Example sentences of "and [noun] up to the " in BNC.

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1 Forests , coniferous , deciduous and mixed , sometimes in villages and large cities , often hunting by day for mammals up to the size of a red squirrel and birds up to the size of a Hazelhen. 24 in. ( 61 cm . ) .
2 Steer the board through the eye of the wind until the sail brushes on your back leg , before transferring both back hand and foot up to the mast .
3 Walking to the station , past the brightly-lit boutiques , cinemas , remainder bookshops and tatty souvenir stalls , all decorated for Christmas and building up to the January sales , she found herself having to think about what had happened to her .
4 She groped her way across and landed the doctor on the mud and he slithered on hands and knees up to the bank .
5 But Mr Tomlinson built his own bonnet , mudguards and steps up to the cab and set in louvred vents either side of the bonnet to let out the heat produced by the massive engine .
6 Similar settlement histories have occurred in the Gangetic plain and Doabs of northern India ( Schlich 1889 : 187–238 ) and Brazil up to the present day .
7 It is a thin sheet of plastic , covered with a shiny coating of the metal alloy , virilium , and folds up to the size of a handkerchief .
8 The plenum also adopted a " draft strategy for socio-economic stabilization and development up to the year 2000 " .
9 In a country in which education up to the age of 16 has become universal and compulsory , and education up to the age of 19 an option for everyone , we have to recognize that this education must be designed to meet pupils ' needs .
10 Temptation proved too strong one night when there were some naval cadets in the audience who threw flowers and chocolates up to the troupe and were waiting at the stage door after the show .
11 Her ‘ antarctic polar deserts ’ region covers the continent , peninsula and islands up to the northern limit of pack ice , and is divided into southern and northern subregions separated by the 0°C summer isotherm , which approximates to the isoline of zero radiation balance .
12 We will require LEAs to guarantee a suitable place , with proper support , for every child in education and training up to the age of 19 .
13 In Scandinavia and North America it is rare for young people with severe disabilities to be expected to enter employment and to live independently until after education and training up to the early twenties .
14 OUR PROGRAMME WAS DESIGNED TO GET THE BEST FOR BRITAIN , TO BRING BRITAIN 'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE , OUR PENSIONS , PROVISION FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN , ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND LEVELS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UP TO THE BEST THAT EXISTS IN EUROPE .
15 The ancient Chinese invented it 2,000 years ago as a way to pass instructions down the line and information up to the top .
16 Their slope and angle up to the cabin top was sufficient to drive the catamaran north .
17 Around most of the walls are black stone excrescences which take the form of a rib-cage projecting from a central spine which grows up the north side of the room and arches up to the centre of the ceiling .
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