Example sentences of "[noun] of [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The multi-processor machine , dubbed Corporate Computing Server , is expected to support up to 3,000 users , and represents a performance boost of up to 7% on HP 's top of the line 9000 Series 800 servers . |
| 2 | PUBLICITY for British Rail 's new Trans-Pennine service is to receive a financial boost of up to £5,000 from Cleveland County Council . |
| 3 | In May 1984 the British government granted a licence and planning permission for the extraction of up to one and half million tonnes of lignite a year to Northern Strip Mining , part of the British Burnett and Hallamshire group . |
| 4 | Founded in 1864 , the group has maintained its image as a typical home service company , with a mixture of ordinary and industrial branch life business and general insurance business sold through a field force of up to 6,500 individuals , second only in terms of size to the Prudential 's of more than 12,000 . |
| 5 | A peaceful demilitarisation , even after the deployment of the proposed UN peacekeeping force of up to 70,000 troops , would have been impossible to enforce . |
| 6 | Hence , following his recent tour of the region [ see p. 37758 ] , Kaifu promised additional aid and loans to countries adversely affected by the crisis , and also proposed sending a token force of up to 2,000 non-combatants drawn from Japan 's Self-Defence Forces , police and fire brigade . |
| 7 | After Sky losses of up to A$250m ( £126.3m ) , analysts are forecasting net profits for the year to June 1990 of about A$370m , which compares with a reported A$464m for 1989 , excluding foreign exchange dealings . |
| 8 | But 11,000 people who invested in the Gibraltar-based Barlow Clowes International , and who faced losses of up to £100 million , have yet to receive anything . |
| 9 | It may even win Mr Rowland backing within the market and among outside names ( the individuals who provide Lloyd 's capital ) , though they will be dismayed by his forecasts of losses of up to £2.8 billion ( $1.4 billion ) for 1990 and over £1 billion for 1991 . |
| 10 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is expected to report operating losses of up to $245m for 1992 in its end of year figures due over the next couple of months , according to Italian press reports . |
| 11 | In December 1989 a UK government report severely criticized senior civil servants in the Falkland Islands for their role in Seamount Ltd , a fishing company whose collapse through mismanagement contributed to losses of up to £30,000,000 of UK taxpayers ' money [ see p. 37001 ] . |
| 12 | On Dec. 19 , 1989 , Ridley announced the publication of the report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration ( the Ombudsman Sir Anthony Barrowclough ) on the DTI 's handling of the affairs of the Barlow Clowes investment management group and the collapse of companies within the group , whose investors faced reported losses of up to £190,000,000 . |
| 13 | In submissions to the Department of the Environment and the Office of Water Services , the industry regulator , the council opposes water metering , which carries serious health consequences , and says attention should be paid to leaking mains , responsible for water losses of up to 38 per cent in some areas . |
| 14 | The unions involved , the Civil and Public Servants Association and the National Union of Civil and Public Servants , claim that the in-house bids involve jobs losses of up to 50pc as well . |
| 15 | The King 's is currently facing losses of up to £200,000 after audience figures fell by about 15 per cent during the last financial year . |
| 16 | We are flying at a height of 11,000 metres and at a speed of just under 750kph . |
| 17 | ‘ And too many sailors target the very sought-after minority of waterside properties , ’ whereas they can live on the outskirts of somewhere like Truro or surrounding areas ( where new five-bedroom executive houses have dropped to around £90,000 from £140,000 and large Victorian detached houses are £110,000 ) and have moorings within a couple of miles ' reach . |
| 18 | Five quayside cranes of up to 10 tonne capacity serve the berth . |
| 19 | ‘ The setting of an arbitrary limit of 2,000 prescriptions per month before payment of the new allowances will adversely affect and could even lead to closure of up to one in five pharmacists in Cheshire . |
| 20 | The Moroccan Interior Ministry had on Jan. 2 warned of an environmental catastrophe of " tragic proportions " and the loss of up to 100,000 jobs in the fishing and tourism industries . |
| 21 | , Scientists at the Dutch Central Veterinary Institute claim to have isolated the cause of the Mystery Reproductive Syndrome ( MRS ) disease which has been sweeping pig herds across much of western Europe over the past few months , leading to the loss of up to 10 per cent of offspring in some herds . |
| 22 | An RAF base is to close with the loss of up to 140 civilian jobs . |
| 23 | The cash call was accompanied by a forecast loss of up to £1.5 million for the year ending 31 March . |
| 24 | It is one of seven centres across the country which will close with the loss of up to 1,000 jobs . |
| 25 | Well we know that in our company by the jobs lost , we know that in the Midland region because it could be a loss of up to ten percent of our membership , six thousand members . |
| 26 | The wind and rain ceased over the next two days , but giant waves of up to fifteen feet continued to batter the shoreline , flooding and wrecking many homes . |
| 27 | This beam is then supported by concrete pillars , with spans of up to 50 metres . |
| 28 | In the following year the Channel Bridge Study Group , including representatives of the British and French steel industries , produced a road/rail bridge design consisting of 140 spans of up to 1,447 feet in length . |
| 29 | The law envisaged the denationalization of 40-50 per cent of state assets by the end of 1992 , rising to 60-70 per cent by 1995 , which would bring in revenue of up to 400,000 million roubles . |
| 30 | It would also lead to the forcible relocation of up to 250,000 people , many of them from small tribal communities . |