Example sentences of "[prep] up [prep] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to VHS-C , though , Video 8 tapes have a longer maximum runtime of up to two hours ( standard play ) , or four hours at LP speed ( ‘ PAL ’ machines ) . |
| 2 | It is high-powered and the tape should be audible to the whales from a distance of up to two miles . |
| 3 | Conviction could lead to a fine or imprisonment of up to two years , or both . |
| 4 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — this means that for two years you only repay interest , reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
| 5 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — for two years you only repay interest , further reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
| 6 | That Act imposed a penalty of up to two years ’ imprisonment , but this was altered by the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 , in certain cases to a maximum of seven years ' imprisonment and a minimum of three years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | Police courts could impose sentences of up to six months , and district courts of up to two years . |
| 8 | If you have decided to train for an entirely new specialty , such as health visiting or district nursing , you may find yourself having to reimburse course and equipment fees if you leave the job before a specified date of up to two years after your training has been completed . |
| 9 | The appointment will be for a period of up to two years and will be made on the Research Support 1A salary scale £ to £ per annum . |
| 10 | Is it my right hon. Friend 's intention to restore a custodial sentence of up to two years for that offence ? |
| 11 | They were given suspended prison sentences of up to two years on the grounds that they had caused no serious damage . |
| 12 | Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 . |
| 13 | Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years . |
| 14 | They also believe that this will be a lagged response , with prices following an expansion of the money supply with a time-lag of up to two years . |
| 15 | The relocation allowances package covered such items as : legal expenses ; the cost of a structural survey ; stamp duty ; estate agents ' fees ; removal expenses ; the cost of two visits by the family to view accommodation ( this covered travelling and accommodation costs ) ; and a disturbance allowance of up to two months ' salary . |
| 16 | Infringement of the hospital rules , or quitting without medical consent , carried penalties of up to two months imprisonment . |
| 17 | If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 . |
| 18 | As for pricing on the new DB2/6000 , this is tied to the number of concurrent use connections , and starts at $2,000 for up to two users on a baby RS/6000 to $57,600 for over 256 users on a top-end machine . |
| 19 | That was another thing discovered : carp seemingly preferred baits that had a tough , leathery skin , which is achieved by rolling the HNV paste into bait-sized balls and boiling them for up to two minutes . |
| 20 | This pecking can last for up to two minutes , and often ends in the male being interrupted before he can get to copulation . |
| 21 | You waited outside in the street for up to two hours , and then , when you got to the box office , the passes were heaped in no known order , and Tory office girls scrabbled through piles of them as if digging for hidden bones . |
| 22 | Chill filled tomatoes for up to two hours . |
| 23 | The cost of short-stay parking — for up to two hours — will rise by five pence . |
| 24 | Isolated human colonic epithelial cell suspensions were incubated with either 0.1 mM 5-aminosalicylic acid ( 5-ASA ) or 0.1 mM acetylaminosalicylic acid ( Ac-ASA ) for up to two hours . |
| 25 | The Coach Drivers Club felt that £5 per day or part of a day for a coach was unreasonable for coaches only visiting the town for up to two hours . |
| 26 | They found they could switch on particular groups of atoms with a pulse of electricity and they stayed switched on for up to two days . |
| 27 | Make the soufflé up to step 3 , cover with clingfilm and store in the fridge for up to two days , or , freeze without prawns and peppers . |
| 28 | He has two or three ear infections a month and sometimes pus pours from his ears for up to two days in a row . |
| 29 | Bangkok , was delayed for up to two days , and in Moscow such a thing as a boarding pass , an assigned seat , has never been thought of . |
| 30 | The crash was not reported by state-controlled radio for 12 hours , and relatives of the dead were not informed for up to two days . |