Example sentences of "which [verb] up to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're looking at sizes of nests bigger than dustbin bags , which service up to 25,000 wasps , which produce 4,000 to 5,000 Queens , which survive until next year . |
| 2 | This lush green mountainous island , with one of the best all-year-round climates in the world , is also a huge self-regulating reservoir which holds up to 200 million cubic metres of water . |
| 3 | In spite of the size and complexity of the companies examined , which ranged up to 10 divisions and 40 businesses , but in one case had 27 divisions and 150 businesses , all the planning departments considered scanning for environmental information about every business unit to be important . |
| 4 | He promised diversification away from copper , stocks of which were fast diminishing , but which provided up to 90 per cent of Zambia 's foreign exchange . |
| 5 | Apparently , it produces more in the way of smog-causing emissions than a car which has up to 30 times its horse power . |
| 6 | Among the most cost-effective holidays to Euro Disney are those run by Eurocamp ( 0565–633844 ) which sells accommodation in a 130-acre ‘ wilderness retreat ’ where guests stay in log-cabin- style trailers which sleep up to six people . |
| 7 | Those which cost up to 2 times the yardstick rugs . |
| 8 | The card is equipped with 1 megabyte of VideoRAM which allows up to 32,000 colours to be displayed . |
| 9 | We now have access to the Sierra RAMDAC on many graphics cards , which allows up to 32,000 colours on screen at any time , usually limited to a resolution of 800x600 , and , with the right technology , can actually provide up to 65,536 colours onscreen , albeit at the VGA resolution of 640x80 . |
| 10 | Revolving loans — personal customers under this type of arrangement can borrow a multiple of monthly payment , e.g. £30 per month may be paid to the finance house which allows up to 15 times that amount to be borrowed ( £450 ) . |
| 11 | Brazil 's purchase of nuclear reactors is a particularly nerve-wracking example which added up to 40 billion dollars to the national debt4 . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 13 | Adjoining is the York Suite which accommodates up to 30 guests . |
| 14 | The legislation proposed would repeal the Land Acts of 1913 and 1936 which reserved up to 87 per cent of the country 's land for the white minority , the Group Areas Act of 1966 which enforced the racial segregation of communities , the Black Communities Act of 1984 reinforcing the separate status of black townships , and the Population Registration Act of 1950 . |
| 15 | It is intended that a teacher choose and teach a topic which leads up to formal rule or formula . |
| 16 | They predicted that , without urgent action by Western governments and aid agencies , there would be a repetition of the famine of 1982-5 which claimed up to 1,000,000 victims [ see pp. 32239-40 ; 33017 ; 33382-84 ; 34471-72 ] . |
| 17 | The other object of special note is the so-called Blaze Star , T Coronæ , which is usually of about magnitude 10 , but which flared up to naked-eye visibility in 1866 and again in 1946 . |
| 18 | Use the same list of numbers and arrange them in groups which add up to 10 — we all know how to multiply by ten . |
| 19 | The benefit of this revolutionary diet is based not on just one advantage over other diets but on many factors which add up to faster , easier , more effective slimming . |
| 20 | The acquisition of Walker will put British Steel on a par with its rivals in Germany and France which control up to 70 per cent of the stockholding outlets through which their steel is sold to industrial customers . |
| 21 | The new high-end multi-processing server systems promised by Silicon Graphics Inc for announcement early next year ( UX No 407 ) , will use the latest R4400 RISC from its MIPS Technologies Inc sibling , which delivers up to 113 SPECmark89 and 96 SPECint89 . |
| 22 | Shell UK was ordered on Feb. 23 , 1990 to pay a fine of £1,000,000 for polluting the Mersey river estuary on Aug. 19 , 1989 , when 156 tonnes of crude oil had escaped through a fractured underground pipeline causing a 10-mile oil slick which killed up to 300 seabirds and affected some 2,000 others . |
| 23 | The adult worms which measure up to 2.5 cm are bloodsuckers , have a reddish colour and can be seen by the naked eye . |
| 24 | TERCOM has a computer memory which stores up to 20 detailed maps covering small sections of the course that the missile is flying . |
| 25 | The Secretary of State will be aware of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station , which employs up to 200 people in my constituency . |
| 26 | The stone nave piers are grouped columns which soar up to tiny capitals and then to the beautiful vault which springs from them ( 538 ) . |
| 27 | The U K is the wettest country in Europe and water companies should be forced to cut leakages from corrode corroded pipelines which allow up to twenty five percent loss from the water supply before it reaches the consumer . |
| 28 | For each attainment target there are statements of attainment which define up to ten levels of attainment specifying what pupils should know , understand and be able to do , appropriate for pupils of different ages and abilities . |
| 29 | The bottles you buy today contain rain water which fell up to 80 years ago . |
| 30 | And Wallis 's store in Castle Place , Belfast , will go one better than all the rest , by stocking both petite and large size ranges , which go up to 16 . |