Example sentences of "up to a dozen [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Leeming airfield can get busy at times , so anything up to a dozen Tornados a day can visit us for refuelling .
2 Up to a dozen viewers had heard my throwaway remarks and had assumed that the party at Frenchay really would be out in the street .
3 AS PART of the North-West 's contribution to the 1992 ITV Telethon marathon fund-raising campaign , up to a dozen teams of 25 people will be attempting to pull Pacific Duke of Gloucester along a 150 yard stretch of track at Crewe Heritage Centre , on Saturday , July 18 .
4 They were joined by up to a dozen others by the end of the decade but , since the records do not give a clear indication of how far treatment was effective , there can be no precise figure for the number of serious cases at any one time .
5 Coula trees grow close together at Taï , and so coula-nut-cracking is often quite a social activity , with up to a dozen chimpanzees feeding together .
6 These typically cater for up to a dozen boys and girls of various ages , and they are run by a houseparent with some assistance by day .
7 On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her .
8 Workshops housing up to a dozen frames had been introduced into the villages by the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria , but the craft remained essentially a cottage industry for most of the nineteenth century .
9 The British population stands at under forty pairs ; up to a dozen pairs breed at Leighton Moss .
10 Skippers say up to a dozen tankers can be seen drifting among them .
11 A dog otter 's territory can stretch for up to a dozen miles which gives some indication of their range .
12 In summer the reedbeds resound to the songs of reed and sedge warblers , and in spring up to a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds .
13 But the anchorage where the destroyer headquarters ship with its rear admiral 's flag once lay , and where up to a dozen destroyers might be swinging with the tide at their buoys , was now empty water .
14 Skilled stalkers are shooting up to a dozen hinds a day .
15 And the attraction for them is not the crystal clear images of HDTV , but the prospect of broadcasting up to a dozen channels carrying pictures of today 's conventional clarity over cables or satellite transponders that now carry only one channel , a marvel made possible by digital compression .
16 In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators .
17 In a attempt to reduce sectarian attacks by the three known UFF units in the Shankill area , up to a dozen policemen have been instructed shadow top loyalist suspects round the clock .
18 Up to a dozen candidates in the concurrent municipal elections [ see below ] were reportedly assassinated .
19 It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on .
20 The Landmark Trust is always willing to consider new candidates for restoration and is often restoring up to a dozen buildings at any one time .
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