Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] up to " in BNC.

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1 The tuberous rootstock , up to 4ins ( 10cms ) long , is cylindrical and bears a rosette of leaves which are up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 3ins ( 71½–8cms ) wide .
2 The Mirror revealed the appalling contradiction of so-called ‘ slimmers ' ’ meals which were up to 44 per cent fat .
3 In contrast , the plots at Penkridge , which were up to 30 m ( 100 ft ) deep , may well have been employed as gardens or animal pens .
4 The leaf-blade , which is up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 4ins ( 10cms ) wide , is borne on a very long , robust stalk , which often reaches a length of up to 20ins ( 60cms ) .
5 The longest is the second dorsalmost spine which is up to two arm segments in length .
6 Well the age group was always just school age which was up to fourteen .
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