Example sentences of "[be] up [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Researchers at Leicester University are monitoring 400 water sports enthusiasts , who they believe are up to three times more likely to suffer viral disorders than the rest of the population . |
| 2 | The Master Level Index is the main entry point to the entire system , below which there are up to three levels of functional refinement . |
| 3 | It is now up a quarter on what it was 10 years ago , investments are up a third , productivity is up by a half and exports are up by three quarters . |
| 4 | it 's probably , it , it may of been up to three years |
| 5 | Their heads can be up to three metres long , equipped with curving teeth . |
| 6 | The incubation period may be up to three months and , like warts , they may appear in crops . |
| 7 | If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised , the total delay could be up to three weeks . |
| 8 | But the test was , apparently , extremely effective : for if after this exercise the ground was judged right and the sowing proceeded satisfactorily , the husbandman expected the barley ‘ to be up in three days ’ . |
| 9 | In Kent the coastal water is up to three metres higher than it should be . |
| 10 | Motion at the rooftops of two nearby buildings was up to three times that at ground level . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend recall that until the Criminal Justice Act 1988 amended the law , the penalty for taking away a vehicle without consent was up to three years ' custodial sentence ? |
| 12 | For the year as a whole , the deficit in sterling terms was up by three quarters from $120.2m to $210.5m . |