Example sentences of "up to [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absolute number of adults classed as disabled increases continuously with age up to 79 years and then decreases slightly . |
| 2 | This could be a long drawn out affair of up to eight hours or more . |
| 3 | The Intel Math CoProcessor will accelerate the performance of more than four hundred of the most popular software packages by up to five times and virtually all PC 's already have a socket for one of these chips . |
| 4 | He now needed to learn his tables up to six times and also be able to do multiplication , addition , subtraction and division , tens and units , shillings and pence and have a basic knowledge of simple weights and lengths . |
| 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 | Clynol Stylewave Gel ( for your nearest salon 'phone ) lasts up to six weeks and also allows you or your hairdresser to tame difficult-to-style sections of your hair . |
| 7 | The ten-foot-long cylindrical plastic balloon rises as trapped air is heated by the sun , and according to the blurb on its packaging , it could reach extraordinary altitudes ’ up to 30,000 feet if inadvertently released . |
| 8 | The stone nave piers are grouped columns which soar up to tiny capitals and then to the beautiful vault which springs from them ( 538 ) . |
| 9 | So it goes on , with mentions of current ripples up to 10 feet and more in height , a gravel delta 200 square miles in area , the stripping off of the loess cover over an area of almost 2000 square miles and so on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Pursuant to Falkenhayn 's scheme of grinding the French Army to pieces by sheer weight of artillery , the Fifth Army 's guns had orders to move up to new positions as soon as the enemy first line had been overrun . |
| 12 | If the wind blows hard or an insect travelling at speed flies into the web , the bundles of thread in the glue globules unwind so that the filament can extend its length up to four times and still does not break . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The board is exposed to UV light for a period of up to 20 minutes or so . |
| 15 | If your army includes sixteen or more Trolls then the possible number of units goes up by 1 for every extra 5 models , eg 16–20 Trolls = up to 4 units , 21–25 Trolls = up to 5 units , 26–30 Trolls = up to 6 units and so on . |
| 16 | So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Mr Pinter gave him up to 15 minutes or so , and when he did not arrive , left . |
| 19 | All inputs tested — backspace , a whole number ( up to seven digits & more than seven digits ) , linefeed , carriage return , other characters . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We had to shift 1,000 lbs between us up to 11,000 feet and over 1,300 miles . ’ |
| 22 | Will the Minister release MOD votes to allow local authorities , in collaboration with the MOD , to bring empty housing owned by the local authorities and the MOD up to acceptable standards and then transfer it to local authority control for the express purpose of providing homes to ex-service personnel ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In contrast , if you perform an anaerobic ( literally ‘ without air ’ ) activity such as squash for 45 minutes , then you will burn off up to 650 calories but only around 260 of these will be fat calories . |
| 25 | Scotland knew before the match started that they could lose by up to 50 shots and still take the title . |
| 26 | If approved for a baby , go on to waiting list to be ‘ matched ’ — may wait up to 3 years or more for placement |