Example sentences of "up to a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grew up to a lithe 5 feet 11¼ inches and 10½ stone . |
| 2 | Alternatively the other detector can take a lower-resolution spectrum of objects up to a 10 000 times fainter . |
| 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 | Since this release the Toms have followed up with the equally impressive ‘ Ruff Disco EP ’ from Nature Boy and are now up to a healthy six releases . |
| 6 | The control Store , containing up to a few thousand words , is set up initially with bit patterns representing the microprograms for the instruction set to be implemented . |
| 7 | Their spectra show that the radiating gas is excited by hydrodynamical shock fronts and that shock velocities of up to a few hundred kilometres a second are involved . |
| 8 | Tyrone , up to a few hundred feet of reddish sandstones occur above a basal conglomerate , and are succeeded by a thin development of argillaceous dolomite , the Upper Permian Magnesian Limestone . |
| 9 | Vaillant Thermocompact wall-hung gas boiler models VC 112E and 182E are now fully approved — BSI Kitemarked and British Gas service listed — for installations with flues up to a nominal five metres in length . |
| 10 | And if the consultant decides an operation is required , as routine patients , they could face another wait of up to a further 2 years . |