Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , you 're all dressed up to the nines ! ’ |
| 2 | Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’ |
| 3 | If she could make her way along to the right ladder , she would be able to climb up to the painted clouds high overhead . |
| 4 | She needs to find someone or something to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken her , so she looks for reasons , because she may not yet be ready to face up to the extremely anxiety-provoking fact that life itself is unpredictable and the world is an insecure place . |
| 5 | Kinnock improved his image most on being energetic and decisive but actually lost ground on being able to stand up to the USSR , reflecting perhaps the consequences of his ‘ dad 's army ’ interview with David Frost . |
| 6 | On being able to stand up to the USSR , Thatcher scored 80 per cent in the precampaign week , easing to 79 per cent in the last fortnight of the campaign . |
| 7 | After the seventh war with the Turks ( 1714–18 ) the Venetians were able to advance up to the present Bosnian border , taking in the whole of Sinjsko Polje and Imotski . |
| 8 | Thus the soignee appearance of Cresson and other French women politicians blazes a torch and tells others that , while everyone is mortal and while women may have many cards stacked against them , it is possible to face up to the worst as well as the best . |
| 9 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 10 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 11 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 12 | Now he was prepared to live up to the role . |
| 13 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |