Example sentences of "[be] up [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are up to three rounded blunt apical papillae flanked on either side by 6–7 oral papillae , the proximal ones are blunt but the distal ones are more spine-like . |
| 2 | The Master Level Index is the main entry point to the entire system , below which there are up to three levels of functional refinement . |
| 3 | Researchers at Leicester University are monitoring 400 water sports enthusiasts , who they believe are up to three times more likely to suffer viral disorders than the rest of the population . |
| 4 | It is now up a quarter on what it was 10 years ago , investments are up a third , productivity is up by a half and exports are up by three quarters . |
| 5 | it 's probably , it , it may of been up to three years |
| 6 | ‘ I daresay she 's been up since three , being horsey . ’ ) |
| 7 | The incubation period may be up to three months and , like warts , they may appear in crops . |
| 8 | Their heads can be up to three metres long , equipped with curving teeth . |
| 9 | If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised , the total delay could be up to three weeks . |
| 10 | You 'll be up before three o'clock , matey ! |
| 11 | But the test was , apparently , extremely effective : for if after this exercise the ground was judged right and the sowing proceeded satisfactorily , the husbandman expected the barley ‘ to be up in three days ’ . |
| 12 | The catalogue value of all the exhibits is up to three hundred thousand pounds . |
| 13 | In Kent the coastal water is up to three metres higher than it should be . |
| 14 | number six is up to three hundred . |
| 15 | Motion at the rooftops of two nearby buildings was up to three times that at ground level . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. Friend recall that until the Criminal Justice Act 1988 amended the law , the penalty for taking away a vehicle without consent was up to three years ' custodial sentence ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was up till three ack emma memorizing those files you gave me . |
| 18 | I was up till three o'clock in the morning , very often , getting these prepared because they wanted them as quickly as possible , you know and er er it was the same when I , I do n't know when |
| 19 | For the year as a whole , the deficit in sterling terms was up by three quarters from $120.2m to $210.5m . |