Example sentences of "[conj] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the anchorage where the destroyer headquarters ship with its rear admiral 's flag once lay , and where up to a dozen destroyers might be swinging with the tide at their buoys , was now empty water . |
| 2 | In the mid-1950s only a few of the simpler , standard power stations were beginning commissioning three to three-and-a-half years after the start of work on site , but the BEA failed to get their average performance near to that of their best or up to the similar three-year timings achieved by the Atomic Energy Authority in developing their smaller ( but more challenging ) demonstration nuclear power plants . |
| 3 | The results of companies acquired or disposed of in the year are dealt with from or up to the effective date of acquisition or disposal respectively . |
| 4 | The National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) which advises the government on radiation hazards , now estimates that up to a hundred people will have died from the fallout . |
| 5 | Perhaps most important is the observation that up to a third of confirmed alcoholics have completely normal liver histology . |
| 6 | Ellstrand estimated that up to a third of all crop varieties are pollinated by insects . |
| 7 | Farms are a soft target for arsonists , according to a report which says that up to a third of farm fires are caused deliberately . |
| 8 | Speaking at an Amnesty International meeting in Blackpool , Mr Waldegrave said that up to a few years ago the Soviet Union 's record was appalling and its policy unyielding . |
| 9 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 10 | Of particular interest in the mouse is the observation that up to the 8th day of gestation the isolated embryonic region will give rise to transplantable tumours when placed beneath the testis or kidney capsule ( 16,17 ) . |
| 11 | In batch mode the user can request that up to the total number of charge codes established in the system are included in the Listing . |
| 12 | The overwhelming evidence from research studies into NHS decision-making , summarised by Harrison , demonstrates that up to the early 1980s the culture of NHS management was shaped by their relatively weak position vis-à-vis doctors ( Harrison 1988 ) . |
| 13 | The authors observe that up to the present time most obsolescence studies have been characterized by a superficial approach to what is a highly complex situation of interlocking factors . |
| 14 | whatever you , whatever your grant is whether it 's eight hundred pounds , parents subsidize that up to the two thousand whatever |
| 15 | Time to first print is roughly 45 seconds and multi-copy printing pulls that up to the rated 6 pages per minute claimed for the unit . |
| 16 | Again , his fingers teased her , running a path of torturing heat about her thigh , and up over the jutting bone of her hip , close — far too close ! — to that part of her where the aching need had its centre . |
| 17 | ‘ What if this tree gets hit by lightning ? ’ she asked , peering up and up through the twisted branches . |
| 18 | The filter bed arrangement for reverse-flow is exactly the same as the downflow method , but the direction of water is reversed and pumped down the uplifts and up through the various media . |
| 19 | But the pull on his soulless mind was too strong now , and he felt himself being drawn up and up into a vast emptiness , and into the endless skies of infinity . |
| 20 | We trooped off round the back of the church and up into a small raised garden where there were indeed some benches . |
| 21 | From Mynydd Ddu the Way pushes northwards through the town of Llandovery and up into the Cambrian Mountains , passing close to the shores of the huge reservoir , Llyn Brianne . |
| 22 | A curved arm scythes through the air and the body follows its lead , spiralling to the ground where deft work ( and powerful abdominal and back muscles ) produce a smooth synthesis of movement , driving it across the floor and up into the next sequence . |
| 23 | It is interesting that nearly all music-hall artists adapted successfully ; evidently , years of projecting the voice over the orchestra and up towards the upper circle without the help of loudspeakers was good training . |
| 24 | As the school filed across the High Street and up towards the Common , Robert found he was sweating . |
| 25 | The Way continues up into the Black Mountains going over Sugar Loaf and up onto the main escarpment . |
| 26 | At least 13 bodies were later carried to a nearby church and up to a hundred casualties were admitted to hospital . |
| 27 | Six hundred and twenty mining jobs are to go at the Bickershaw colliery in Lancashire and up to a hundred jobs will disappear at Granada Television , the makers of ’ Coronation Street ’ . |
| 28 | Six hundred and twenty mining jobs are to go at the Bickershaw colliery in Lancashire and up to a hundred jobs will disappear at Granada Television , the makers of ’ Coronation Street ’ . |
| 29 | A successful takeover would mean the closure of the Morland 's Abingdon brewery and up to a hundred job losses . |
| 30 | The RSPB estimates that , on average , up to 1.5 million waders and up to a million wildfowl spend the winters on the UK coasts , about 80 per cent of them on estuaries . |