Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [be] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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1 | Judging from the photograph , Joseph Noel Paton 's Crimean War weepie ‘ Home ’ is one of the very few narrative pictures which might be up to the standard of this ideal exhibition . |
2 | The bulbs in this unit actually stop working at the end of their useful lives which can be up to five years . |
3 | Over six days there 'll be up to 150,000 shots … scattering more than four tons of lead pellets . |
4 | A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen . |
5 | Two very different types of plant are the giant redwood trees which can be up to or exceeding 100 metres in height and one celled algae in water . |
6 | Most obvious were the southern giant petrels : huge , dark brown birds , some with paler heads , and resembling an outsize fulmar , they glide ceaselessly to and fro along the waterfront on wings which can be up to two metres across . |
7 | Ti'Ko claim that this significantly increases graphics handling speeds which can be up to 18 times faster than the conventional 486 super VGA configuration . |
8 | In Open events there can be up to 36 fences — a combination of natural hazards such as water , rails and ditches of up to four feet six inches high ; hedges of up to six feet high and specially built fences like steps and tyres . |