Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] [noun] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping on the go can become a habit and there are very many people who could manage to let up for ten minutes or more in the course of most days , with a bit of careful planning . |
| 2 | The treatment intervals before radiotherapy are given for the patients who were followed up for three months or more while undergoing laser treatment . |
| 3 | And you will , if you do n't end up with a house fire you may end up with nasty burns or even electric shock . |
| 4 | This could be a long drawn out affair of up to eight hours or more . |
| 5 | One fact which people often forget is that horses which have passed the acute clinically ill stage of the disease will still remain infectious for up to six weeks or possibly even longer . |
| 6 | For elastic materials the above ratios of harmonics are found with an accuracy of about 1 per cent up to ninth order or more . |
| 7 | The boundaries shown are intended to represent broad zones with an uncertainty of up to 10 km or so , and the whole map invites testing by further data . |
| 8 | By late July about 20 dissidents were known to be in detention , several ( including Matiba and Rubia ) under security legislation which allowed for detention without charge for up to 14 days or longer . |
| 9 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 10 | The board is exposed to UV light for a period of up to 20 minutes or so . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mr Pinter gave him up to 15 minutes or so , and when he did not arrive , left . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The territorial spread and regional significance , up to 30 miles or so beyond the LCC boundary , now provided the occasion for a planning study of seminal importance , updating that by Unwin of ten years past . |
| 16 | If approved for a baby , go on to waiting list to be ‘ matched ’ — may wait up to 3 years or more for placement |
| 17 | The Leeds Permanent and Abbey National want to go up by 1.25 points or more . |