Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course each individual vine yields much less , but the overall production per hectare is significantly higher and it lives up to three times as long , in productive terms , as a grafted vine . |
| 2 | The species has a short life under water , and lives up to 6 months in the aquarium . |
| 3 | Born with a kidney defect , he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy . |
| 4 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 5 | * Meanwhile , the US Senate has voted to ban the use of large drift nets in US waters up to 200 miles offshore , as well as their use by US fishermen in international waters |
| 6 | The Royal Air Force wants up to 2000 rounds of whichever type the ministry selects . |
| 7 | Turkey , which seized the northern third of Cyprus in 1974 and still has up to 30,000 troops here , withheld immediate comment on Mr Clerides ' victory . |
| 8 | It has up to four motherboards , each with 16 fully switched High Performance Transputer Modules . |
| 9 | Ostend Ferries : P&O European Ferries ( 0304 203388 ) has up to six sailings a day in each direction from Dover to Ostend , crossing time four hours ; a 60-hour return for a 4.5 metre car and two adults costs from £50 to £89 depending on sailing . |
| 10 | The five classes are of mixed ability and each has up to eight children of similar age and/or developmental level . |
| 11 | SunSoft holds quarterly DOE non-disclosure updates for 75 or more independent software vendors under the auspices of a Distributed Object Council , and has up to 100 engineers working on object stuff . |
| 12 | From the priority date , the patentee normally has up to 12 months to apply for patents in other countries . |
| 13 | Although the Inland Revenue has up to three months in which to confirm the validity of the election ( s 248(2) ) , in practice it is usually prepared to give confirmation within a much shorter period . |
| 14 | Apparently , it produces more in the way of smog-causing emissions than a car which has up to 30 times its horse power . |
| 15 | It contains up to four motherboards , each with sixteen fully switched High Performance Transputer Modules . |
| 16 | In human terms the loss adds up to 800 jobs in Digital and 2,000 more depending directly on orders , supplies and service . |
| 17 | It holds up to four yarns and costs just £3.95 plus 25p for postage and packing from . |
| 18 | And the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper . |
| 19 | It holds up to three horses and will be driven to and from London by Mrs Charley from their home just outside Coventry . |
| 20 | Famine causes up to 100,000 deaths . |
| 21 | Jerry , who drives for contractor Denby Transport , covers up to 2,000 miles during each five-day round trip , using the Dover-Calais ferry crossing . |
| 22 | Adjoining is the York Suite which accommodates up to 30 guests . |
| 23 | Pyramid says up to four machines each with 24 processors can be configured to dynamically share the Oracle database , which increases transaction throughput to the database threefold and significantly improves data availability to users . |
| 24 | The new guide says up to 10,000 pubs could close by the end of the decade . |
| 25 | Advanced Function Printing software and hardware distributes , displays , and prints information through multiple systems on a wide variety of devices , including 3900 printers with output speeds up to 229 pages per minute . |
| 26 | The system uses up to four processors per board , and is expandable to 40 processors . |
| 27 | The system uses up to four processors per card , and is expandable to 40 processors . |
| 28 | When the patient is in bed , he usually uses up to three pillows plus a wedge cushion support for his head and shoulders , to counteract spasticity ( p. 49 ) . |
| 29 | If the user decided on very large keys — and IBM allows up to 256 bytes , for example — the track index might take up more than a single track . |
| 30 | The LIFESPAN system allows up to 32 roles to be specified . |