Example sentences of "be [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
| 2 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 3 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 4 | Of course , some of the LSE II 's bass response must be down to the rosewood back and sides ; the chances are the mahogany version would be toppier-sounding , but both would make equally top-notch recording guitars . |
| 5 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 6 | They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars |
| 7 | The more energetic will be off to the King Alfred Leisure Centre to risk their dignity on the Wild Waters and on the three 100-metre slides . |
| 8 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 9 | It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction . |
| 10 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 11 | Whether or not this second series will be something the crew can be proud of , will be up to the viewers to decide . |
| 12 | Judging from the photograph , Joseph Noel Paton 's Crimean War weepie ‘ Home ’ is one of the very few narrative pictures which might be up to the standard of this ideal exhibition . |
| 13 | Because then you you would n't certainly up , be up to the standard would you ? |
| 14 | Mr Small said : ‘ Our normal opening hours will be 9am-5.30pm but it will be up to the tenants ’ association if they want late night shopping . |
| 15 | However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE . |
| 16 | He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players . |
| 17 | It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater . |
| 18 | The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case . |
| 19 | Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request . |
| 20 | Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Where sexual intercourse takes place before the barrel of a gun , it seems quite appropriate that it should be up to the defence to discharge an evidential burden with respect to consent . |
| 23 | It is similarly arguable that it should be up to the defence to provide a proper foundation of evidence for an assertion that a woman who has been robbed by a man nonetheless subsequently consented to sexual intercourse with him . |
| 24 | Not until a new switching centre in Birmingham comes on stream will the 1000-km network be up to the mark . |
| 25 | ‘ We have suffered some serious setbacks through injuries , but when you tour you do so with a full squad and they must all be up to the mark . ’ |
| 26 | Sir Nicholas told MPs it will be up to the judge whether he sits in public . |
| 27 | Oh they will yes , indeed er , it will be up to the government . |
| 28 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 29 | He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable . |
| 30 | 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 . |