Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] up to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although later works made more use of Englishmen , foreign technicians continued to be needed , and the several groups located in the Weald add up to a directory of the industry in 1524–5 . |
| 2 | THE STAGE is a backyard bounded by a palisade of rusty corrugated iron ; two ladders lead up to a balcony , a tap drips into a can . |
| 3 | The food , the truckloads of champagne , accommodation , fees for the gala stars and 800 musicians , and air fares for many of the guests add up to a bill of millions for the weekend . |
| 4 | Every day , the wild birds on Swan Lake consume up to a quarter of a ton of wheat . |
| 5 | This is revealed in texts going back to about 2000 BC , notably in the ‘ Sumerian King List ’ which begins with a sequence of eight kings , presumably fabulous , whose reigns add up to a total of 241,200 years ! |
| 6 | Unless the horse is very sick or the swelling is severely affecting eating or breathing , it is sometimes better to delay antibiotics until the abscesses come up to a head and burst . |
| 7 | Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ? |
| 8 | If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient . |
| 9 | Your daily milk , two pieces of fresh fruit and portion of Fibre-Filler add up to a total of 400 calories and 20g of fibre . |
| 10 | For the early empiricists the answers taken in conjunction with other facts about the social structure add up to a description of a particular society . |
| 11 | These factors add up to a teaching force facing rising demands on its skills with falling numbers . |
| 12 | Some have expressed doubt that Stevens ' scale types add up to a theory of measurement or , if they do , whether this approach is a useful one for social research as it currently stands . |