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 .
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