Example sentences of "up to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is reasonable to assume that the daughters , particularly the elder ones , of such families will have been brought up to share in household chores .
2 Mary Poovey examines the questions at the heart of the debate : Is the woman in labour outside man 's intervention i.e. if God had cursed Eve with painful childbirth , is it up to man to lift that curse ?
3 It is up to man to look at the world and through his perceptions and his thinking to convert the world either into a form which can then be processed or into an idea .
4 It is up to government to finance and provide it — but as far from the DTI as possible .
5 that narrows the distance up to scum to 12 points again .
6 From the moment the parade began we were applauded , and we were cheered every step of the way right up to dispersal at St George 's Hall .
7 ‘ A ’ moved up to second in division one after beating bottom team Farnborough Tech ‘ C ’ .
8 We decided the cleaning was not up to standard at that particular time .
9 His reading was up to standard for Mrs Hartridge 's class and his writing was progressing well .
10 After the new student experiences his first free sparring fight , he returns to his daily training with an intensified ardour , determined to correct his shortcomings in order to get his fighting application up to standard for the next sparring session .
11 EVERTON are to carry out over £2.5 million worth of work on a Goodison Park facelift in an effort to bring the stadium up to standard for the 1996 European Championships .
12 Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances .
13 Statutory water quality objectives will be established and £28 billion will be invested to bring bathing and drinking water up to standard by the mid-1990s .
14 SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after tests , it has been revealed .
15 SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after vital tests , it has been revealed .
16 ‘ We 're going up to hospitality for a while .
17 When a child , perhaps under pressure for some misdemeanour , observed that ‘ Mum will be up to school about this ’ , the threat was a real one .
18 One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks .
19 You 're not turning up to school in this are you ?
20 Robyn 's generation , coming up to university in the early 1970s , immediately after the heroic period of student politics , were oppressed by a sense of belatedness .
21 First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing .
22 So I 've now got a handout for you and it 'll be up to date about how to complete a B one .
23 The third edition is completely up to date including the effects of the 1992 Finance Act and the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 .
24 When you 've done that , I want his file removed from the records department and brought fully up to date for the ‘ active ’ unit .
25 I have done hardly any work , except keep this Diary up to date for a week , which is something of a record for me !
26 This should be brought up to date for next year .
27 Where a teachers ' class list has not yet been brought up to date for 1981/82 her list is enclosed with these notes .
28 Yeah no he was just saying that head office they 'll dictate to them like anybody else so he said I 've got to have erm the mortgage up to date for a start before I can consider anything .
29 ( a ) Up to date of the bankruptcy order
30 The payment brings the country up to date on four months of overdue interest on the debt .
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