Example sentences of "been [verb] up to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As more animals have been brought inside by the introduction of intensive feeding systems , so more land has been given up to arable production . |
| 2 | The national monopoly has disappeared and auctioning in France has been opened up to other Europeans , but auctioneers will remain officers appointed by the Minister of Justice . |
| 3 | From Poolewe , a narrow road follows the coast to the headland west of Loch Ewe but is of interest only to the few residents alongside it , and visitors invariably continue on the A.832 to Gairloch , this road also having been brought up to modern standards . |
| 4 | And so it went on and the town today has er practically been either reconstructed , the centre has been reconstructed or the older buildings have been brought up to modern standards . |
| 5 | And the pretty new mugs were a symbol , something Dorothea would never have found or thought of for herself , for they were hand-thrown pottery , and she had always been brought up to fine-spun china . |
| 6 | By 1987 48% of the pre-1919 stock had been brought up to full standard . |