Example sentences of "[adv] for up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 PRUDENTIAL has launched a new range of flexible pensions products which can be converted to a free-standing additional voluntary contribution and vice versa , and allow contribution levels to be reduced or even suspended altogether for up to five years .
2 They found they could switch on particular groups of atoms with a pulse of electricity and they stayed switched on for up to two days .
3 It 's expected to go on for up to six weeks .
4 The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot .
5 Active exploration requires a Mines Royal Licence , issued for twelve months extended annually for up to three years dependent on satisfactory progress .
6 We had a number of Koi and Goldfish which had lived together for up to ten years and many were quite large .
7 A Wellcome spokesman said the Anglo-French Concorde trials show ‘ an encouragingly low incidence of adverse reactions associated with one gramme of Zidovudine daily for up to four years ’ .
8 Sometimes the soldiers can be away for up to five weeks at a time .
9 Merrill Lynch 's 1985 survey of relocation policies found that 96 per cent of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed compensated their employees for the costs of living in temporary accommodation , with 78 per cent compensating for hotel and/or rented accommodation for a fixed period , generally for up to three months .
10 He rang the TV licensing office in Bristol to check how long it would take to get the new licence and he was told he must turn his TV off for up to three weeks until the cheque was cleared .
11 Ninety three patients entered the study , and 82 were followed up for up to five years ( mean ( SEM ) 28 ( 1.5 ) months ) with six monthly ultrasonagraphy and yearly oral cholecystectography .
12 GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee .
13 Many companies distribute their disks through Transend for you to try out for up to 90 days .
14 Follow up was annually for five years and then less often for up to seven years four months .
15 On the Island of Delos some of the later houses , built c. 150–50 B.C. , extended upwards for up to four storeys ; they have survived extremely well ( III ) .
16 Stay there for up to five minutes .
17 They will remain there for up to ten weeks , before being brought into a warm greenhouse so we can force them into flower .
18 The chicks are not likely to drown as they can conceal themselves underwater for up to twenty minutes .
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