Example sentences of "[noun] up to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how many people know this , but if you 're in custody and you have council accommodation , the council will only pay your rent up to a year . |
| 2 | She eased her sticking back from the car seat up to a cafe where a boy with slanting eyes and a towel tied round his waist wiped a table clean for them , then shook a filthy cloth over it with a flourish . |
| 3 | The maximum loan is 90 per cent of property value on mortgages or 75 per cent on remortgages up to a maximum of £150,000 . |
| 4 | So farmers are looking hard for new sources of income and , to be fair , the Government is encouraging the search : grants are available for feasibility studies ( 50% of cost ) , for employing a marketing person ( 40% in the first year but decreasing after that ) and for capital expenditure ( 25% up to a limit of £40,000 ) . |
| 5 | The donation was similar to unemployment benefit and from November 1918 was available for periods up to a maximum of thirteen weeks to all the unemployed covered by the 1911 insurance scheme , to ex-servicemen , civilians , insured and non-insured alike . |
| 6 | Moreover pupils need to learn appropriate modes of behaviour for a range of off-site learning activities , e.g. a visit to a cathedral , a climb up to a hill fort , following a town heritage trail or exploring a castle . |
| 7 | m. up to a maximum of £2,650 ( the fee payable on 3,750 sq . |
| 8 | ‘ When you are developing an act up to a record deal , you spend a lot of time with them , ’ confirms Doyle . |
| 9 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 10 | In the run up to a Home International game at Hampden , the Scotland squad were assembled at a hotel in Troon . |
| 11 | The police say they acted after hearing reports of drug dealing in the run up to a warehouse party . |
| 12 | NATO insisted on placing a limit of 275,000 each on US and Soviet personnel only , while the Warsaw Pact wished to include foreign deployments by all countries up to a maximum of 300,000 each by NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 13 | If the relocation takes place at a time when it is important for a child to complete a course of education , e.g. GCE examinations , the company will pay reasonable board and lodging costs for the child up to a maximum of £200 per month for the remainder of that school term or until all examinations are complete within that academic year . |
| 14 | In the event that you or others named on your booking form suffer death , bodily injury or illness arising from an activity which does not form part of the services we have agreed to supply to your , then we shall through our Representatives or Agents offer you every reasonable assistance , including advice and guidance and may , depending upon particular circumstances and at our complete discretion , offer initial financial assistance up to a maximum of £5,000 per booking form . |
| 15 | Individual projects were still considered for fund assistance up to a maximum of 50 per cent of expenditure , but programmes could receive up to 70 per cent . |
| 16 | The CM-1300 provides increased disk storage capacity up to a maximum of 48Gb and features an upright cabinet designed so that the system can be easily upgraded to higher performance RISC technology by exchanging processor boards in the future . |
| 17 | It is paid free of tax up to a maximum of £8000 over the full period of the allowance ( see Appendix 1 ) . |
| 18 | Buildings up to a quarter of a mile away suffered severe damage from the 100 lb bomb , which killed three and injured 91 , as the pressure wave ricocheted from St Mary Axe down the concrete canyons of the Square Mile . |
| 19 | Class 3 contributions are voluntary contributions paid by non-employed persons ; the usual reason they are paid is to bring the number of contributions up to a level to entitle the person to a benefit . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work . |
| 21 | The differential amplifiers used in EEG machines use the difference between the voltages offered by the two inputs , which is normally less than 200 microvolts ( millionths of a volt ) , and amplify this difference up to a voltage sufficient to drive the galvanometer pens — perhaps 0–5 volts . |
| 22 | Citalia ( 081–680 5336 ) offers holidays from two days up to a fortnight , with B&B prices from around £259 per person . |
| 23 | The good news is that he will not be rushed off to stud afterwards and will campaign for further honours next year when a move up to a mile and a quarter might be considered . |
| 24 | Chief change is a move up to a 1900cc engine so he can compete with Peugeots at the head of the field . |
| 25 | Travel Delay — If your arrival in the resort on the outward journey , or at your UK destination on the return journey , is delayed for any of the specified reasons for more than 8 hours , you may claim £30 plus £15 for each subsequent completed 8 hour period up to a maximum of £105 in all . |
| 26 | It extends in places up to a metre or so above the level of the reef flat due to the fact that Porolithon can survive in the splash and spray zone and does not need long periods of immersion . |
| 27 | Bosch will be able to buy them out in 1996 for 20.4 times average earnings per share in the previous three years up to a maximum of 394p . |
| 28 | For letters and packages up to a weight limit of 2kg you can simply pay £1.95 in addition to the normal airmail postage for the weight and destination and affix a red SWIFTAIR sticker to each item . |
| 29 | Stairs to the south lead up to a gallery which runs around the room above the level of the archways ( some 16 feet up ) , with a door visible on the north side . |
| 30 | Where the ophthalmic optician subsequently prescribes special corrective appliances solely to correct vision defects at the viewing distances used specifically for the display screen work concerned , and where normal corrective appliances ( ie those prescribed for any other purposes ) can not be used , during this interim period , a Head of Department will refund such costs up to a maximum of £50 . |