Example sentences of "up to a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The square shape becomes a virtue , as the blade can be taken right up to a wall or back of a cupboard . |
| 2 | ‘ are significant improvements in watercourses either because one has managed to get a discharger to cause his discharge to cease or to be brought up to a standard where a very significant polluting input has stopped , and there is a corresponding improvement in the overall river system . |
| 3 | Building up to a boundary and the likely effect this may have on your neighbour could very well be one of these issues . |
| 4 | I had the epidural injection in the base of my spine and then I was all rigged up to a machine so the nurses could monitor the baby 's movements . |
| 5 | To the rear of the house , the lawn surrounded by herbaceous borders leads up to a meadow and copse which is bordered by the northern boundary of the forest . |
| 6 | Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey . |
| 7 | Present day rent free periods can be up to a year or even longer , and the tenant will not wish to make the first payment of rent on the date of the lease where the Rent Commencement Date is 12 months hence . |
| 8 | As they migrate to their breeding sites , from distances of up to a kilometre and a half , many will be squashed by traffic ; sometimes singly , sometimes in pairs with the males already piggybacked on the females , in the characteristic prenuptial position of anurans ( tailless amphibians ) known as amplexus . |
| 9 | Instead , the amplitude of the saccades increases with the intensity of the stimulation , up to a plateau that is characteristic of a particular stimulation site . |
| 10 | Unless the horse is very sick or the swelling is severely affecting eating or breathing , it is sometimes better to delay antibiotics until the abscesses come up to a head and burst . |
| 11 | Minutes do not in any case include discussions leading up to a decision but only the decision itself . |
| 12 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 13 | Does detail build up to a whole or is detail obtained by microscoping the whole ? |
| 14 | It 's got to be like cuddling up to a cushion as well as doing that terrible , animal thing . |
| 15 | Farmers may have to reduce their herds by up to a quarter if they want to save the country 's forest , the group says . |
| 16 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 17 | Continue up to a roundabout and Hawthorn Close is the cul-de-sac on the right hand side . |
| 18 | No one would ever go up to a man and comment on what 's in his trousers ! |
| 19 | The only way to lighten a heavy forehand , which is basically the trouble , is by using a strong leg up to a giving and taking hand , thereby giving a series of strong half-halts . |
| 20 | It extends in places up to a metre or so above the level of the reef flat due to the fact that Porolithon can survive in the splash and spray zone and does not need long periods of immersion . |
| 21 | It takes longer to saturate large rods with deuterium than to saturate the smaller ones ; the latter took up to a fortnight and they estimated that the largest rods could take up to a year . |
| 22 | The good news is that he will not be rushed off to stud afterwards and will campaign for further honours next year when a move up to a mile and a quarter might be considered . |
| 23 | But he showed much improved form when stepped up to a mile and three quarters , and is definitely worth opposing over this trip at such a short price . |
| 24 | It allowed me to work for up to a minute or so rather than seconds , as with a sable , before reloading . |
| 25 | The exam educates youngsters cheaply up to a level that is not reached in other countries until someone has been at university for a year . |
| 26 | The Dutch parliament has recently decided that owners of contaminated sites should aim to clean them up to a level that is suitable for any use , but has accepted that where such a policy is uneconomic , it would be sufficient to isolate , control and monitor the land . |
| 27 | By such primitive methods , the volume of gas necessary to carry one or two people aloft , could take up to a day and a half to produce . |
| 28 | Rodo screamed as the light surged up to a brilliance that stung his eyes . |
| 29 | You know what really worries me about this is that early on you said that tinkers deal in antiques , and I 'm beginning to wonder whether you , as antique dealer , have got a somewhat of an interest in this matter and maybe we should be taking care of you as a possible tenant of one of our sites , but this this is a typical example of all the thin , unreasonable excuses being put up to a party that 's trying to deal with something . |
| 30 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |