Example sentences of "[adv] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also exploring with solvency regulators the possibility of advancing current-year profits , which would not normally be paid out until 1996 — perhaps up to 5% of names ' underwriting limits . |
| 2 | Community midwives used to have to visit every mum , as a minimum , twice a day up to postnatal day three , and then daily up to day ten . |
| 3 | The new Arrangements are very similar to the 1988 Scheme , the main , and welcome , change being the removal of the lower tier in what had previously been a two-tier system for remuneration for advice at police stations : a solicitor could undertake up to £90 of work , extendable retrospectively , where the client was in custody for an arrestable offence , but only up to £50 ( non-extendable ) otherwise . |
| 4 | Desmopressin , 20–40 mg nightly intranasally is effective during treatment in 12% to 70% of cases ; only up to 31% remain dry after the course of treatment . |
| 5 | It 's only up to Christmas . |
| 6 | Mortgage relief is available only up to £30,000 while childcare expenses can not be offset against tax . |
| 7 | In comparison , the risk for pipe and cigar smokers was only up to 10% higher than nonsmokers . |
| 8 | It was all up to Coleman . |
| 9 | Of course that was just stage one , when we moved gently up into position at the Valve . |
| 10 | The Dictionary as a whole needs to be kept constantly up to date . |
| 11 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 12 | Some of the new investment is financed by parent companies , as is shown by the growing share of investment in subsidiaries , but the resale of less up to date equipment to subcontractors is also a common practice . |
| 13 | So we 'll get that sorted out and been talking about it I think the best bet is if we can get a few lessons in during the holidays so that when he goes back to school he 'll be more or less up to date . |
| 14 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 15 | She had been going to take a walk around Mariánské Láznë , had n't she , so a three mile walk or so up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's home would n't be so difficult , would it ? |
| 16 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 17 | A score of 0 represented no reactivity , 1 represented strong staining in up to 1% of cells , 2 strong staining in <30% , 3 staining in <60% , and 4 staining in up to 100% . |
| 18 | Under the rescue plan , the Dutch and Flemish governments and financial institutions will pump in up to £186 million of capital to a new company , DAF Trucks NV . |
| 19 | Planting in up to 90cm wide rows allows a well-rounded ridge to be formed . |
| 20 | Long term oral propranolol treatment or repeated endoscopic injection sclerotherapy are similarly effective in reducing rebleeding that still occurs in up to 60% of patients and neither have been shown consistently to improve survival . |
| 21 | Because point mutations in K-rase and p53 are common events in colorectal carcinoma , occurring in up to 40% and 67% of tumours , it would be of interest to determine whether p53 and K-ras also cooperate in vivo to produce invasive carcinoma . |
| 22 | Non-emergency portasystemic shunt surgery is effective in preventing rebleeding but is still associated with high perioperative mortality in Child 's grade C patients and postoperative encephalopathy occurs in up to 40% of patients . |
| 23 | Sun is so flush with cash that it plans to buy in up to 7.5m of its own shares , 7.5% ; the purchases will be funded from available working capital and the shares will be held in treasury or used for ongoing stock issues for its employee share ownership plans . |
| 24 | Clinically severe pancreatitis is reported to occur in 1–7% of patients , while an asymptomatic increase in pancreatic enzyme activities may occur in up to 70% . |
| 25 | Market prices : Light lambs up to 115.6p ( 109.5p ) , standards up to 124.3p ( 112.9p ) , medium up to 128.3p ( 114.4p ) , heavy up to 108.4p ( 107.5p ) . |
| 26 | THOMAS HARRIS ' book provides half this film 's momentum through its psycho violence and invention of Dr Hannibal ‘ The Cannibal ’ Lecter , lovable liver-eating sociopath psychiatrist , and the rest is largely up to Anthony Hopkins in the role of said Lecter . |
| 27 | It was largely up to NME to cover all the bases at the time . |
| 28 | From his high-rise office Carson looked out over the roofs of Rome , then at the colonel across the desk , then finally up at Hawkins . |
| 29 | ACA Services is already up on Ultrix , Windows and Sun Sparcstations . |
| 30 | The shop 's already up for sale . |