Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] year [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 2 | The absolute number of adults classed as disabled increases continuously with age up to 79 years and then decreases slightly . |
| 3 | Some residents of the countryside , particularly younger sons , moved to urban areas on a permanent basis , but many were employed as dekasegi workers , away for anything up to three years or more . |
| 4 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 5 | In some instances the masses did not stop with the obit but went on with the annual ‘ year 's mind ’ for up to ten years or more . |
| 6 | If approved for a baby , go on to waiting list to be ‘ matched ’ — may wait up to 3 years or more for placement |