Example sentences of "of up [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | The US Energy Department and the Westinghouse concern significantly under-reported leaks of up to a million gallons of radioactive water from storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation , according to a General Accounting Office ( GAO ) report . |
2 | Between 1969 and 1973 it was to cost approximately £100 million , and involve a design team of up to a hundred people known as the New Range Planning Organisation ( NPRO ) . |
3 | They drove several miles at speeds of up to a hundred and twenty miles an hour . |
4 | They escaped along the M-4 at speeds of up to a hundred and thirty miles an hour . |
5 | And the police chased the gang along the M4 , at speeds of up to a hundred and thirty miles an hour . |
6 | One woman fainted in the crush as police fought to control a crowd of up to a thousand . |
7 | It will also replace a rotten back door , under a scheme with the local district council which offers grants of up to a thousand pounds for such work for elderly people in the town . |
8 | But already they carry a price tag of up to a thousand pounds each . |
9 | A handful of scraps provided enough encouragement , and soon I was catching starlings in batches of up to a dozen . |
10 | Conference Room 1 is very useful for larger meetings , but there is scope for the use of a smaller room for groups of up to a dozen staff and/or external users . |