of information which is more up to date than printed sources an educational service , providing information on new technology , higher education , careers , educational developments and new educational products a gateway service , providing access to remote databases such as ECCTIS ( see below ) a service providing access to other viewdata systems via Bulletin ( W.M. ) , Monitel a mailbox facility , allowing electronic communication between schools and other users and providing contact points for school librarians and teachers a software service providing telesoftware and enabling users to obtain access to software via Prestel Education and Micronet a microviewdata service , allowing users to create their own databases through Prestel |
| 4 | But going for gold these days is more down to money than motivation . |
| 5 | The third source is more down to earth . |
| 6 | The main advantage of Energy and the environment is that its rapid publication means that the information presented is as up to date as is possible in a book . |
| 7 | Care was also taken to ensure that the video is as up to date as possible , keeping staff fully informed of the Bank of the future . |
| 8 | Reports have Dell Computer Corp considering spinning its Unix work out into a standalone division or subsidiary : the company is now up to Issue 2.2 of its reprise of SVR4 , one of the more robust implementations available for PCs and PC-class servers . |
| 9 | InterCon is now up to version 1.2 of Planet X. its X Window client software for the Mac , promising 20% faster performance in colour mode and improved session security . |
| 10 | ‘ It is now up to Forest to complete the business situation regarding my transfer . ’ |
| 11 | The race is now on to show that the Government is wrong before the last bird in the UK is slaughtered . |
| 12 | The race is now on to fund what would be a major buy for the museum . |
| 13 | Words such as Menuetto and Allegretto can mean a variety of things ; it is often up to context alone to let us know what a specific set of words is telling us . |
| 14 | In Scotland , we have a valuation base which is comparatively up to date — perhaps that is an advantage which we have over the rest of the country — but we should build upon that base . |
| 15 | Outside , it 's pretty much the same story , so quality of workmanship is well up to expectation . |
| 16 | The fretwork is well up to Valley Arts standard , with nothing that offends the eye or fingers in any way . |
| 17 | Unless Mel is almost back to fitness ( if he ever was ‘ fit ’ ) it means Kelly is our only right back ! |
| 18 | The rest , ’ he modestly argues , ‘ is maybe down to talent . ’ |
| 19 | The third edition is completely up to date including the effects of the 1992 Finance Act and the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 . |