Example sentences of "up [prep] [conj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | The heat from the room below belched up as if from a furnace . |
2 | The smell was terrible , worse than anything Maggie had ever known , and on this frosty morning steam came up as if from a dung heap . |
3 | It climbs up to and over a ridge and on the ascent reveals an exquisite vista of Loch Maree , a foretaste of joys to come . |
4 | The third was that the costs of failure in Russia — from civil strife within its borders , up to and including a new international arms race — would be far greater to the rest of the world than the costs of economic failure in , say , Zaire . |
5 | Courses leading to qualifications up to and including A level or its equivalent are generally referred to as non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) ; qualifications above A-level standard as advanced further education ( AFE ) . |