Example sentences of "but up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This legislation had been hailed as a powerful weapon with which to seize drug barons ' fortunes but up to May last year police and Customs investigators had only been able to confiscate £11 million . |
| 2 | Those who bought the Cabinet Cyclopedia therefore got a rather odd view of zoology , conservative in its types and symbols but up to date in its appreciation of J. V. Thompson 's work , and rarely dull . |
| 3 | Complex partial seizures usually arise from the temporal lobe , but up to 30% may arise from other sites , in particular the frontal lobe . |
| 4 | Thalassiothrix longissima ( characterized by long straight to twisted cells , only 1.5–5μm wide but up to 4mm long ) is described as a cosmopolitan species with a distribution ranging from the Southern Ocean to the North Pacific , North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea . |
| 5 | None are as good as conventional culture , and though their specificity is good the sensitivity is relatively poor ( up to 60% in total but up to 90% in heavy carriage ) . |
| 6 | The individual frustules in this example are between 3 and 5μm wide but up to 3mm long . |
| 7 | The names of Eaux-Bonnes 's hotels still have the old pompous ring to them , the Hôtel d'Orient et d'Espagne , the Hôtel Richelieu , the Hôtel tea Princes ( the ‘ dearest ’ in a ‘ very wealthy little modern town ’ in Hilaire Belloc 's day , but up for sale and miserably vandalized the last time I saw it , in the mid-1980s ) , but their clients are not what they once were . |
| 8 | but up in Scotland Glasgow won 64-to 44 … it 's Swindon 's last meeting of the year at Blunsdon tomorrow … and they 're defending a season long unbeaten home record |
| 9 | Neighbourhood Watch The Neighbourhood Watch has been up and running in the Baberton Mains Estate for some time but up in Juniper Green things have been much slower . |
| 10 | Neighbourhood Watch The Neighbourhood Watch has been up and running in the Baberton Mains Estate for some time but up in Juniper Green things have been much slower . |