Example sentences of "measuring up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The features on the masks can vary in size between 10 and 0.2mm with the whole mask measuring up to 400 by 500mm . |
| 2 | Pedigree long-haired cats , for example , have excessively lengthy guard hairs , measuring up to 5 inches , and greatly elongated down hairs , but no awn hairs . |
| 3 | We will measure up to tomorrow 's requirements only by measuring up to today 's . |
| 4 | He had guided the complex and nerve-wracking work of the international organisation so deftly and with such insight that it was hard to imagine anyone else measuring up to the job . |
| 5 | The red deer is the largest of our native mammals , measuring up to 48in at the shoulder and weighing as much as 30 stone . |
| 6 | Neuritic plaques are extracellular structures measuring up to 200μm in diameter , and classical core-containing neuritic plaques are composed of amyloid cores surrounded by a halo of abnormal neurites ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 7 | This involves 20 legs of subtle heading changes , measuring up to 293 miles . |
| 8 | Many of the rides in Monks Wood are wide , measuring up to sixty feet across . |
| 9 | It might be argued that a tacit assumption of research which examines girls ' 'failure' in science is not only that girls are inadequate-not measuring up to the standard of boys — but also that maths , physics and chemistry are more difficult and more important than English , languages , history and biology . |
| 10 | Here she is measuring up to Robert Wadlow , the tallest man the world has ever known . |
| 11 | In the ensuing days , as the country suffered a series of aftershocks measuring up to 6.3 on the Richter scale , medical teams and supplies began arriving from around the world . |
| 12 | In these circumstances the ego simply has no hope of triumphing by measuring up to the ideal standards of the superego , in so far as it exists . |
| 13 | Hosts : Domestic and wild birds Site : Small intestine Species : Asaridia galli Two other species are A. dissimilis in turkeys and A. columbae in pigeons Distribution : Worldwide The worms are stout and densely white , the females measuring up to 12.0 cm in length . |
| 14 | On this meter 100 units would be relatively harmless , so today 's sunshine measuring up to 140 units was capable of burning . |
| 15 | It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that ALL fees are paid promptly , particularly P.A.F. and Insurance as the Sports Council Grant Panel will expect us to prove that we are measuring up to their requirements in the Autumn and we can only do this by showing monies actually received and in the Bank . |