Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting from Jan. 1 , 1994 , an estimated 20,000 separate tariffs , duties and other barriers would be lifted in five to 10 years ; however , tariffs on most sensitive goods , especially agricultural products , would remain for up to 15 years . |
| 2 | After teaching English as a foreign language for many years , Pauline wanted to establish a house in a country setting where her students could stay for up to three or four weeks at a time . |
| 3 | Money at short notice is money lent for up to fourteen days . |
| 4 | The venture , which will involve investment of £8m , is believed to be receiving regional development grants worth up to 36 per cent of the total investment . |
| 5 | This allowed the administration to extend to the Soviet Union credit guarantees worth up to US$1,000 million to buy US agricultural produce . |
| 6 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
| 7 | Even safe and necessary medicines sell for up to six times as much in poor countries as they do in the country of manufacture . |
| 8 | Needless to say , the study of natural hazards is important , a statement brought into sharp focus by the fact that natural hazards account for up to 4 per cent of total deaths in the world each year ( Mitchell , 1974 ) . |
| 9 | The increase in bursting seemed to continue for up to twelve hours after training . |
| 10 | From November , 1914 , Ruhleben ( racecourse stables outside Berlin ) housed for up to four years about 4000 Britons , who ranged from several honeymoon couples just arrived in Germany for their August holidays to dons and students on walking or reading parties , musicians and sportsmen snatched from festivals , and even a journalist with an ear supposedly close to the ground , Israel Cohen , a German correspondent for the London press who had cheerfully left on July 29 for his vacation near Dresden . |
| 11 | The nests may persist for up to 20 years and such a nest in rain forest can completely defoliate a major tree in a single night . |
| 12 | This naturally cured beef comes from only the finest fillets and is matured for up to five months . |
| 13 | In addition , ex vivo platelet aggregation to ADP and adrenaline was significantly reduced in diabetic subjects treated for up to a year with therapeutic doses of gliclazide ( Poari et al , 1979 ) . |
| 14 | 5 The Artist may be required to attend for up to ten hours per day . |
| 15 | 5 The Artist may be required to attend for up to ten hours per day . |
| 16 | Sinn Fein complained that their election workers were being harassed and delayed for up to half an hour at checkpoints . |
| 17 | Impairment of warmth and rigid or anxious mothering styles also occur during the acute illness , and improvement may be delayed for up to one year , depending on the premorbid social adjustment . |
| 18 | Repayments can be delayed for up to four years until the project yields a return , but thereafter they are normally due in six-monthly instalments . |
| 19 | Bangkok , was delayed for up to two days , and in Moscow such a thing as a boarding pass , an assigned seat , has never been thought of . |
| 20 | However , because of the court timetable , the posting of the scheme document will be delayed for up to three weeks after the announcement . |
| 21 | Today thousands of commuters were delayed for up to 35 minutes as trains ran behind schedule . |
| 22 | It is known , however , that synthetic PGPR has a very short half life ( <5 minutes ) in human serum in vitro but persists for up to four hours in human urine in vitro . |
| 23 | The System 16 is a rack mounted system with 16 alarm modules , while the System 4 is a small wall-mounted sensor monitoring system designed for up to 4 remote sensors and up to 85 different operating modes . |
| 24 | The system will allow the vessel , designed for up to 20 years of service , to weathervane around a turret near the bow while shuttle tankers collect cargoes to transport ashore . |
| 25 | Well yes , but that , remember we provided for up to two hundred million which we thought would see us through to the end of ninety two . |
| 26 | ( That 's gained a more recent wrinkle : ‘ IBM stands for In Between Marriages , ’ says one veteran . |
| 27 | Some such cars were held up and trapped for up to six hours , for those who could the best option was to leave the car and complete the journey on foot . |
| 28 | Tiered grandstand seating for up to 800 people will be available at Bishops Lydeard for each of the two Cavalcades held each day in between normal WSR service trains . |
| 29 | ACONTRACT worth up to £20 million for running a new social security computer centre was yesterday awarded to a non-union , American-based company without any other bids being invited . |
| 30 | Philips also point out that the omission of FMFFV in initial CD-I shipments will not be much noticed because no CD-I discs are currently planned incorporating it and none are likely to appear for up to two years after the launch . |