Example sentences of "to spend up to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Devenish is to spend up to £180million to more than double its pub chain . |
| 2 | Interviewed on television , Sir Bob Reid , the chairman of British Rail , urged the government to spend up to £2 billion ( $3.9 billion ) on improving the country 's rail network . |
| 3 | He is expected to spend up to 10 days in a £215-a-night suite which includes a single room equipped with private bath , shower , toilet , telephone and colour television . |
| 4 | recent years by the introduction of the statutory right for any council to spend up to the product of a 2p rate on any matter which the council itself considers is for the benefit of the area or part of the area , or all or some of the inhabitants . |
| 5 | Students are required to spend up to one-third of their time on practical projects in radio , television and film and to complete a dissertation in the final year . |
| 6 | That October , when the M's cattle were brought in , it meant that Mrs M had to spend up to five hours a day working with them as Mr M was away teaching for much of the time . |
| 7 | The unique feature is that social workers were given authority to spend up to two-thirds of the cost of a place in residential care in order to support an old person in his or her own home , who would otherwise require such a place . |
| 8 | On commencing work on a project they receive their normal , weekly Unemployment Benefit ( according to status and dependants ) plus the sum of £10.00 out of which they are expected to spend up to £4.00 on travel to work costs . |
| 9 | On commencing work on a project they receive their normal , weekly unemployment Benefit ( according to status and dependants ) plus the sum of £10.00 out of which they are expected to spend up to £4.00 on travel to work costs . |
| 10 | McCashin , who is relocating to Europe as part of last November 's corporate reorganisation that placed three vice-presidents in charge of European operations , says he is authorised to spend up to $10m without consulting the company 's finance committee . |
| 11 | Nintendo Co does plan to use satellites for delivery of computer games : the company says it plans to broadcast a game via satellite in Japan , and owners of its game computers that buy a decoder and adaptor — for about $85 — will be able to pick the thing up ; Nintendo also plans a national competition for high scorers in satellite games ; meantime Nintendo of America is poised for its largest launch of a video game ever this week in a bid to best Sega Enterprises Ltd — it plans to spend up to $15m in a month-long promotion of Star Fox , a science fiction action game inspired by Star Trek and Star Wars that uses its new Super FX technology , which includes a RISC embedded in the $60 games cartridge ; it claims to have 1m advance orders for it . |
| 12 | The resulting Act provides the government with the final authority to spend up to the amounts requested in the supply estimates . |
| 13 | Additionally , since the Local Government Act , 1972 ( section 137 ) , local authorities have had general power to spend up to the product of a 2p rate on purposes not specifically authorized by statute . |
| 14 | US officials quoting Kuwaiti sources said on Feb. 26 that the Kuwaiti government was prepared to spend up to $800,000,000 to restore emergency health care , sanitation , communications , transport , utilities , food and water in the first three months after the end of the war . |
| 15 | Since 1991 , ERASMUS links with the Universities of Leiden and Crete allow Edinburgh-based students to spend up to three months abroad , on options such as Politics of the Horn of Africa , and Culture and Development in Africa . |
| 16 | Our students are encouraged to spend up to a year of their LLB abroad under the ERASMUS link . |
| 17 | And IBM , like Xerox and a few others , encouraged any employee to spend up to 10% of his time on community activities of his choice . |
| 18 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 19 | A BNP spokesman attacked the decision to spend up to £40,000 on the Darlington branch . |
| 20 | But a BNP spokesman attacked the decision to spend up to £40,000 on the Darlington branch . |
| 21 | Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’ |