Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite lower British fertility levels , migration out of England exceeded 100,000 per year by 1870 ; 3–5 per 1,000 population , representing up to a third of natural increase ( Baines 1985 ) . |
| 2 | If the plan goes through , the mine would push further west from the workings acquired when Wheal Jane lined up with a second mine , Mount Wellington , a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 4 | We 'll make a hypothetical traverse from Easter Island on the East Pacific Rise ( an oceanic ridge , remember ) right across South America as far as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , so we 'll be starting at one plate margin , crossing a second and ending up at a third , each of them , of course , marked by a major belt of seismic activity [ see Fig. 2 ] . |
| 5 | So you can allocate up to a third . |
| 6 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
| 7 | Taking his cue from the Egyptians , Mr Ra came up with a third : Mummification ( with a capital ‘ M ’ because Summum , besides patenting the process , has somehow registered the word as a trademark ) . |
| 8 | A tiny figure is when you consider up to a third of the population is estimated to have no belief in God . |
| 9 | But the tax on company cars goes up by a third . |
| 10 | But much food aid is stolen as it is unloaded at the ports ; and army-escorted convoys manage to lose up to a third of their cargoes on the way . |
| 11 | On a high-rating Sunday , they will draw up to a third of the population of Britain . |
| 12 | As Liz Hannam reports , the RSPCA devote up to a third of their time to dealing with farmers and their animals , in the society 's ceaseless crusade against cruelty . |
| 13 | Some of them had pink shaved patches on their heads with electrodes that stuck up like a second pair of ears , and here and there were dark grey rats that seemed bigger than any of the others . |
| 14 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 15 | The results were followed up at a second Latin American consultation which was held in São Leopoldo , Brazil , in July 1992 . |
| 16 | This is followed up by a second editorial in the September issue in which Ms Ainsworth urges IoT members to use their influence ‘ to ensure that the examination proposals do not get support ’ . |
| 17 | The staircase sweeps up to a first floor balcony connecting four bedrooms , most with en suite bathrooms . |
| 18 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 19 | But I understand , and somebody here will no doubt correct me , that there is research to show that if you do actually walk about with a Sony Walkman , go to noisy discos , and then go into a noisy working environment , that by the age of thirty you can lose up to a third of your hearing . |
| 20 | In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m . |
| 21 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |
| 22 | Straightening up for a second time , Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon . |
| 23 | After staging several provocative manoeuvres in Vilnius , the newly arrived Soviet paratroopers on Jan. 11 occupied the headquarters of the Lithuanian Defence Council , a government department set up as a first step towards establishing an independent Lithuanian army . |
| 24 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 25 | After the van had been loaded it drove to another loading bay and backed up against a second wagon . |
| 26 | Few report writers invest up to a third of their time on follow through which is why their efforts so often arrive on death row ; the shelf in someone 's office where doomed reports await transfer to the waste bin or shredder . |
| 27 | It absorbs up to a fifth of its dry weight of water without feeling damp , she says . |