Example sentences of "up to [art] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to a point the language laboratory should provide a solution to this problem , but practice is needed in using the language in the presence of others ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 2 | Up to a point the tsarist police could control the activities of intellectuals within the confines of the empire , but silencing Herzen was beyond their powers . |
| 3 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 4 | Indeed , even at the time of the negotiations which led up to the SEA the European Communities ( EC ) Commission ( the Civil Service which administers the communities from Brussels ) estimated that in excess of 300 measures remained to be adopted before the problem of what came to be called ‘ non-Europe ’ could be said to have been fully addressed . |
| 5 | In the week leading up to the Fayre the committee spends most days at the Sports ground doing the million and one last minute jobs and testing the games . |
| 6 | All key figures were live — up to the instant the screen was called — and available in total and on an office by office basis . |
| 7 | On the contrary , the question she saw hovering behind Miss Violet 's innocent query remained at the forefront of her mind right up to the day the Brownings returned to the Casa Guidi . |
| 8 | The Administration decided that it applied to any coal owner who had actively sought to mine the coal up to the day the law was passed . |
| 9 | You talk about asking questions you talk about the product that you 've got to up to the question the problems that you . |
| 10 | Another day dawned and the mists from the river swirled and eddied round the banks and crept up to the house the Hanging Judge had built . |
| 11 | Then she pulled up to the table the kitchen chair upon which Jack had been sitting and sat down , placing her elbows on the table and her head in her hands . |
| 12 | If the sea is deep right up to the coast the waves may reach the coast and be reflected back without breaking . |
| 13 | What a strange wedding-gift he had given her too , when he came up to the manor the other afternoon , making her feel like a tenant in her own home ; which , of course , had once been his . |
| 14 | ‘ I was oblivious to the danger right up to the moment the crash happened . |
| 15 | It does not match up to the image the writer and the reader have created together . |
| 16 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |