Example sentences of "up [prep] [num] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France the later head of the foreign ministry archives , the comte d'Hauterive , set up in 1800 a school for this purpose which , like its predecessor almost a century earlier , stressed heavily the study and analysis of diplomatic documents . |
| 2 | The rouble has collapsed as Russia 's prices have soared : it now takes 934 roubles to buy a dollar , up from 128 a year ago . |
| 3 | And some people do up to two a week . |
| 4 | In his early years Bill was a great competition golfer , fixing and playing in Artisan Matches of up to 18 a side , his opponent being the other Club 's Professional . |
| 5 | By late December the number of people leaving had risen to up to 600 a day , not far short of the total for the whole of the period 1987-89 . |
| 6 | Well I think Yeah we could put it up to three a day we 'll got cos there is n't quite so much messing about you know . |
| 7 | The original version of this machine — which Nelson eventually patented in 1955 — could cut about a dozen bars a minute : the version now in use can cut up to 400 a minute . |
| 8 | Now it claims to be receiving up to ten a week , with Glasgow and Yorkshire emerging as illegal software hot spots . |
| 9 | The report predicts that the large number of new product and packaging launches — up to 30 a year in each country for washing powder concentrates and liquids alone — will continue in the future . |