Example sentences of "[prep] up to " in BNC.
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| 31 | But since Rayful 's father started him off in the business with a packet of cocaine from New York , prosecutors allege that Mr Edmond has built up a vast business concern , generating sales of up to $2m ( £1.25m ) a week . |
| 32 | The ‘ rolling programme ’ approach would mean creating an enlarged and more representative executive , fed by policy commissions of up to 100 members . |
| 33 | Emma Nicholson , Conservative MP for Devon West and Torridge , has lobbied that it should be , and for prison sentences of up to 10 years for culprits . |
| 34 | Founded in 1864 , the group has maintained its image as a typical home service company , with a mixture of ordinary and industrial branch life business and general insurance business sold through a field force of up to 6,500 individuals , second only in terms of size to the Prudential 's of more than 12,000 . |
| 35 | Now about a dozen or so of those are to go ahead with funds of up to Ecu250,000 a year for three years . |
| 36 | The annual subscription for large companies is still Ecu200,000 , but companies with sales of up to Ecu8bn can pay Ecu100,000 a year . |
| 37 | In the military camps along the Thai border , the Khmer Rouge also has some heavy artillery , including 130mm guns which have a range of up to 15 miles and some armoured vehicles , rumoured to include a number of tanks . |
| 38 | MICKY STEWART , the England manager , gave his son , Alec , a gruelling introduction to cricket on the Indian sub-continent when he put the Surrey wicketkeeper-batsmen — along with the rest of the 14-man England squad - through a three-and-a-half hour training session in temperatures of up to 100F at the National Stadium in Delhi yesterday . |
| 39 | They face new rates of up to 16 per cent . |
| 40 | After Sky losses of up to A$250m ( £126.3m ) , analysts are forecasting net profits for the year to June 1990 of about A$370m , which compares with a reported A$464m for 1989 , excluding foreign exchange dealings . |
| 41 | Hong Kong has objected to the proposed ban because its stockpile of 670 tonnes — the tusks of up to 75,000 elephants — is worth $134m , while at least 3,000 jobs in the colony depend on the ivory carving industry . |
| 42 | As the educated urban elite abandon Mr Collor , following a series of media exposes of his political record , he has relied on continued support from rural voters at rallies of up to 70,000 . |
| 43 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 44 | But they will be allowed to buy stakes of up to 15 per cent and after five years the barriers will come down . |
| 45 | This would be aimed , the argument runs , at confiscating the ill-gotten gains of ‘ speculators ’ in the much-hated co-operative movement , and at eliminating a surplus currency overhang of up to 150bn roubles ( £150bn ) . |
| 46 | The National Farmers ' Union Council backed the idea of licences , with penalties of up to £2,000 and the refusal of future permits for offenders . |
| 47 | The fund consists of up to 22 sub-funds , each designed to track different markets , including Australia , Hong Kong , Italy , Malaysia , USA and Sweden . |
| 48 | The company said it was advised last week by the US Federal Trade Commission that no objection would be raised to the acquisition of up to 15 per cent of Jaguar shares . |
| 49 | However , the increase of up to £2.50 a week for a single person , and up to £3.50 a week for a couple , is considered small by many involved with the elderly . |
| 50 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 51 | Railcard holders will be able to get further reductions of up to a third : children pay a flat fare of £1 single . |
| 52 | It provides discounts of up to one third on most fares and a 50 per cent discount on the Network Card for travel in London and the South-east . |
| 53 | The tax meant that a bottle of whisky attracted taxes of up to 220% , the equivalent of Y 2,000 , or about $ 15.70 . |
| 54 | The period of up to eighteen weeks during which SMP can be paid . |
| 55 | An employee who qualifies only for the lower rate of SMP is entitled to it throughout the Maternity Pay Period of up to 18 weeks . |
| 56 | Among other things , the successful strikes of North Sea oil proved a notable bonus for British technology , reinforced in the seventies by other achievements such as the Anglo-French Concorde transatlantic airliner , and the emergence of the ‘ high-speed train ’ capable of speeds of up to 130 miles per hour . |
| 57 | In the NUM a left-wing spokesman like Arthur Scargill advocated a broad pay increase of up to 80 per cent , and denounced local incentive schemes accepted in most coalfields as a means of increasing productivity . |
| 58 | The Plym has never fished so well and enthusiasts report catches of up to eight fish per session with a high percentage of 2 lb plus specimens . |
| 59 | Water discharged from Daresbury Power Station into the Bridgewater Canal kept the Goosberry Hollow to Norton Station stretch fishable and there were catches of up to 30 small roach and the odd skimmer bream . |
| 60 | They stay in the reception classes for a period of up to three years , after which they are usually dropped into the lowest streams of the schools to which the classes are attached … |