Example sentences of "of up [prep] [adj] miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a pedestrian , however Shaw was still supremely noticeable as he sailed by in his knee breeches and Norfolk jacket for walks of up to six miles . |
| 2 | This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour . |
| 3 | He 'd raced another car reaching speeds of up to 80 miles an hour before losing control and ploughing into a roadside bench where the youngsters gathered . |
| 4 | It is high-powered and the tape should be audible to the whales from a distance of up to two miles . |
| 5 | But just one day later he was involved in a car chase — a passenger in this vehicle as it was pursued across three counties , at speeds of up to 95 miles an hour . |
| 6 | They gave chase along Drayton Road where they reached speeds of up to seventy miles an hour . |
| 7 | Among other things , the successful strikes of North Sea oil proved a notable bonus for British technology , reinforced in the seventies by other achievements such as the Anglo-French Concorde transatlantic airliner , and the emergence of the ‘ high-speed train ’ capable of speeds of up to 130 miles per hour . |
| 8 | The bicycle 's special design means it can reach speeds of up to sixty miles an hour . |
| 9 | The charity event known as Trailbusters offers a wide choice of routes from an easy access trail of up to five miles , accessible by wheelchair , to a 14 mile ‘ Tiger Route ’ covering difficult terrain . |
| 10 | The Agency has produced a new leaders ' guide for people organising outings of up to five miles with family or friends . |
| 11 | Those that do migrate move at astonishingly high speeds , of up to 100 miles a day . |
| 12 | Car mileage should be increased from 24.5p to 25p for return journeys of up to 100 miles , or any other amount that the Finance Act should decide . |
| 13 | The decision coincided with reports that at least four Cornish skippers had recently bought drift nets of up to four miles long . |
| 14 | A stolen car being chased by the police at speeds of up to ninety miles an hour . |
| 15 | Powered by four 2,000hp turbo-supercharged NK9L–L radials , the Nakajima G8N1 Renzan ( Mountain Range , Allied code-name Rita ) had a top speed of 395mph and a range of up to 4,700 miles . |
| 16 | Secondary functions include trip and distance logs of up to 9,999 miles , a clock , stopwatch and variable depth alarm . |
| 17 | An exception to this general attitude was the Great Eastern Railway , which , as the price for getting parliamentary permission for the extension of Liverpool Street Station , introduced workmen 's trains in 1872 , with two-penny return tickets for a journey of up to ten miles . |
| 18 | The Commission hopes that it will lead to the restoration of up to 400 miles of hedgerow each year . |
| 19 | In the military camps along the Thai border , the Khmer Rouge also has some heavy artillery , including 130mm guns which have a range of up to 15 miles and some armoured vehicles , rumoured to include a number of tanks . |
| 20 | Officials declared the north-east coast of Queensland a disaster area on Dec. 26 , after cyclone " Joy " inflicted damage estimated at A$40 million with winds of up to 145 miles per hour . |
| 21 | The storm , involving winds of up to 140 miles per hour , during the night of Aug. 25-26 hit the coast of Louisiana , some 60 miles south-west of the city of New Orleans , causing extensive damage . |
| 22 | It was on this stretch of the M40 near Banbury that Philip Walker , who 's 46 , was seen driving his Ford Escort at speeds of up to 114 miles an hour . |
| 23 | A twenty-three year old woman has been accused of causing the death of another woman by driving dangerously at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour with her one-year-old daughter on her lap . |
| 24 | Advanced police driver Constable Paul Phillips and Constable Zena Goode told an inquest Northampton General Hospital that 17 year old Mark Windram was travelling in a stolen car at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour through the town . |