Example sentences of "up to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea . |
| 2 | Up to the 1960s behaviourist models of learning pervaded educational practice . |
| 3 | provide a general education for those who do not go to grammar schools , usually up to the minimum school leaving age ( though pupils can stay on longer ) . |
| 4 | The four-and-a-half gallons of oil take about ten minutes to warm up to the minimum 40°C , and we used the time to taxi around the sheltered bay within Calshot Split , checking for debris and driftwood and surveying the area . |
| 5 | Coal and Power called for an integrated and rationalized scheme for power , a follow up to the Liberal Manifesto of 1923 which suggested that coal and power supplies should be placed under the control of a public board presided over by a minister . |
| 6 | The most obvious of these was that if fonts were to be provided with any application , it was better if they could be shared by others , and the Typographics fonts supplied with early versions were , if not exactly grotty , not up to the standard users would expect of , say , TrueType or ATM fonts . |
| 7 | Extrinsic feedback is provided by the teacher in the form of information about the success or failure of the practice to match up to the standard performance . |
| 8 | Similarly , those unemployed claimants drawing income support have found that their benefit , up to the standard rate of unemployment benefit , is liable to taxation . |
| 9 | For example , it may be that admitting pupils up to the standard number would mean the school taking in more than it can accommodate by virtue of the Education ( School Premises ) Regulations 1981 . |
| 10 | None of Doherty 's publications lasted very long , but they were an important part of the general ferment of radical ideas in the years leading up to the Chartist movement . |
| 11 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 12 | In a project , this could perhaps involve examining texts such as the different accounts of the events leading up to the Norman Conquest by Anglo-Saxon and Norman contemporary writers . |
| 13 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |
| 14 | The Olympic 800 metres finalist moved back up to the 1500 metres where he first made his name as a junior and led from gun to tape to win in 3 mins 39.58 secs . |
| 15 | Stairs on the right went up to the sixteen guest rooms . |
| 16 | It will also examine the response of fans to structural and cultural changes in Scottish soccer , following the Taylor report on safety , and leading up to the 1994 World Cup Finals . |
| 17 | They had needed the eccentric goalkeeping of Grobbelaar to keep them in the match up to the 111th minute , when Anderton suddenly revealed why so many scouts have been beating a path to Fratton Park . |
| 18 | The weeks leading up to the seventh round were busy with the launch of various diplomatic initiatives . |
| 19 | The feel of him inside her spread warmth through every part of her until her body relaxed completely and gave itself up to the purest pleasure . |
| 20 | They stood in two rows , hooked up to the static lines , weighed down with parachutes and air tanks , waterproofed combat kits , clutching personal inflatable rafts attached with five metres of line to their belts , eyes tense behind the vizors of the face masks . |
| 21 | WAR CLOUDS OVER EUROPE read the banner headlines at the opening of Reed 's earlier film , Bank Holiday ( 1938 ) , a picture whose setting suggests escapism but whose narrative argues for the need to face up to the dark side of life in order to find meaningful happiness . |
| 22 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 23 | Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are disposed of during the year , their results are to be included up to the effective date of disposal . |
| 24 | The results of companies acquired or disposed of in the year are dealt with from or up to the effective date of acquisition or disposal respectively . |
| 25 | As a result , their efforts were diverted more towards devising non-custodial alternatives than facing up to the intractable problems of institutional confinement . |
| 26 | But the steady drip of disclosures , which appears certain to continue right up to the general election later this year , could yet prove fatal to the Congress ( I ) Party 's chances of remaining in power . |
| 27 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the constitutional changes which led up to the general election of July [ see p. 37603 ] , the Habré government had remained an alliance of faction leaders lacking any real popular support . |
| 29 | He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . |
| 30 | FEW company directors are keeping quiet about their political affiliations in the run up to the General Election . |