Example sentences of "up to a [num] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively the other detector can take a lower-resolution spectrum of objects up to a 10 000 times fainter . |
| 2 | Yet last Saturday they were to be found in Henley , rowing in trials together with up to a hundred other hopefuls from all over Britain . |
| 3 | Up to a hundred thousand Orangemen are due to march through Belfast to mark the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 4 | Up to a hundred thousand Orangemen are due to march through Belfast today to mark the Battle of the Boyne anniversary . |
| 5 | But at a conference today , chief executives of some of the country 's biggest companies have been hearing how up to a thousand new jobs could be created . |
| 6 | They confirmed to make up to a thousand different messages You know that Chinese shop in Woking ? |
| 7 | Up to a dozen Tory MPs , alarmed at the threat of the loss of concessionary fares and line closures in the wake of privatisation , were said to be ready to defy the Government . |
| 8 | ‘ Brodetto ’ is a traditional fish soup concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish with their flavours enriched with generous use of olive oil , onion , herbs and garlic . |
| 9 | And slick pictures of pretty young people who seem to have nothing better to do than make amateur porn videos — often appearing in up to a dozen different tapes . |