Example sentences of "[verb] up to [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 2 | Don Shears ( Avon ) moved up to the 55 age group where , seeded number 4 following his unbeaten run in the Dubler Cup , he reached the semi-final to give the ultimate runner-up , Gordon Davis ( USA ) a tough fight after battling through three exhausting rounds . |
| 3 | On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her . |
| 4 | Remember , a loss of between 2 and 4 lb per month adds up to a 24–48 lb drop in a year , 48–96 lb over two years . |
| 5 | The main features that any such model has to explain are a slight warming of the world ( at least , of the northern hemisphere , for which good records are available ) from the late 19th century up to the 1940s. and a subsequent cooling up to the 1970s . |
| 6 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
| 7 | Yes , but if you move on to that to the mainstream of our policies , which is five and six , that covers up to a thousand pounds parts and labour . |
| 8 | Skippers say up to a dozen tankers can be seen drifting among them . |
| 9 | It has a price tag of twelve thousand pounds … and its maker hopes to sell up to a hundred machines a year . |
| 10 | Supposed to be saving up to a hundred quid ! |
| 11 | That left her free to play at being married which consisted of getting herself done up to the nines and visiting her friends all day , now and again taking the baby , all nice and clean , out in her pram . |
| 12 | Byrd studied all research on the trait approach that had been done up to the 1940 's and only found 5% of all traits identified for leaders common to all the research . |
| 13 | brown tiles and it was brown tiles all in that room and of course we could n't , we had started a business and all the money had gone into the business and we could n't afford to , to start carpeting , it was impossible , so , but that room really looked superb I think , I had huge rugs , you know , one in front of the fireplace and another one this end and the other end in colour , in colours , and there really , it really looked nice and the floor was polished up to the nines , you know , er right through here all polished all the same colour |
| 14 | We receive up to a hundred and forty week |
| 15 | Dressing up to the nines is seen as ‘ making out ’ with the men but it 's also about declaring their independence as women — including economic independence from men . |
| 16 | In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators . |
| 17 | But she , she could bleeding dress up to the nines . |
| 18 | Some predict up to a five per cent average rise by the end of the year . |
| 19 | Plus that they add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 20 | Well that 's so you can work out , erm , if you if you look at any two numbers they add up to a hundred and eighty , |
| 21 | Add up to a hundred and eighty degrees . |
| 22 | Add up to a hundred and eighty degrees . |
| 23 | Cos these are these three add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 24 | These three add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 25 | It will also examine the response of fans to structural and cultural changes in Scottish soccer , following the Taylor report on safety , and leading up to the 1994 World Cup Finals . |
| 26 | There is a certain irony about the events leading up to the 1954 Convention . |
| 27 | THE England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand could prove to be a mixed blessing thanks to an insufficiently competitive provincial itinerary leading up to the two ‘ tests ’ against a New Zealand XV at the end of the tour . |
| 28 | Over the next few years leading up to the 1995 World Cup there 'll be plenty of time to slot in replacements as they are needed — particularly to the front-five where Jason Leonard will probably be the only one available for the next tournament . |
| 29 | Overall , the swing in our panel over the year leading up to the 1987 election was 5 per cent , but among persistent readers of Tory tabloids it was 12 per cent , and among persistent readers of Labour tabloids only 1 per cent . |
| 30 | However , scrutiny of the events leading up to the 9 July announcement suggests that this decision was a result not so much of Soviet ‘ opportunism ’ as of the policies of the Eisenhower administration and the brinkmanship of Fidel Castro . |