Example sentences of "a [noun sg] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Day in and day out , today they can Same with old mowing machines , they used to go out To open a field up in those days , they used to have to go round with a scythe .
2 Abortion of a male up to 40 days and a female up to 80 days was thus considered permissible until 1989 , when the Church adopted its current position — that the soul was infused at conception — which effectively outlaws abortion .
3 You get a build up of black heads around the nose , and around the chin .
4 It is reasonable to expect with a re an extensive programme like , like section eleven that there has been a build up of expertise , hat there has been a build up of educational resources and why should one area of the service be exempt from examination or assessment .
5 The commission , looking at some gloomy Treasury Department projections , recommended a small trimming of benefits in the distant future and a speeding up of planned increases in payroll taxes .
6 Modular fuel tanks ( you literally switch tanks by landing , disposing of the empty one and clipping a full one on ) give the CIRV a five-hour maximum endurance and a range up to 250 miles , or fifty miles unrefuelled , cruising at 30–50 mph after a take-off run which can be as short at two metres .
7 The license permits the Distributor to manufacture the Videos for a period up to twelve months of the signing of this schedule .
8 The license permits the Distributor to manufacture the Videos for a period up to twelve months of the signing of this schedule .
9 The license permits the Distributor to manufacture the Videos for a period up to twelve months of the signing of this schedule .
10 The license permits the Distributor to manufacture the Videos for a period up to twelve months of the signing of this schedule .
11 He and the Bosnian Croat leader , Mate Boban , also signed a new paper giving interim arrangements for governing the country during a period up to two years .
12 If we follow standard practice in assuming that prices are fixed as a mark up over variable costs and that the rate of productivity growth is exogenous , a modified Phillips curve of the form emerges .
13 To take a concrete example , an established characteristic of the pricing decision across many Western economies over several decades has been the tendency for firms , particularly firms in the manufacturing sector , to set prices as a mark up over variable costs , the most prominent among which is the money wage .
14 At dinner the undergraduate in his second year got on well with the ex-prime minister , which is a mark up to both sides .
15 The Charge Code is a number up to four digits long .
16 The Charge Code is a number up to four digits long .
17 The Charge Code must be a number up to four digits long .
18 Abortion of a male up to 40 days and a female up to 80 days was thus considered permissible until 1989 , when the Church adopted its current position — that the soul was infused at conception — which effectively outlaws abortion .
19 Rank has launched a video projection system for around £10000 which will show clear bright pictures on a screen up to eight metres wide .
20 I have a 42″ x 15″ x 18″ tank which has been a set up for 18 months .
21 Easiest winner of the week was Cunning who looks set for a step up to better things .
22 Some have hearing which is so acute that they can detect insects as tiny as a midge up to 60 feet away .
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