Example sentences of "for [adv] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been in the library for close to four hours now . |
| 2 | Oil exports accounted for close to 80 per cent of foreign earnings . |
| 3 | He had also been a division president and group vice-president of Aydin Corporation , a computer systems and controls organization and a founder and executive vice-president of Delta Data Systems for close to ten years . |
| 4 | Excuse my ignorance , but living in the ‘ plains ’ of the US makes it very hard to keep up with English soccer ( er , football ! ) especially Leeds a team that I 've benn supporting for close to 20 years now . |
| 5 | A LUNCH for close to 90 people , mostly Estate Agents , was held on by on the third floor of ‘ One ’ Great Tower Street ( the old headquarters of ) to mark the completion of the re-development started in January 1989 . |
| 6 | By an agreement dated 3rd May 1990 between Mr C A Johnson and the company , Mr Johnson was granted a right to subscribe for up to 5,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the company . |
| 7 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 8 | Several have been kept alive for up to eight months . |
| 9 | A rechargeable battery protects the stored programme data for up to eight months in the event of the programmer being unplugged . |
| 10 | Additional network users are charged at £95 each for up to eight network users . |
| 11 | One more person would n't make any difference to the arrangements , for Rob had thought it wise to cater for up to eight extra guests — ‘ Just in case I 'm more popular than I think I am , ’ he 'd laughed . |
| 12 | In extreme cases , people had gone without fuel for up to eight days over a series of two-week periods . |
| 13 | Spain is , together with Portugal , marked out from other European countries by its ambiguous historical engagement with the New World and with Africa ( for example , the Moorish conquest in the eighth century led to a domination that lasted for up to eight centuries in some regions ) . |
| 14 | In the ‘ fridge for up to 5 days |
| 15 | As a rule of thumb , the author designs these mains-voltage tracks in 2.5mm wide section ( which is good for up to 5 Amps of 1.5mm to 2mm minimum where possible . |
| 16 | Apartments have one bedroom — for up to 5 people . |
| 17 | LA bonds normally have a maturity of 1 year and 6 days but can be issued for up to 5 years tenor . |
| 18 | For instance , north London staff requiring temporary accommodation while arranging for permanent housing were given a temporary accommodation allowance for up to 13 weeks whereas those moving from Kent were able to receive this allowance for up to 26 weeks . |
| 19 | On moving house , Sun Life paid for employees and their families , travel expenses , removal expenses plus any storage charges for up to 13 weeks . |
| 20 | At present , equivalent income support is paid by the DSS for up to 13 weeks for residents entering hospital , and up to six weeks for other absences from the home such as holidays . |
| 21 | Their factories will remain closed for up to six weeks in order to reduce stocks of unsold cars . |
| 22 | One in six firms has deferred settlements for up to six months because of the profits squeeze produced by recession , and more are planning a freeze . |
| 23 | One fact which people often forget is that horses which have passed the acute clinically ill stage of the disease will still remain infectious for up to six weeks or possibly even longer . |
| 24 | • And if you yourself are in hospital for 10 or more consecutive nights in any 30-day period , your monthly payments will be refunded , for up to six months in any year . |
| 25 | Even safe and necessary medicines sell for up to six times as much in poor countries as they do in the country of manufacture . |
| 26 | Used in the right concentrations , they colour hair for up to six washes and add a protective film . |
| 27 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 28 | ‘ Bunkered ’ is a new board game based on golf for up to six players . |
| 29 | Finding a new childcarer is so traumatic that 80% of the mothers surveyed admitted they did n't have the courage to give an inadequate nanny the sack immediately ; 60% of those who were unhappy carried on with their carer for a month , and 35% for up to six months . |
| 30 | GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee . |