Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [verb] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As more animals have been brought inside by the introduction of intensive feeding systems , so more land has been given up to arable production . |
| 2 | It has been argued up to now that although word-meaning is in a sense infinitely variable , nonetheless discrete units — ‘ atoms ’ or ‘ quanta ’ of sense — can be identified which at least in some respects are stable across contexts , and which are the appropriate basic units for lexical semantics . |
| 3 | Experiments have been using deuterium alone , and the temperature of the plasma has been pushed up to 300 million degrees . |
| 4 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 5 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 6 | He has met his brothers at the fair which accompanies the hiring but otherwise there has been no joy ; certainly nothing to bring to his wife , Emily , who has been driven up to the town and found refuge in the house of a local schoolmaster , Mr Stephens . |
| 7 | Top-quality Scotch beef is replacing more expensive German beef in Italy and the price for the best and heaviest home-killed bullocks has been forced up to £1,000 a head — which goes some way to explaining why fresh meat is suddenly so much dearer in shops . |
| 8 | The national monopoly has disappeared and auctioning in France has been opened up to other Europeans , but auctioneers will remain officers appointed by the Minister of Justice . |
| 9 | This means that , for the first time , the whole SVQ framework has been opened up to slower learners and those without formal qualifications . |
| 10 | Some countries are keener on being cleaner than others and it has been left up to the badly affected states of Europe to set the best example . |
| 11 | Each of these Compacts has been offered up to £50,000 to set up a Compact structure . |
| 12 | The story has been brought up to date with a challenging final chapter by Professor Lance Lanyon , Principal of the College . |
| 13 | " The curriculum has been completely revised and especially in English has been brought up to date . |
| 14 | ‘ Everyone , including the British Government , has been waking up to this horrific plight too late . |
| 15 | In the event of dealing with leasehold property , the seller should be asked to complete an " additional property information " form , which does in fact contain a series of questions peculiar to leasehold premises such as management accounts , service charges , etc , and you should ask the seller both for evidence that the rent has been paid up to date and for evidence of current insurance cover . |
| 16 | This , I suggest , is what has been happening up to now . ’ |
| 17 | It is almost as if all the punishment , admonishment and educative pressure which the aboriginal child has been spared up to this moment is suddenly and simultaneously inflicted on him ( here , for once , the masculine pronoun does not embrace the feminine because initiation is an exclusively masculine affair ) . |
| 18 | ‘ For Christ 's sake — because I believe Tweed is innocent , that he 's been framed up to the hilt . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been building up to this . |
| 20 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's been taken up to her dressing room . |