Example sentences of "up [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable . |
| 2 | Junior doctors across the region are to ballot on industrial action in protest at working up to a hundred hours a week . |
| 3 | It has a price tag of twelve thousand pounds … and its maker hopes to sell up to a hundred machines a year . |
| 4 | Hey and listen , Pat , I do n't want to see or hear any reference to that part of the plan which shows that we can save up to a billion dollars a year by supplying components from the European plants to fit US manufactured vehicles . |
| 5 | The Leeming airfield can get busy at times , so anything up to a dozen Tornados a day can visit us for refuelling . |
| 6 | Skilled stalkers are shooting up to a dozen hinds a day . |