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

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1 It is up to each member state to decide whether an EEIG registered by it should have separate legal personality .
2 A few members felt it was not necessary and argues it was up to each member to decide whether or not to receive this .
3 It 's up to each person to do something about it .
4 but I must admit it 's up to each person that organizes it to say that , great , we do n't need the collectors .
5 ‘ It is up to each State , to protect its rights ’ , whether these be a claim for reparations for the commission of an international delict , a claim of cessation of a continuing wrongful act , or a claim to act in self-defence .
6 It 's impossible to generalise and it 's up to each farmer to weigh up the options which suit him best .
7 Personal study kits and work books are an integral part of the course , and it is in part up to each individual to ensure that his or her course work is up to date .
8 As would be expected , such a use would not be possible with make , since the law would appear to be actually bringing about the paying of taxes ( " concurrent causation " ) : ( 166 ) * The law makes everyone pay his taxes , With oblige , on the other hand , the tax law is depicted as simply imposing a state of obligation in the present , which leaves the future actualization of paying taxes up to each individual , who may or may not actually pay them .
9 The building had two front doors , side by side , one for each house , and the steps up to each door were not divided ; an urn full of some kind of greenery stood in the middle of the steps , but there was no attempt at distinction .
10 It is up to each unit to thrive on its own .
11 She said that the aim of the directive was to harmonise the hygiene practices of all the member states , and it was up to each country to interpret the directive .
12 It is up to each user to decide which type of software will best meet his needs .
13 It is already clear , though , that cosying up to each other involves sizeable risks for both AT&T and the unions .
14 But again , it is up to each manager to make the final decision , basing it on the best available advice .
15 It is up to each participant to feel his way towards the consensus outcome .
16 An overwhelming 95% of the mothers surveyed believe that it is up to each mother to decide to work or not , and 91% believe that it 's fine to be a working mother as long as the job fits in with their family commitments .
17 So what you really have from the government is a set of guidelines , and it will now be up to each Local Education Authority to interpret those guidelines and to make their own provision .
18 From now on ignorance will be no excuse and if a doctor gives a pill or an injection it is up to each player to make sure it 's not on the list of banned medicines .
19 Gascoigne went up to each player in the dressing-room before the kick-off , roughly shook him , and demanded he die for the club and the cause .
20 ‘ Once a theme ( e.g. conservation of soil ) is agreed upon it is up to all subject writers to ensure that it is woven into the content of materials produced ; made the subject for reading passages in language , for problems in mathematics , for field surveys in social studies and for practical demonstration in agriculture . '
21 ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly .
22 In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club .
23 It was a peak everyone had worked up to all week , in a way through all the dark dreary closed early part of the year .
24 What he 'd been leading up to all week ?
25 Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got
26 He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged .
27 If we were in bed together , how could we go down , seize Brampton , take him up to that garret and hang him ?
28 ‘ We ought to have gone up to that barn right at the start , ’ said Nooty .
29 For example , children who are told they are stupid tend to live up to that expectation .
30 The Queen goes up to that girl with the eyebrows , and she goes , and how are you today ?
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