Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] up to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , the LIMB database generally receives up to ten copies of each item , so it is possible to send out copies for retention to requesting librarians , and a loan system is regarded as administratively cumbersome . |
| 2 | From the priority date , the patentee normally has up to 12 months to apply for patents in other countries . |
| 3 | Turkey , which seized the northern third of Cyprus in 1974 and still has up to 30,000 troops here , withheld immediate comment on Mr Clerides ' victory . |
| 4 | When the patient is in bed , he usually uses up to three pillows plus a wedge cushion support for his head and shoulders , to counteract spasticity ( p. 49 ) . |
| 5 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
| 6 | Useful load also goes up to 450 kilos from 380 . |
| 7 | The player also offers up to ten hours continuous playing time if two additional rechargeable batteries are added to the basic pair , which themselves provide up to two-and-a-half hours play . |
| 8 | Sun Microsystems Inc has a new desktop SBus Expansion Subsystem that provides three more SBus slots for several of the its workstations and servers , and enables use of single and double width boards ; it also accommodates up to two 424Mb disk drives and will be available from Sun Microsystems Computer Corp and SunExpress at $2,500 in July . |
| 9 | Straight tracks up to fifty miles ( 80 km ) in length , often aligned to a mountain top , were still in use by local inhabitants . |
| 10 | She often works up to 16 hours a day and says that her role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor does not intrude on her research . |
| 11 | Police arrested him with 14 ounces of the drug in January and he now faces up to 25 years in jail . |
| 12 | the radiation dose here goes up to 5 Sv and was mostly due to γ-rays . |
| 13 | Its implementation reportedly supports up to 500 I/Os per second and each I/O request addresses 64KB of data . |
| 14 | It then takes up to 15 stages of filtration and other methods to separate the few parts per million of useful protein . |
| 15 | He readily owns up to this refusal to be tied down . |