Example sentences of "up a [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | After building the 2-bit latch , connect the battery and check operation by setting up a binary number such as 10 . |
| 2 | In a good postwar election year , the Conservatives would normally expect to pick up a respectable number of seats in Northern England and to some extent in Scotland . |
| 3 | Con Tours ( the big London-based travel agents ) have an arrangement with the hotel by which they receive preference bookings during June/July/August in exchange for an undertaking to take up a minimum number of bookings for the ‘ 'shoulder ’ months of May and September . |
| 4 | IBM has set up a toll-free number to handle calls : ( 800 ) IBM-CALL . |
| 5 | This quantity is sufficient for 125 litres of compost , enough to plant up a considerable number of hanging baskets , pots and window boxes . |
| 6 | Thus they built up a considerable number of contact points across the action areas , and ( in Ipswich ) even started drawing up a register of people prepared to be considered as support workers . |
| 7 | Her sheer emotional and physical energy nevertheless took its physical toll , and at various times in her life she abused alcohol and drugs as well as notching up a significant number of car accidents of varying degrees of seriousness . |
| 8 | Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party 's previous showing . |
| 9 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 10 | As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain . |
| 11 | How many observations make up a large number ? |