Example sentences of "be [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
| 2 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 3 | One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’ |
| 4 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 5 | Of course , some of the LSE II 's bass response must be down to the rosewood back and sides ; the chances are the mahogany version would be toppier-sounding , but both would make equally top-notch recording guitars . |
| 6 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 7 | Otherwise , it will be down to the usual international brinkmanship in Rio itself , and that 's no way to run a planet . |
| 8 | It would probably carry on like this for at least another hour , and then the first of the departures would begin ; the ones with an early start in the morning , the ones with teenaged babysitters , the ones who rarely went out anyway … an hour after that they 'd be down to the hard core , and an hour after that it would just be a case of guiding out those last drunks who were too far-gone to find the door . |
| 9 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 10 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 11 | All entries must be in to the Green Dragon Museum Theatre Yard , Stockton , by May 23 . |
| 12 | They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars |
| 13 | Just give you one quick smack and that 'll be through to the other side ! |
| 14 | The more energetic will be off to the King Alfred Leisure Centre to risk their dignity on the Wild Waters and on the three 100-metre slides . |
| 15 | However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE . |
| 16 | It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans . |
| 17 | It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater . |
| 18 | It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction . |
| 19 | Not until a new switching centre in Birmingham comes on stream will the 1000-km network be up to the mark . |
| 20 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 21 | A spokesman for the Department of Health and social security said a decision to implant an artificial heart would be up to the doctor ‘ like any other replacement operation ’ . |
| 22 | It will be up to the doctor responsible to decide whether or not your organs can be successfully transplanted . |
| 23 | Your filter is fairly powerful and should be up to the job , but I must admit that I personally prefer undergravel filtration for almost all purposes . |
| 24 | If this has not been the case , it will be up to the individuals to explain the reasons behind this . |
| 25 | The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case . |
| 26 | After that it would be up to the German socialists to respond , pressing their own Government to adopt positions convergent with the emergent consensus among the Allies . |
| 27 | Sir Nicholas told MPs it will be up to the judge whether he sits in public . |
| 28 | ‘ We have suffered some serious setbacks through injuries , but when you tour you do so with a full squad and they must all be up to the mark . ’ |
| 29 | Judging from the photograph , Joseph Noel Paton 's Crimean War weepie ‘ Home ’ is one of the very few narrative pictures which might be up to the standard of this ideal exhibition . |
| 30 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |