Example sentences of "[to-vb] for up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increase in bursting seemed to continue for up to twelve hours after training . |
| 2 | 5 The Artist may be required to attend for up to ten hours per day . |
| 3 | 5 The Artist may be required to attend for up to ten hours per day . |
| 4 | Philips also point out that the omission of FMFFV in initial CD-I shipments will not be much noticed because no CD-I discs are currently planned incorporating it and none are likely to appear for up to two years after the launch . |
| 5 | Pigs by nature are rooting , foraging and exploratory animals , happy to wander for up to six hours a day . |
| 6 | A more liberal choice proposed by the Shop Hours Reform Council — allowing large shops to open for up to six hours on a Sunday , and small ones for as long as they wanted — would encourage almost half of all shops to do so . |
| 7 | It recommended that trials of scheduled terrorist offences should be conducted without a jury ; that members of the armed services should be given power to arrest and to detain for up to four hours to establish identity ; that bail should not normally be granted ; that the onus of proof as to the possession of firearms and explosives should in certain circumstances be shifted to the accused ; and that the rules about the admissibility as evidence of confessions and signed statements should be relaxed . |
| 8 | On 3 June 1992 the justices made a care order in respect of L. , a girl born in August 1988 , which included a direction to the local authority that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement so that he could investigate the rehabilitation process in order that L. could apply to have contact terminated if appropriate , such involvement to last for up to three months after the end of a placement at a mother and child unit . |
| 9 | The transient errors induced by a manoeuvre can cause pressure-dependent instruments to misread for up to three seconds at low altitude and up to ten seconds at altitudes of the order of 30,000 feet after movement of the control surfaces has effectively ceased . |
| 10 | Three days later — the last Saturday before Christmas — Regent Street and stretches of the Charing Cross Road had to be evacuated for nearly two hours following bomb scares , and Hatchards and Dillons in Piccadilly were also forced to shut for up to four hours on Saturday . |
| 11 | MINISTERS fear that unemployment , which has hit a six-year high at over three million , will continue to rise for up to 18 months and could delay economic recovery . |
| 12 | The system has been designed to cater for up to nine lexicographers working constantly during the day . |
| 13 | Lasting over 15 months , the contract began in August to cater for up to 800 personnel on the accommodation vessel Polyconfidence , and a further 180 on the production platform during the start-up phase . |