That would cost upwards of 3,500, as opposed to 900, and it's a process that can end in tears.

Four-bedroom detached houses cost upwards of 430,000 and three-bedroom terraces start at about 300,000.

They will be showing their finest pieces, most of which will cost upwards of 50,000.

The houses, on the rare occasions when they come onto the market, cost upwards of 3m, but a one-bedder was recently sold for 380,000.

They booked out the entire four-star hotel, where some rooms cost upwards of 685 a night, for nearly 200 relatives and friends.

The leaves come after the flowers and curve upwards gracefully from the base.

In the master suite, wonky walls curve upwards and, playing with your senses, test your sea legs.

The façades of the carpark storeys curve upwards from the floor to stop car bumpers crashing against the wall.

Lips curve upwards and meet more or less at corners, the upper lip protrudes over lower.

The people would be walking inside the circle; their feet toward the exterior and their head toward the center, the floor and ceiling would curve upwards.

If the water rises to the critical level that provides enough buoyancy to lift the house, it will float upwards like a boat, preventing any water from coming in.

Once a salmon or sea trout swims into the net the legs of the frame float upwards, trapping the fish.

Due to the rock's shape and size, wind currents from the gorge often blow vertically, causing light objects to float upwards into the sky.

The church's circular facade consists of three tiers of whitewashed, thin-poured concrete parabolic arches, the top one forming a bell-tower; the arches appear to float upwards from their grassy base.

Much damage was caused by the underground car park floating upwards due to liquefaction of the ground.

He flees: in wider fields the amazing sun rises, grass grows, larks fly upwards, fire burns, rain cools.

When strained, crinolines had a dismaying tendency to invert and fly upwards, like a stressed umbrella.

The tiny hands fly upwards, the eyes roll, the tongue clicks and the voice leaps.

They are people gifted or cursed with that switch that propels them into brilliance, but at other times forces them into trouble as the sparks fly upwards.

The design of the trap catches insects that naturally fly upwards when they hit a barrier.

If you look at the accompanying graphs, you will see that the oil price started to move upwards at the end of 2001.

As interest rates move upwards, empty homes could be sold as their owners find they can earn a better return from cash.

He reversed his position again, but now the market started to move upwards.

They will be concerned that wholesale prices could move upwards again, eating into margins.

Significantly, though, those prices have started to move upwards over the past week or so, after the central bank started to raise interest rates.

Expect to pay upwards of 2.5 million for a refurbished property.

For a two-bedroom apartment in a 1960s or 1970s era block expect to pay upwards of €4 million.

Investment trusts pay upwards of 7 per cent; other funds offer more than 4.8 per cent.

Expect to pay upwards of 300,000 for a terraced property.

Both pay upwards of 6 an hour.

Since a spectacular cloudburst was thundering down on the canvas tent in which he spoke, we did not quite catch the answer, though he did point upwards to the roof.

At this point, the sarcobela slightly contract and point upwards.

The star above and the two outer stars below point upwards; the inner star below points downwards.

In front across the centre of a bow stringed fess-wise, and arrow point upwards in pale, both sable.

The lower fertile flowers point downwards, while upper ones, usually paler and sterile, point upwards.