Example sentences of "[noun] up [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They went out for walks up to five times a day and he spoiled Champ rotten . |
| 2 | British Telecommunications Plc 's BT North America says it plans to introduce wire and wireless services by the end of the year that will give its daily users better access to its data network : customers will be able to cut costs of on-line network usage by up to 30% and to access network applications and transfer data up to four times faster via its 14.4Kbs local dial service , which will be available from September , and uniform number access wireless cellular and radio , and its switched digital services . |
| 3 | Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday launches its first full-function servers , and with them hopes to persuade small- and medium-size businesses to buy from it all the computer equipment they need ; the new Workgroup servers can process data up to four times faster than Quadras , and although they will support alien machines , they are designed primarily for networks consisting mainly of Macintoshes ; the Workgroup Server Models 60 and 80 cost from $3,080 to $10,000 , the high-end Model 95 at $7,600 to $13,000 ; the 95 is out by the end of April the other two this summer ; the company also has a new Release 4.0 of its AppleShare file and print sharing software , and a high-end AppleShare Pro ; the company is also launching AppleTalk Connection for MS-DOS and Windows to enable cross communications between Macintosh and MS-DOS boxes in a network . |
| 4 | A JILTED woman who rang her ex-boyfriend up to 36 times a day has been cleared of phone pest charges because she was in love . |
| 5 | * Radioactivity up to 30,000 times above normal levels has been found in Bogdanovka , a health resort in central Russia . |
| 6 | The steel blades are protected by a Mylar coating for wear resistance , giving protection up to 10 times longer than the blade 's normal life . |
| 7 | At a constant 56mph , Volvo claims fuel consumption of 54mpg and exhaust emissions up to 25 times better than California 's 1993 laws , the world 's toughest . |
| 8 | On the basis of studies carried out in the UK , Europe and the US , the report concludes that car drivers are regularly exposed to levels of pollution up to 18 times higher than cyclists . |
| 9 | Why then is the rate of circumcision up to six times greater than the incidence of preputial pathology ? |
| 10 | He now needed to learn his tables up to six times and also be able to do multiplication , addition , subtraction and division , tens and units , shillings and pence and have a basic knowledge of simple weights and lengths . |
| 11 | It can recharge conventional batteries up to 20 times , thereby extending their useful life 10 times ( the recharge is not equivalent to the initial charge ) . |
| 12 | You lose weight , you feel very weak , and pass motions up to 10 times a day . |
| 13 | As the traditional champion of the small farmer the LDP also benefited from the electoral system 's tendency to give votes in rural constituencies up to three times the value of urban votes . |
| 14 | Currently , extensive areas of Europe and eastern North America are experiencing average pH values of less than 4.5 and even less than 4.0 This represents precipitation acidity up to 30–40 times that which would be expected from an unpolluted atmosphere ( figure 4.3 ) . |
| 15 | The move follows a survey by FOE which purports to show that the water supply of millions of people in the area is contaminated by 12 pesticides at levels up to 16 times above the legal limit . |
| 16 | Why do they all wear fur lined anoraks with the hood up at all times ? |
| 17 | Half television , half microscope , Roberts 's invention made it possible to magnify living tissues up to 25,000 times , against an ordinary miscroscope 's 5,000 times . |
| 18 | Air Canada flies into Toronto up to 15 times per week departing from London Heathrow , Manchester and Glasgow ( Prestwick ) . |
| 19 | The retina contains only nine light detectors , but by scanning the image up to ten times each second it is able to build up some kind of picture . |
| 20 | If the wind blows hard or an insect travelling at speed flies into the web , the bundles of thread in the glue globules unwind so that the filament can extend its length up to four times and still does not break . |
| 21 | But ringing has shown that the same birds return year after year to patrol the same wintering areas , the oldest birds having done the round trip up to 30 times . |
| 22 | Researchers at Carlton University in Ontario interviewed 700 women up to three times during their pregnancy , focusing on their drinking and smoking habits . |
| 23 | A CRANK caller phoned her next-door neighbour up to 10 times a day — and never said a word . |
| 24 | The July regulations imposed tariffs up to 20 times higher than before on goods not intended for personal use . |
| 25 | Her father has to sleep in the same room since he has to attend to her during the night when she may need a bed pan up to four times . |
| 26 | ‘ I telephoned the Blackpool office up to five times a day and never talked to the same person twice . |