Example sentences of "[vb -s] up to [adj] [noun] " 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 | THE former Soviet Union 's Aeroflot is by far the world 's largest airline-it has up to 1,500 aircraft and provides about a tenth of all air travel . |
| 9 | It has up to four motherboards , each with 16 fully switched High Performance Transputer Modules . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The five classes are of mixed ability and each has up to eight children of similar age and/or developmental level . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | From the priority date , the patentee normally has up to 12 months to apply for patents in other countries . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It has up to 64 input-output channels , supports TCP/IP and Ethernet , has C++ , C , and Fortran libraries with VAX extensions , supports Oracle in a client-server environment and fits in a deskside cabinet 29″ by 18″ by 30″ . |
| 16 | Apparently , it produces more in the way of smog-causing emissions than a car which has up to 30 times its horse power . |
| 17 | Tommy 's record as a manager stands up to any scrutiny ; two championships , three Bass Cups , ten other trophies and regular jaunts to Europe . |
| 18 | Wrangham 's theory remains tentative but if it stands up to further investigation it suggests that humans were primordially partrilineal . |
| 19 | It contains up to four motherboards , each with sixteen fully switched High Performance Transputer Modules . |
| 20 | It adds up to unbeatable value . |
| 21 | ‘ Good resettlement adds up to good recruitment . ’ |
| 22 | Microsoft 's simple arithmetic adds up to 25,000 people who know something about NT . |
| 23 | Of course , the fewer calories the body uses from food the more it must draw from your surplus body fat , so this adds up to faster weight loss . |
| 24 | If the muck heap is miles away it all adds up to precious minutes when you 're doing your horse before going to work . |
| 25 | This all adds up to huge difficulties in providing for the population . |
| 26 | In human terms the loss adds up to 800 jobs in Digital and 2,000 more depending directly on orders , supplies and service . |
| 27 | Winnicott traces out how from infancy onwards individuals learn to make a space between themselves and others , and yet avoid total separation by ‘ the filling in of the potential space with creative living , with the use of symbols , and with all that adds up to cultural life ’ ( Winnicott , 1971 ) . |
| 28 | Whatever you choose it all adds up to luxury glamour , romance , elegance , and Citalia . |
| 29 | According to my arithmetic that adds up to 35 guillotine motions , which is unprecedented in modern times — indeed , ever , so far as I can judge . |
| 30 | Ellison 's role with swing and seam may be crucial and it must be earnestly hoped that his back , the source of trouble in the past , holds up to increased demands . |