Example sentences of "are up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Do n't be too quick to condemn or criticise people you think are up to no good or are getting special treatment for one reason or another .
2 Do n't be too quick to condemn or criticise people you think are up to no good or are getting special treatment for one reason or another .
3 Naturally they probably think the police are up to no good .
4 In their personal freedom I would n't say they are free like English girls but they are up to a point .
5 The alternatives are up to a pint of seed bait , such as sweetcorn , a pint of casters , etc .
6 It 's estimated there are up to a thousand homeless people in Swindon … and the Breakfast Club is seen as one way to make life more tolerable …
7 There are up to a thousand differs of keys bought with these types of locks .
8 I hope you are up to the job .
9 No doubt theorists are up to the challenge presented by the new results and will come back in time with new estimates , before they declare the proton stable .
10 These digital and digitally remastered recordings date from the late ‘ 70s and '80s and information/presentation/quality are up to the usual Chandos high standards , although playing times tend to be short .
11 Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative .
12 Right now we know that the angle from where we are up to the top is forty degrees .
13 Maybe now their sugar levels are up to the right level for chitter-chatter .
14 I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter .
15 The new , independent Her Majesty 's inspectorate will have the duty of giving a little lion stamp to those inspectors and ensuring that they are up to the mark .
16 The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level .
17 ‘ Meanwhile , until we know what the Kamalians are up to the more people we have on the job the better .
18 Biggar are up to the task
19 SunSoft claims many Santa Cruz Unix and Open Desktop applications now feature among the 5,000-odd software packages it says are up under the operating system .
20 Town are up with the pacemakers for promotion .
21 The fact that you are up at the top of a business hierarchy does not confer all-seeing wisdom .
22 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
23 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
24 SunSoft claims many SCO Unix and Open Desktop applications now feature amongst the 5,000-odd software packages it says are up on the operating system .
25 As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’
26 For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board .
27 We are up on The Tummel to-day in a Golden Haze of Perthshire sunshine & scenery … no salmon but lovely views !
28 Mark and Cynthia 's plans for dinner are up in the air
29 Brushing back her hair with the back of a damp hand she said : ‘ Your lot are up in the attics , Miss Sara is out and they 're in the shop . ’
30 After only 20 doublings , which does n't take very long , we are up in the millions .
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