Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Darlington Mr Milburn said the council 's surplus from sales was £1m , which could build 30 new homes outright or up to 120 properties if used to attract investment from housing associations . |
| 2 | The inner chamber is designed so that up to four volunteers can be accommodated in modest comfort ( though , as already mentioned , free-running experiments are performed on one volunteer only ) . |
| 3 | Trend Kwikcoat is fast-drying , so that up to three coats may be applied in a day ; its acrylic base ensures it does not turn yellow ; it is low in odour ; and brushes may be washed out in water . , . . |
| 4 | With a little nod , she hurried inside and up to her room . |
| 5 | ( PP must always speak naturally and up to time , otherwise these exercises are useless . ) |
| 6 | There will be a widespread welcome for the Secretary of State 's announcement about sewerage , if only because up to now , if I remember rightly , the water charge has not been included in the rebate scheme . |
| 7 | ‘ Prudence ’ , claimed Sam Smiles , ‘ requires that we pitch our scale of living a degree below our means , rather than up to them : but this can only be done by carrying out faithfully a plan of living by which both ends may be made to meet . ’ |
| 8 | There 's speculation tonight that up to two hundred jobs are to go at the Dowty Landing Gear factory at Staverton near Gloucester . |
| 9 | ‘ Aye , ’ I nodded slowly , hoping to content her with this , then looked away and up to one side as though I had just found something very interesting and important to look at on the ceiling . |
| 10 | Shunned by much of the old left , the new recruits had proved more than up to the task of filling the gaps . |
| 11 | John Durno , governor of Saughton prison , said yesterday that up to 200 prisoners could go through the programme in the year . |
| 12 | Hope this keeps us straight and up to date . |
| 13 | He rushed offstage and up to Lesley-Jane 's dressing room . |
| 14 | Sunday Life revealed two weeks ago that up to 10 unionist councillors in Belfast City Hall had been warned about their personal safety . |
| 15 | Citalia 's generous children 's reductions apply to children aged ( on the date of return travel ) from 2 to 11 inclusive and up to 16 for self-catering . |
| 16 | The eldest sister died five years ago and up to the age of eighty-two she drove her Aston Martin from Duns to Glasgow , twice a week at eighty miles an hour , to take an interest in the family business . |
| 17 | Police in the Irish Republic have been alerted but the RUC has not given up hope of finding the chestnut thoroughbred which romped to victory in the all-Ireland derby two years ago and up to 100 other races . |
| 18 | It still worked quite well when up to half its original rules were removed . |
| 19 | As well as up to 500 cable channels , the box would give access to extensive home shopping services and an array of databases . |
| 20 | The company calls the project its Infostructure Network , and it will involve it laying 7,000 miles of fibre this year alone , which it sees being used for home shopping services , software delivery , movie offerings and interactive educational programming as well as up to 500 television channels . |
| 21 | He enjoyed the gradual arrival of other birds , travelling northward and up to higher grounds as they too followed the spring , the buoyant thrushes , sudden parties of blue tits in the lower valleys , and the drumming of woodpeckers from out of still leafless woods . |
| 22 | All the expected digital effects are there and up to six can be used simultaneously . |
| 23 | We turned back through the village again and up to Claro . |
| 24 | He knew he should turn right into Longside Lane , then left down the long hill that was Shearbridge Road , then left again and up to the very top of Thorpe Street . |
| 25 | As he walked away again and up to Horne , he fiddled with his trousers and said , ‘ Ah , that 's better . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , of course , Brian Harley is doing the firm a hell of a lot of good with that magic putter of his ; and , yes , they have booked some extra space with us from July onwards and up to Christmas . ’ |
| 27 | From there it was a two-and-a-half-hour minibus ride along the coast towards Motril , then inland and up to Orgiva , a small town of some 6,000 souls . |
| 28 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |