Sentence examples for up to rather from inspiring English sources

These fees add up to rather large sums.

He was considered a class clown, always up to rather cruel pranks.

The court may have caught up to rather than led public opinion, but that has often been the case over the course of history.

It announced that it needed a huge increase without explaining what for; when pressed for specifics, it grudgingly produced a wish-list whose price added up to rather less than its demands.

On February 21st Jharkhand's chief minister, Shibu Soren, promised to end operations against the insurgents and "accept their justified demands".This adds up to rather less than the sweeping offensive reported by India's press.

Should we not focus on what our governments get up to, rather than what foreigners get up to elsewhere, which is in any case well covered by the mainstream press and political elite?

When you meet him, he does not live up to the rather lurid picture of him.

'He went up to bed rather early,' said Molly Drake shortly after her son's death.

Finally, a growing minority of students use tablets (costing up to £400) rather than laptops.

It adds up to a rather dreary picture of the possibilities for women.

Even the most artfully constructed vignettes and portraits add up to impressions rather than analysis.