Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] to nine " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changing machines means a new contract , so the company are locked in for a fresh term , again of up to nine years . |
| 2 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 3 | We all sleep , and as a rule we do it at night in one long session of up to nine or ten hours , and during the day we stay awake . |
| 4 | The other and main hospital providing radiology had a waiting time of up to nine weeks with no prospect of the additional staff needed to reduce this . |
| 5 | Erm I would like to say a few words about the Fire and Rescue Service , er the Fire Cover Review Panel er which rests erm with couple of months before Christmas er it 's first meeting , received a report from the Chief Officer that in restructuring the Fire Service to get better use out of it to er spread the cuts could find savings of up to nine hundred thousand pounds in that process and they are friends in the Labour , Liberal Democrat groups have simply taken the good aspects of that the plus side of it and rejected the side what faces the side anyway . |
| 6 | He says it may be worth up to nine thousand pounds , and it 's also valuable to historians who want to know about Iron Age society . |
| 7 | Hundreds of Afghan political prisoners have reportedly been held without charge or trial for up to nine years in interrogation centres and segregated prison blocks operated by the Ministry of State Security . |
| 8 | The system has been designed to cater for up to nine lexicographers working constantly during the day . |
| 9 | Companies hit by labour disputes were to be granted emergency loans and allowed to postpone tax repayments for up to nine months . |
| 10 | By Nov. 15 , 25 students in Oujda had been sentenced for up to nine years in prison for involvement in the disturbances . |
| 11 | Eggs may survive for up to nine months in soil and L3 for years within the earthworm or other transport hosts . |
| 12 | The triple and quadruple recombinant baculoviruses proved to be stable for up to nine passages . |
| 13 | The project runs two adjoining homes which care for up to nine children each . |
| 14 | The average daily temperature is around 86 degrees Farenheit in November reducing to 76 degrees Farenheit in December with up to nine hours of sunshine per day . |
| 15 | Since 1947 breeding has also occurred at the following sites : Itchenor , up to 18 nests from 1946 to 1951 ; Chichester gravel pits , one nest in 1960 ; Fynings Moor , Rogate , two nests in 1963 and 1964 ; Beauport Park , Hastings , four or five nests in 1950 ; Great Park Wood , Udimore ( one of the original sites of the present Leasam colony ) , irregularly occupied until 1960 by up to nine pairs ; Nuthurst , a pair in 1973 ; Knepp , eight pairs in 1976 Buxted Park , one pair in 1976 . |
| 16 | Rail fares are to increase by up to nine point four per cent , more than twice the rate of inflation . |