Example sentences of "[noun sg] up to a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When you have received an Offer of Mortgage , to enable a bid up to a maximum agreed limit , a further visit to the property should be made near to the date of Auction , to ensure that everything is in order .
2 In conclusion , the present study indicates that there is an increasing enterochromaffin like cell density with increasing gastrin concentration up to a certain level , and increasing the gastrin concentration above this level does not lead to further hyperplasia .
3 payments should be 100% of loss up to a certain limit , and tapered down in varying proportions thereafter .
4 Furthermore , the reforms were introduced during the run up to a general election in which it was widely ( but incorrectly ) expected that health would be the key issue .
5 And in the run up to a public offering — which , it insists , is still part of the SCO roadmap — ‘ we 'll continue to play the product game , not the technology game . ’
6 On 19 October 1988 , the then Home Secretary , Douglas Hurd , issued notices to the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) and BBC , requiring them , under the Broadcasting Act 1981 , to refrain from broadcasting any words spoken on behalf of , or in support of , a ‘ proscribed organisation ’ , excluding anything said in the course of parliamentary proceedings , or in the run up to a parliamentary , European parliamentary or local election .
7 The ordinary letter services are not designed as compensation services , but compensation up to a maximum limit of £24 may be paid where it can be shown that a letter was damaged or lost while in our custody .
8 For example , he says that he would very much like to record the Berg Violin Concerto ( ‘ another piece that 's difficult to programme ’ ) , but the trouble is finding a coupling that will bring the disc up to a respectable length .
9 Bank overdraft Flexible borrowing up to a certain ceiling for people with bank accounts , usually without security , and paid off over a few months , but can be extended over several years ; interest , calculated each day on how much the account is overdrawn that day , fluctuates in line with bank base rates ( usually about two per cent higher ) .
10 Gabriel followed the even pattern of pawmarks as far as possible : they carried his eye up to a distant knoll crowned with trees and wounded with great white scars of bare chalk .
11 Could I also say that erm again going back to Strathclyde that there is a , a social , there is a subsidy for those services erm where there is a social need up to a certain point and that is governed by the finance available , but its not as though , this is just the commercial network , in fact , er I think its erm something in the order of ninety two per cent of services in Strathclyde are commercially operated and it is Strathclyde region that fills the gaps .
12 Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road .
13 Careful build-up of specific links , starting with concentration on one or two connected facts and building up to a complex structure , could be provided by a program — such a program may even have the potential of becoming a generalized structure .
14 Well w we did n't have to do , do anything that way because we were allowed our freedom up to a certain time and that was it .
15 The banks or organisations that issue them guarantee payment of bills run up by the credit card holder up to a certain limit .
16 This is , by definition , neither a penalty clause , nor a limitation of liability up to a certain amount , because it is supposed to be a genuine pre-estimate of the damage .
17 He can protect himself under Ord 33 , r4A by making a written offer to accept liability up to a specified proportion , which can be brought to the attention of the judge after he has decided the liability issue at trial .
18 Income support makes a person 's income up to a level set by the Government .
19 To obtain the correct r.m.s. value of a small sinusoidal signal through use of a circuit such as that shown in figure 7.1(b) , the signal must first be electronically amplified by a known factor up to a suitable level .
20 Thus , the enterochromaffin like cell density , histamine content and histidine decarboxylase activity of the oxyntic mucosa all increased with increasing gastrin dose up to a maximal level at a gastrin concentration in the same range as found for the maximal histamine releasing and acid stimulatory effect of gastrin .
21 On their oceanic margin earthquake foci are shallow , but they become progressively deeper further away from the trench up to a maximum depth of about 700km .
22 Put as simply as possible the hypothesis is : — From the start of life up to a certain time which is designated the Dawn of Civilisation , ‘ goodness ’ was being created from one source only , that source being the endless stream of infinitely small but favourable evolutionary changes or events , producing an infinite number of minute units of what , by virtue of its favourable nature , has been termed ‘ goodness ’ , the outcome of each favourable event being regarded as one unit .
23 When the chest is opened in any manner , a gas trap is triggered which liberates gas up to a 10-yard diameter ( spreading at a rate of 1 yard per round ) .
24 So much for the way in which our furry fauna have captivated so many kite flyers ; now to the practical aspects of how to take the skydiver up to a safe release height .
25 ‘ A woman had taken some children playing in the road up to a high room to ‘ see her puppies . ’
26 13 AA insurance is fully comprehensive for one calendar up to a premium value of £500 .
27 Assuming that you are happy with your ability to cope with a helicopter in an unfamiliar attitude and with the mechanical soundness of your model , all you really need to do is to get the model up to a safe height , build up lots of forward speed , pull the cyclic stick back and watch it go round .
28 Now all you have to do is to take the model up to a safe height , roll it inverted and flip the switch .
29 A speed-table differs from a speed hump in that it is designed as a ramp up to a raised plateau with a descending ramp on the other side .
30 They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station .
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