Example sentences of "up to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 2 | And so it was that Osman Abdelal took me from the gas station and up to a small Arab village called Mazraa , clustered round the ruins of an old Roman aqueduct . |
| 3 | There was a bell-pull connected up to a small porter 's lodge inside . |
| 4 | As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill . |
| 5 | The monkey was wired up to a small computer terminal and was punching away with its leathery fingers at buttons on the keyboard in front of it . |
| 6 | I walked along the edge , then up to a small sand-covered hill . |
| 7 | Some predict up to a five per cent average rise by the end of the year . |
| 8 | The relationship between birth interval and frequency of still births seems to resemble " U " or " J " shaped curves , inasmuch as the still birth ratio is very high if the preceding birth interval is short ( less than a year ) and decreases after one completed year up to a five year interval but , if the next birth follows only after a longer interval , the chance that it will result in a stillborn baby increases again . |
| 9 | The thumb da , da , yes , but , if you 're in it 's a cord of G , you 'll put a two on the B , final note , and then go up to a five on a G , not a one , it 's better to do that , see if you can try . |
| 10 | Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before . |
| 12 | Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road . |
| 13 | Then pulling himself up to a great height , he went on . |
| 14 | The Silmarillion was accordingly held up to a great extent , in Mr Carpenter 's view , by procrastination and bother over inessentials , by crosswords and games of Patience , by drawing heraldic doodles and answering readers ' letters — all compounded , one might add , by the failing energies of age ( see Letters , p. 228 ) . |
| 15 | A few months later a shuttle carried Jaq up to a great black ship circling in orbit . |
| 16 | I get a lot of help and I 'm very grateful but somehow it does n't seem to add up to a great deal . |
| 17 | There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 ) |
| 18 | ’ It 's not as if they would add up to a great sum . ’ |
| 19 | Clearly it all adds up to a great season ahead for the fans , who fought to keep speedway in Swindon . |
| 20 | That adds up to a great confrontation in today 's championship clash with title-holders Essex , with England captain Graham Gooch making an early return to Old Trafford where he hit one of the great Test centuries on Monday . |
| 21 | And furthermore , do n't bother with guidebook descriptions or the like , just find the crag and climb the rock , dappled with lichen , tinged with red and bristle-tufted with pink-and-dark-green heather , which soars up to a narrow apex . |
| 22 | Some staple foods had come off ration with the promise of more to follow , all adding up to a gradual end to austerity . |
| 23 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |
| 24 | When he turned , he saw that he was backed up to a young man with crinkly hair and a baggy silk suit , sleeves turned back to mid-forearm . |
| 25 | It all adds up to a pleasant ‘ lived in ’ atmosphere . |
| 26 | That adds up to a good campaign in Labour 's view : no gaffes , lots of pictures , and a positive message delivered in controlled surroundings . |
| 27 | She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’ |
| 28 | The staircase sweeps up to a first floor balcony connecting four bedrooms , most with en suite bathrooms . |
| 29 | POP / The Who face up to a new generation : Giles Smith anticipates the return of Daltrey , Townshend and Entwistle |
| 30 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |