Example sentences of "for up [prep] five [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay there for up to five minutes . |
| 2 | They may continue this for up to five minutes . |
| 3 | The child was encouraged to sit on the toilet for up to five minutes , three to four times a day , after meals . |
| 4 | The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot . |
| 5 | the times I 've tried for up to five minutes waiting for switchboard to answer |
| 6 | End expiratory breath samples were collected at baseline before intake of the meal and then every 15 minutes for up to five hours using a commercially available double bag designed to collect alveolar air . |
| 7 | Developed in collaboration with British Aerospace , MIST provides UK TAFs and METARs ( half-hourly updates ) displayed in text form , with European versions to follow ; maps highlighting significant weather ; hourly-updated weather radar sequences ; analysis and forecast charts for the UK and Europe of mean sea level pressure , including fronts ; an interactive display of surface wind , surface temperature , significant cloud and weather information for user-selected areas ; and wind data for different altitudes for up to five locations along any route . |
| 8 | Sometimes the soldiers can be away for up to five weeks at a time . |
| 9 | Purpose-built accommodation , as for instance in Professor Ian Oswald 's laboratory at Edinburgh University 's Department of Psychiatry , may have facilities for up to five subjects to be recorded simultaneously , in sound-proofed bedrooms with air conditioning . |
| 10 | This naturally cured beef comes from only the finest fillets and is matured for up to five months . |
| 11 | Since 1970 hundreds of Jehovah 's Witnesses have been detained without charge or trial for up to five years . |
| 12 | Loans under £15,000 are for up to five years and have a fixed interest rate to help you predict your outgoings . |
| 13 | It has built empty factories which it lets out free of rent for up to five years . |
| 14 | If you want to defer your retirement for up to five years , you receive increments ( increases ) on the pension . |
| 15 | They will have to reside there for a minimum of one month a year , but this may be waived for up to five years by an annual payment of $5,000 to the Bahamian government . |
| 16 | S 80 in effect requires members ' approval by ordinary resolution before the directors ' power to allot the company 's shares can be exercised , though the resolution may give approval for up to five years . |
| 17 | Second , as a lot of contracts last for up to five years , the risk factor increases year-on-year , especially as many companies are now restructuring . |
| 18 | In the 1590s landlords were permitted to recover fugitive peasants for up to five years after their flight . |
| 19 | One such development currently taking place at Mitcham concerns an historical file to store personnel events for up to five years . |
| 20 | The aims are to contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding of how the Scottish economy works , to make projections of Scottish economy statistics for up to five years ahead , and to analyse the effects of government policies . |
| 21 | It comprises a Senate , made up of 315 senators elected for five years on a regional basis as well as seven life senators , and a 630-member Chamber of Deputies , also elected for up to five years . |
| 22 | Those found guilty of insider dealing would face a series of civil penalties including disqualification from the directorship or management of a company for up to five years . |
| 23 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament , which consists of a 60-member House of Representatives popularly elected for up to five years , and a 21-member appointed Senate . |
| 24 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament , the lower chamber of which is popularly elected for up to five years . |
| 25 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Parliament , the 109 members of which are elected for up to five years by universal adult suffrage . |
| 26 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament ; the 17-member House of Representatives is popularly elected for up to five years , while the 17 members of the Senate are appointed by the Governor-General . |
| 27 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament , which consists of a 60-member House of Representatives , popularly elected for up to five years , and a 21-member appointed Senate . |
| 28 | The Parliament of the Cook Islands comprises 24 members ( nine representing the main island of Raratonga , 14 representing constituencies on other islands , and one representing the many Cook Islanders resident in New Zealand ) sitting for up to five years . |
| 29 | French Polynesia has a Territorial Assembly of 41 members , elected by universal suffrage for up to five years . |
| 30 | The Territorial Assembly has 20 members and is elected by universal adult suffrage for up to five years . |