Example sentences of "[conj] in [noun] up to " in BNC.

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1 In summer the reedbeds resound to the songs of reed and sedge warblers , and in spring up to a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds .
2 From 5mm to 19mm thickness and in sizes up to 3650mm long with a maximum developed width of 2130mm .
3 ‘ Every bullet has his billet ’ is a distinctively modern saying , first recorded in that form in 1765 , and in use up to the present day to indicate that sometimes no precautions work ; yet saying the proverb , and believing it , probably never stopped anyone taking cover .
4 Some through passage takes place in spring , between March and early May , and in autumn up to the end of November , but recent records give little idea of the scale of these movements .
5 Conversely , where employers ' associations remained weak and underdeveloped — as in France up to the inter-war period — collective bargaining played a negligible role in setting the terms and conditions of employment , with the result that legislative provisions assumed relatively greater importance .
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