Example sentences of "up to an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consequence of this is that the rate of spreading along a ridge will be a function of the sine of the angular distance from the pole of rotation ; the greater the distance from the pole of rotation : the greater the rate of spreading ( up to an angle of 90 ) . |
| 2 | The very thin , long , grass-like , dark green leaves are in false whorls , up to an inch ( 2½cms ) long . |
| 3 | Over the range of moisture contents likely to be reached in air the lateral dimensions of wood can thus change between five and ten per cent , that is up to an inch on a ten-inch-wide plank . |
| 4 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 5 | ‘ Presumably they must have to pay for all the preparation leading up to an operation of this sort , and pay the staff who are waiting around . |
| 6 | Connecting the ME-6 up to an amp , power amp or mixer is as easy as connecting any effect pedal , and once hooked up the ME-6 can store 25 different effect combinations in five memory banks . |
| 7 | Of course the bowl contributes to the slightly boxy quality of the sound , and hooking up to an amp or PA this will also come across . |
| 8 | When safely across the river , remembering of course to unclip your lifeline , take off the safety helmet , undo your life jacket , and slip out of the survival suit , the route passes beneath the splendid waterfall and starts to climb up to An Gearanach , not marked by name on the ordnance survey map . |
| 9 | On their own , these do not add up to an animal shape , and disruption is achieved . |
| 10 | Basic measures of the percentage of GNP passing through government hands in the form of direct expenditure ( 27 per cent in 1975 ) or transfer payments ( 22 per cent in 1975 ) , the scale of the public sector and the battery of regulatory control , add up to an order of central economic direction which , by comparison , makes the Victorian age appear as one of pure laissez-faire . |
| 11 | Flavours rapidly evaporate from hot wort while bitterness requires up to an hour to fully develop . |
| 12 | The measures will be even tighter than those instituted for all flights from French airports a week ago — which include the X-raying of all hold baggage , new controls on hand baggage , and body searches — that have added up to an hour to flight checks-ins . |
| 13 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
| 14 | Up to an hour : |
| 15 | It takes half an hour to get from Bournemouth to Southampton , but it can take up to an hour to get from Barts to the Westminster hospital . |
| 16 | It will set you back between £40 to £80 for treatment which will last up to an hour . |
| 17 | Cats have been known to laze , apparently half-asleep , for up to an hour beside a mouse hole , yet instantly to cut down the unwary prey that , even momentarily , shows itself . |
| 18 | Rigor mortis was notoriously unreliable , and if he wanted an alibi for himself , Kerrison could shift the time of death by up to an hour without suspicion . |
| 19 | Chill for up to an hour . |
| 20 | Then there are long sessions , lasting up to an hour and involving the display of hundreds , occasionally thousands , of records . |
| 21 | Bill does spend time dead heading , and picking off dead leaves — up to an hour a day in the summer . |
| 22 | The patient with a gastric ulcer had intermittent episodes lasting up to an hour , whereas continuous reflux occurred in the patient after gastrectomy . |
| 23 | Yes they 're erm I mean there erm Malton 's what thirty minutes drive from York , Pickering 's probably forty five , up to an hour . |
| 24 | British Rail warned that journeys would be delayed by up to an hour . |
| 25 | What 's more , you can make an appointment for a free consultation up to an hour long with free facial , analysis and advice . |
| 26 | She says younger users often expect the drug to work immediately although its affects can take up to an hour so they take more , which increases the risks . |
| 27 | One night in June her mother twice had to settle the baby , taking up to an hour on each occasion . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , other callers have so much to say that they can talk for up to an hour and a half about common family problems ; about bullying , pregnancy , drug and alcohol abuse , bereavement and the most common subject of all sexual and physical abuse . |
| 29 | But unawares you could , they can put on , same as they 've done yo with your mam er , up to an hour . |
| 30 | Now it speeds up to an eyeblink . |