Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [adv] [verb] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A honey-bee colony , which may eventually contain up to eighty thousand individuals , is founded when a young queen hatches in an existing colony and emigrates , taking half of the workers with her . |
| 2 | Many people spend more time planning a holiday than in preparing for retirement , which may well occupy up to thirty years of life . |
| 3 | An energy source which could potentially supply up to ten times our energy needs for several thousand years is called an indefinitely sustainable energy source . |
| 4 | On top of the official fee of up to 10 yuan ( about $1 ) a term , many schools add on other charges , for repairing crumbling school buildings , topping up teachers ' meagre pay or buying books , which can easily add up to the equivalent of $10 a month . |
| 5 | Too often , noise has meant a level plane of abraded texture , which can merely add up to a different kind of blandness , a sense-dulling consistency . |