Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] up to " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ That 'll be up to Silas , ’ Lucy retorted . |
| 32 | right erm could I just check something else which was not mentioned er is that is it when you have opened these two Homeworks shops that you 'll be up to a hundred and seventy eight |
| 33 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 34 | Over six days there 'll be up to 150,000 shots … scattering more than four tons of lead pellets . |
| 35 | ‘ He 'll be up to it , do n't worry . |
| 36 | If we win them three games that we got in hand then we 'll be up to about sixth place . |
| 37 | So I 've now got a handout for you and it 'll be up to date about how to complete a B one . |
| 38 | Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can . |
| 39 | But sources at Touche Ross said that the loss of revenue to Deloitte UK as a result of a cessation of referred work from the international organisation could be up to as much as ‘ tens of millions of dollars ’ . |
| 40 | An active group of villagers discovered that there could be up to eighty of these heavy loads . |
| 41 | The contribution by the year 2000 could be up to 15 MTOE . |
| 42 | Such caverns are available in Kent , Wiltshire , Cleveland , Humberside and Lincolnshire , The UKAEA 's report proposes that special trains with 10–12 wagons , each loaded with flasks containing drums of waste will travel on public railways between the Sellafield reprocessing plant and the waste dumps , which could be up to 400 km away . |
| 43 | It is not known exactly how many pregnant women in the UK catch toxoplasmosis but it could be up to 1,400 cases each year . |
| 44 | Rates may vary a lot around these averages with hire purchase ( could be up to 40 per cent ) , shop accounts ( say , between 0 and 31 per cent ) , finance company loans ( up to 50 per cent ) , finance company second mortgages ( could be over 40 per cent ) . |
| 45 | Officials fear the death toll could be up to 300 . |
| 46 | Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey . |
| 47 | The bombshell means that when bills go out next April , thousands could be up to £340 out of pocket . |
| 48 | The lack of inflation between the wars allowed merchants to hold large stocks that were ready for drinking within two years , and weekly deliveries by Berry Bros. to the cellars of the aristocracy and English gentlemen could be up to thirty dozen or more bottles for immediate use . |
| 49 | The filter further added to the exposure time which could be up to 80 times that of a normal plate . |
| 50 | Brian Gunn , Bull 's business manager for systems integration in Livingston , Scotland , says it could be up to two years before IBM brings out its AIX offering , by which time Unikix will be far ahead in terms of added value . |
| 51 | The implication for the client of finding a title to attendance allowance and the severe disability premium or invalid care allowance could be up to an extra £78.60 and is therefore an alternative option to residential care . |
| 52 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 53 | The filter further added to the exposure time which could be up to 80 times that of a normal plate . |
| 54 | It is estimated that the basin would have become no deeper than about 5 km , and as today Mare Imbrium is of negligible depth there could be up to about 5 km of infill . |
| 55 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |
| 56 | At any given time during term there could be up to a thousand people on the compound . |
| 57 | A recent Department of the Environment report suggested that there could be up to 5,000 old gas works sites throughout the country . |
| 58 | Heels could be up to 10cm high and toes were as rounded as the ever-popular clog . |
| 59 | If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised , the total delay could be up to three weeks . |
| 60 | This could be up to 4 per cent more than the dealing spread shown in newspaper price listings . |