Example sentences of "distance of up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rubin , the designers of all Soviet nuclear submarines , says leakage of plutonium from corroded nuclear torpedoes is not expected to start until 1995 or 1996 , but when it starts strong currents could disperse the contamination over distances of up to 100 kilometres . |
| 2 | The swallow building nests of mud , the archer fish shooting down flies by spitting water distances of up to fifteen feet — every creature , without exception , has such intriguing inborn capabilities , if we study them . |
| 3 | The sensors are effective over distances of up to 50 feet . |
| 4 | It is high-powered and the tape should be audible to the whales from a distance of up to two miles . |
| 5 | When the sporangium is discharged it is projected a distance of up to three metres in still air to land on the surrounding herbage . |
| 6 | Easements for large water mains and high pressure gas mains will restrict the use of the land within a defined distance of up to 3 metres from the main . |