Example sentences of "by up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of other ions may raise the resonant frequency by up to 50% . |
| 2 | The congress , which will be attended by up to 2,000 delegates , is intended to re-make the Party in a ‘ European ’ image , as Party spokesman Jan Bisztyga has said . |
| 3 | THOUSANDS of classroom teachers in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales are being underpaid by up to £2,500 annually because of a government error , one of the largest teachers unions claimed yesterday . |
| 4 | The aim of the traffic engineers was to cut car journeys by up to 10 per cent , creating congestion-free running for buses , goods vehicles and the remaining cars . |
| 5 | When apheresis is used in combination with the new drug simvastin , it can reduce cholesterol levels by up to 75 per cent . |
| 6 | View from City Road , page 25 Telecom price cut : British Telecom is to cut prices on some transatlantic calls by up to 8 per cent in response to competition . |
| 7 | Government stocks improved by up to £⅜ . |
| 8 | Government stocks were also weak , falling by up to £1 . |
| 9 | Government stocks fell by up to £¼ . |
| 10 | A programme designed to improve the skid-resistance of Britain 's roads is cutting wet-road accidents by up to 50 per cent in some places , says the Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
| 11 | Ministers have already had to pull Britain 's fleet of Magnox reactors out of the float and delay the sell-off date by up to six months . |
| 12 | It is not going to require all schemes to increase pensions in payment by up to a maximum of 5 per cent a year . |
| 13 | The petrol chain , Jet , will cut the price of a gallon by up to 6p from midnight tomorrow . |
| 14 | Official figures suggest reasonable growth rates — 5 per cent a year up to 1975 , declining to between 2 and 3 per cent now — but they are almost certainly exaggerated by up to 3 per cent . |
| 15 | THE price of water shares is expected to leap by up to 30 per cent when dealings start at 9.00am on Tuesday . |
| 16 | Before Christmas , Macy 's , the huge New York department store , was discounting Corning 's products by up to 50% . |
| 17 | Seeking to raise its capital base by up to $5 billion , Citicorp , America 's largest commercial bank , is to sell 20% of its credit-card business for more than $1 billion . |
| 18 | According to a study by Italy 's joint chiefs of staff , a manpower shortage may lead to the army being cut by up to half over the next 20 years . |
| 19 | In April , partly in response to Dell 's campaign , Compaq cut its prices by up to a third . |
| 20 | Livestock sales are down 1% , while turnover on dairy farms could fall by up to 10% . |
| 21 | Some dealers will consider silly prices to empty their forecourts — Ford has slashed prices by up to £2000 . |
| 22 | Insurance companies raise premiums by up to 100 p.c. for holidays involving dangerous sports . |
| 23 | Retailers say Pentland Crown , the Scottish-bred variety which increased farmers ' yields by up to 20 per cent when it was introduced 30 years ago , bruises too easily and goes black . |
| 24 | Minolta , the camera maker , reporting its first loss in 27 years , has slashed the salaries of 23 directors by up to 20 per cent . |
| 25 | Tiffany 's boutique in Tokyo 's Ginza has cut prices of gold necklaces and sapphire rings by up to 20 per cent because of sagging demand . |
| 26 | Even so , prices are not expected to rise and companies such as John Laing , Barratt and Wimpey have already written down their housing land bank values by up to 20 per cent . |
| 27 | Strategy meetings were being attended by up to 30 people , including many of the ‘ old guard ’ of the party , brought in for the election . |
| 28 | A 1940 War Office file on possible invasion sites states that Bawdsey is a ‘ Category A risk , liable to a seaborne attack , probably a smash-and-grab raid by up to 100 men , launched from a submarine or ship offshore ’ . |
| 29 | Scaffolding is expected to be erected this week , marking the start of work to halt the tower 's tilt , which is growing by up to three millimetres a month . |
| 30 | Mr Guerin was to have been sentenced yesterday but this has now been delayed by up to two months . |