Example sentences of "[noun pl] up [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They went out for walks up to five times a day and he spoiled Champ rotten . |
| 2 | At a constant 56mph , Volvo claims fuel consumption of 54mpg and exhaust emissions up to 25 times better than California 's 1993 laws , the world 's toughest . |
| 3 | He now needed to learn his tables up to six times and also be able to do multiplication , addition , subtraction and division , tens and units , shillings and pence and have a basic knowledge of simple weights and lengths . |
| 4 | It can recharge conventional batteries up to 20 times , thereby extending their useful life 10 times ( the recharge is not equivalent to the initial charge ) . |
| 5 | You lose weight , you feel very weak , and pass motions up to 10 times a day . |
| 6 | As the traditional champion of the small farmer the LDP also benefited from the electoral system 's tendency to give votes in rural constituencies up to three times the value of urban votes . |
| 7 | The move follows a survey by FOE which purports to show that the water supply of millions of people in the area is contaminated by 12 pesticides at levels up to 16 times above the legal limit . |
| 8 | Half television , half microscope , Roberts 's invention made it possible to magnify living tissues up to 25,000 times , against an ordinary miscroscope 's 5,000 times . |
| 9 | Researchers at Carlton University in Ontario interviewed 700 women up to three times during their pregnancy , focusing on their drinking and smoking habits . |
| 10 | The July regulations imposed tariffs up to 20 times higher than before on goods not intended for personal use . |