Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] up to " in BNC.
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1 | Exact measurement of molecular weight works for molecules up to 10 000 times the mass of the hydrogen atom — among the molecules that have been analysed is the hormone glucagon with a molecular weight of 3482 . |
2 | Pro-File compensates automatically at the reduced atmospheric pressure for dives up to 3,500 metres altitude . |
3 | My poor old friend Ron , is worried about money up to his , up to his arm pits , but he manages to get out and play his violin , you know , two Saturday 's ago I went up with him to Norwich to stay with his nice lady Trudy , and in the evening , Saturday evening , I went to the gorgeous old church in Norwich where he and the other 's were all working away playing the Mozart Symphony or two . |
4 | When m = 0.6 , the input resistance remains close to for frequencies up to 85% of the critical frequency . |
5 | The JCT also suggests that the form is generally suitable for contracts up to the value of £50,000 at 1981 prices , in other words , for projects which are relatively uncomplicated and small . |
6 | If so , describe a range of toys for ages up to twelve . |
7 | A NEW Earlycare calf feed range was launched on June 1 to provide farmers with a choice of feeds for calves up to 12 weeks of age . |
8 | Two passages through the reef , both navigable for vessels up to 5,000 tons . |
9 | Bear in mind that if a total loss occurs you still have to pay any outstanding instalments and if a Motor policy is cancelled you are liable for premiums up to the date we receive from you the Certificate(s) of Insurance . |
10 | Nevertheless , the West German coalition decided on April 23 to offer the East German government a 1:1 conversion rate for savings up to 4,000 Marks and for wages and pensions ( which latter would also be raised , from less than 50 per cent of wages to the West German level of 70 per cent ) . |
11 | Use 0.5sq mm flex for light fittings , 0.75sq mm flex for light fittings , 0.75sq mm flex for small appliances , 1 sq mm flex for those rated at up to 2kW , and 1.25sq mm for ratings up to 3kW . |
12 | ‘ They went out for walks up to five times a day and he spoiled Champ rotten . |
13 | Mushtaq , shortly before England took the lead , was inconsolable when Smith survived and appeal after padding up to a googly . |
14 | The donation was similar to unemployment benefit and from November 1918 was available for periods up to a maximum of thirteen weeks to all the unemployed covered by the 1911 insurance scheme , to ex-servicemen , civilians , insured and non-insured alike . |
15 | The warrant can authorise further detention for periods up to 36 hours . |
16 | Exponential smoothing would again normally be used for short term forecasting , for periods up to six months ahead . |
17 | Those which normally live on the inner part of the reef flat ( see below ) are more resistant to emersion than those normally under vigorous wave action : some species can survive emersion for periods up to three hours . |
18 | The final round on the Grand Union Canal at Broadmead Bridge was fished by 26 competiors who had to smash through ice up to six inches thick . |
19 | It includes for the first time in one volume additional indexes for porcelain painters , enamellers and silhouettists , incorporating the work of artists up to the present day . |
20 | Alternatively the other detector can take a lower-resolution spectrum of objects up to a 10 000 times fainter . |
21 | Compensation for loss of office/position up to £30,000 ; |
22 | The remaining seven months of Minutes up to January 1909 , when the 11 years silence started , give quite a few insights into the growing pains of a new untried enterprise , although some club business has a familiarly contemporary ring ! |
23 | Secondly , it is of course up to the individual credit granter to decide whether or not to enter into a transaction requested by an individual customer . |
24 | This is , by definition , neither a penalty clause , nor a limitation of liability up to a certain amount , because it is supposed to be a genuine pre-estimate of the damage . |
25 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
26 | Following a subsequent period of stability a fresh wave of poor immigrants arrived between 1631 and 1660 , bringing the proportion of labourers up to 31·2 per cent . |
27 | We also need more radical policies to raise levels of income up to and beyond state retirement age . |
28 | The revenue gained from this reform should be used so that contributions rise by single percentage points over bands of income up to the upper earnings limit . |
29 | Every British geology student knows about the " liver-coloured " quartzite pebbles which are found in our Triassic conglomerates ( referred to earlier ) and which are said to have come all the way from the Ordovician " Gres Armoricain " and " Gres de May " of Brittany ( plate 1.13 ) , even though this implies the transportation of pebbles up to 20 or 30 cm diameter for several hundred kilometres up to the English Midlands . |
30 | She heard Mr and Mrs Hepwood return home , and shortly after that felt guilty when Wendy , a sixteen-year-old who helped Mrs Lumsden , the housekeeper , brought a tray of tea up to her . |