Sentence examples for could be upward from inspiring English sources

When we talk about retirement, it could be upward of 20 or 30 years.

It is conceivable the total could be upward of 7 to 8 inches.

Given that there could be upward of a billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone, this assumption suggests that the universe should be teeming with life.

Some officials also said that if the public doubted the Fed's willingness to reduce its huge balance sheet — by selling the financial assets it acquired as a response to the crisis — when the time comes to do so, "the result could be upward pressure on inflation expectations and so on actual inflation".

The price tag could be upward of $50 billion.

On Wednesday, the OECD said that while new housing measures were likely to encourage residential investment and supply, there could be "upward pressure on house prices" if builders did not build more homes.

Dan Greenhaus, the chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Company, said that based on the figures, it was likely that consumption in the fourth quarter could be revised upward, or up to 2.5 percent for fourth-quarter gross domestic product.

In an instant, his stake could be worth upward of $18.7 billion.

During the off-season, most of the upper tier was removed so that the bowl below could be extended upward.

If projected increases in generation capacity do not occur, he added, there could be more upward pressure on electricity prices.

Relatively large fluxes of salty water could be transported upward along preferential paths, like faults or improperly abandoned wells.