Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course each individual vine yields much less , but the overall production per hectare is significantly higher and it lives up to three times as long , in productive terms , as a grafted vine . |
| 2 | The species has a short life under water , and lives up to 6 months in the aquarium . |
| 3 | Mrs Bottomley , who is planning to close or merge up to 15 London hospitals , said she was ‘ most impressed ’ with her mother 's treatment . |
| 4 | Station Officer Eric Warrior , of Middlesbrough Fire Station , said anyone entering the building could easily fall up to 15 metres into the basement of the premises . |
| 5 | A population of mice may yield up to six times its weight because of rapid turnover and high metabolism . |
| 6 | Bulldozers were used to clear 1.6 million ha for Gmelina arborea ( Verbenaceae ) , which can yield up to 30 m 3 per ha per annum , but the best stands yielded only 14 t , the scheme overall only 3–6 t . |
| 7 | One cow will yield up to 23 litres ( 5gal ) of milk and 4½ litres ( 1gal ) should make 450g ( 1lb ) of cheese . |
| 8 | Born with a kidney defect , he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy . |
| 9 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 10 | The government last year announced that those who forget to flush public toilets will be fined up to 500 U S dollars . |
| 11 | Traders breaching these rules could be fined up to 60,000 lei ( approximately US$3,180 ) and have profits confiscated . |
| 12 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |
| 13 | * Meanwhile , the US Senate has voted to ban the use of large drift nets in US waters up to 200 miles offshore , as well as their use by US fishermen in international waters |
| 14 | The brine shrimps will grow during the course of the next 5 to 6 weeks , becoming up to 1 cm long . |
| 15 | That sensitivity rises when they are ovulating , becoming up to 10,000 times more acute than at menstruation . |
| 16 | Two old cars drew up with eight children and two anxious-looking mothers inside . |
| 17 | Your army may include up to eight Steam Tanks . |
| 18 | Your army may include up to five Squig Hoppers for each Night Goblin Mob it contains ( including Squig Hunter and Netter Mobs ) . |
| 19 | It will also discuss up to five drafts of a new post-communist constitution . |
| 20 | Will he urge the chairman to carry out a study of the economics of mining anthracite from small drift mines employing up to 75 people because many believe that mined in that way , anthracite could be extremely saleable and competitive in relation to both opencast operations and imports of Chinese coal ? |
| 21 | Next to the gardens , there will be a sports and recreation arena seating up to 12,000 people , while brand new tennis facilities at the Oberhausen Tennis Club reflect Germany 's growing enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 22 | The Royal Air Force wants up to 2000 rounds of whichever type the ministry selects . |
| 23 | PORTS TOP UP ON FIVE STAR |
| 24 | In spite of the size and complexity of the companies examined , which ranged up to 10 divisions and 40 businesses , but in one case had 27 divisions and 150 businesses , all the planning departments considered scanning for environmental information about every business unit to be important . |
| 25 | At the end of November 1973 , over 16,000 were outstanding , and the average period from receipt to decisions ranged up to sixty-five weeks ( for cases decided by the secretary of state after a local inquiry ) . |
| 26 | Turkey , which seized the northern third of Cyprus in 1974 and still has up to 30,000 troops here , withheld immediate comment on Mr Clerides ' victory . |
| 27 | THE former Soviet Union 's Aeroflot is by far the world 's largest airline-it has up to 1,500 aircraft and provides about a tenth of all air travel . |
| 28 | It has up to four motherboards , each with 16 fully switched High Performance Transputer Modules . |
| 29 | Ostend Ferries : P&O European Ferries ( 0304 203388 ) has up to six sailings a day in each direction from Dover to Ostend , crossing time four hours ; a 60-hour return for a 4.5 metre car and two adults costs from £50 to £89 depending on sailing . |
| 30 | The five classes are of mixed ability and each has up to eight children of similar age and/or developmental level . |