Example sentences of "be [verb] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These charges , and any interest payable on an overdraft , are calculated up to the first Friday in March , June , September and December , and deducted from your account 14 days later . |
| 2 | The steady increase in the number of complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's report has continued ; 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 3 | The steady increase in complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's Report has continued , 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 4 | Though Musgrave did not bring himself to ask the soldier what he had seen , his impression was ‘ that Aimable had not been fattened up to the mark of the visitor 's large expectations ’ . |
| 5 | Dr Haidar proudly explained that the bride , Mr Postman 's daughter , was a rare creature — a Muslim girl who had been educated up to the tenth class . |
| 6 | Byrd studied all research on the trait approach that had been done up to the 1940 's and only found 5% of all traits identified for leaders common to all the research . |
| 7 | ‘ For Christ 's sake — because I believe Tweed is innocent , that he 's been framed up to the hilt . |
| 8 | Smaller practitioners are fed up to the back teeth with all forms of regulation , and audit regulation in particular . |
| 9 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |
| 10 | The mere wear-and-tear of the prolonged firing contributed to German losses ; after superhuman efforts , one of the monster 420s had been moved up to the Bois des Fosses in order to knock out Fort Souville , but on the third shot a shell exploded in the worn barrel , killing almost the entire crew . |
| 11 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 12 | It enables your staff to know themselves how well they 're doing their job , and if they 're keeping up to the mark . |
| 13 | You 're running up to the thing , yeah ? |
| 14 | Well first time , first time you 're coming up to the supermarket , drop it , drop them in |
| 15 | Chairman can I just clarify that we we 're saying up to the erm what I 've said in speaking was that two point one million beyond that what is actually in the budget erm which is . |
| 16 | Yes and then of course you get business organizations , the and much business is now internationally based , we 've , we recognize this recently from the erm the purchase of Rover by B M W erm but of course the big companies have operated for long across international boundaries , whether it be oil companies like Texaco or chemical companies like I C I erm or MacDonalds , you know one of the symbols that erm lets you know Russia had been opened up to the international community was the erm presence of a MacDonalds ' erm shop in Moscow . |
| 17 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 18 | They were the disciples of one Malam Ibrahim , a teacher of the Koran whose studies had slowly convinced him that the Jesus of whom he read in its pages was the mediator through whom the prayers of the faithful are offered up to the All-Merciful . |
| 19 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 20 | Service managers are waking up to the value of experienced nurses whose understandable reservations about being out of date with current ideas and technologies prevent them from taking up their careers again . |
| 21 | Now America is the hottest market ; institutions that find Wall Street overvalued are waking up to the attraction of overseas investment . |
| 22 | At long last , the motor manufacturers are waking up to the reality that they ought to do more and that they too can assist in the reduction of car crime . |
| 23 | ( The bank clerk who had occupied it had been called up to the army . ) |
| 24 | A path had been worn up to the door . |
| 25 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 26 | Large boats are roped up to the quayside . |
| 27 | Seeing Anthea each day would be a constant reminder , and neither woman could deny that the masks of civility each had been holding up to the other for months were now trampled underfoot . |
| 28 | Furthermore , he will know that his contemporaries are not really too keen on its revelation : indeed they may well argue that the police have research facilities of their own which are geared up to the internal needs and interests of the institution ( Benyon 1988 : 21 ) . |
| 29 | But nationally , Directors of Social Services have identified that the trends in child care are such now , as to create serious concern that the children 's homes themselves are geared up to the kind of er tasks that now face them . |
| 30 | 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 . |