Example sentences of "often up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amnesty also has its own checks which ensure that all its major reports are passed through several levels of approvals , often up to the Secretary General himself . |
| 2 | Some companies now offer career break schemes to give both women and men a longer period of time off — often up to five years . |
| 3 | Flint walls , often up to three feet thick , were usually built straight on the ground without foundations , with a central hearth , the fire either laid on the earth floor or , if better off , a large stone slab . |
| 4 | It contained , as well as the magnificent borders , twenty-five small miniatures , often up to half a page in height , and eleven full-page miniatures . |
| 5 | Bankers say the central bank has been selling vast amounts of put options — often up to DM1 billion ( $135m ) a day — that grant the right to sell pesetas for a fixed amount of D-marks by an agreed future date . |
| 6 | Ransom strips are so called because they change hands at high values , often up to one third of the total site value . |
| 7 | The arm spines are finely rugose with occasional larger points , the second or third dorsal most ones which are often up to 2 arm segments long . |
| 8 | There are 7 rugose arm spines proximally , 5 distally ; the dorsalmost is the longest often up to 3 arm segments long on proximal segments . |
| 9 | The dorsal or second dorsalmost spine is the longest often up to three arm segments in length . |
| 10 | Words such as Menuetto and Allegretto can mean a variety of things ; it is often up to context alone to let us know what a specific set of words is telling us . |