Example sentences of "[to-vb] up to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so there they , they claim that his childhood was relevant , because of this character defect in , in Wilson , his inability to stand up to strong men . |
| 2 | Menem also indicated that Argentina , in return for EC aid and improved trading arrangements , would be prepared to accept up to 300,000 immigrants from the former Eastern bloc over the next three years ; he discussed with EC commissioners the possible arrival of 40,000 immigrants in the short term . |
| 3 | Buildings are not listed lightly : they have to come up to strict standards to qualify . |
| 4 | OATS has also won a contract from Kuwait Airways to train up to thirty pilots over the next two years . |
| 5 | This new venture aims over a period of three years to train up to ninety students not only as teachers of BSL but as BSL English interpreters . |
| 6 | The severe budget deficit caused the UNHCR to close 19 of its approximately 100 regional offices and to freeze up to 300 posts . |
| 7 | Much praised at the Evian conference for a bold offer to absorb up to 100,000 refugees , the Dominican Republic had closed its application list at 2000 . |
| 8 | If the client is happy to pay any contribution required , the solicitor is authorized to provide up to two hours of work . |
| 9 | The necessity of obtaining every ounce of production in the grim days of 1940 raised the standard week of the workshops to 66-hours and , it was not unusual for men to work up to 80 hours per week for long periods , involving seven days a week without a break . |
| 10 | Now the company want permission to work up to 20 Sundays in any year from 7.30am until 4.30pm . |
| 11 | However , a European firm is set to create up to 100 posts in the town , it was revealed today . |
| 12 | Around 330,000 people are already subscribing around £21 per month to receive up to 35 channels per day , according to figures released yesterday . |
| 13 | In any one year the Soviet Union could choose to substitute up to 750,000 tonnes of any one commodity for another . |
| 14 | Offenders will be liable to serve up to five years in prison and could face unlimited fines and driving bans . |
| 15 | COUSTEAU : Fully grown , it has been known to reach up to forty feet in size . |
| 16 | For its trouble , Foothill received a warrant to purchase up to 300,000 shares of Ultimate common . |
| 17 | Many of the pupils have to walk up to two hours through the bush to get to a school with only one textbook and no pens . ’ |
| 18 | In addition to the applications designer and CA-Ret , the other major changes to the system are the inclusion of a source level debugger , and an improved program editor , which can be used to edit up to 8 programs at once . |
| 19 | Only one in 10 applications would be eligible to buy up to 1,000 shares in 14 company flotations which , it was hoped , would raise 500 million yuan ( US$1=5.4556 yuan as at Aug. 10 , 1992 ) . |
| 20 | TWO High Street banks have been accused of trying to conceal up to 2,500 redundancies by announcing them on election day . |
| 21 | The crucial difference now is as Salome had declared , and is as true on a small and insubstantial island group like Tonga as in the capitals of Japan , Chile , Queensland or Korea : the difference is that the peoples of the Pacific no longer have a reason to look up to those adventurers from the old Atlantic . |
| 22 | Keyword Search : This allows the user to list up to five terms which can then be inter-related in order to combine the meanings of the word . |
| 23 | Davis agreed to go up to 200 guineas , and in the event secured the unseen yearling for a mere 160 guineas . |
| 24 | Britain has always said that , despite its plans for union , Maastricht fails to answer the question posed by the end of the Cold War : how to bring the former communist countries into Europe , and expand the EC to include up to 20 members . |
| 25 | For the second time this week , Smith covered remorselessly , forcing Charles to lose up to 10 places on the final beat . |
| 26 | This day boat is specially designed to carry up to eleven passengers , six of whom could be in wheelchairs . |
| 27 | The Sharon Michele is a purpose built Aquastar 33 with a 320 HP turbo charged engine , licensed to carry up to 12 anglers . |
| 28 | As a result , British films were sometimes forced to wait up to 18 months to secure a release . |
| 29 | But she may have to wait up to eighteen months for surgery . |
| 30 | The shadow health secretary Robin Cook has launched Labour 's campaign on the NHS with a visit to a hospital where some patients have to wait up to two years to see a consultant . |