Example sentences of "[adv] up on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There was Mr and then a bit further up on the right hand side was a fella who used to have the contract for making the bread for the
2 This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers .
3 In Britain , around £1.2 billion ( $1.9 billion ) is likely to be raised through IPOs in the second quarter , well up on the same period in 1992 .
4 Not only are they one of the best campaigning organisations around , keeping the welfare of British birds well up on the conservation agenda , their quarterly magazine is full of interesting information on different species as well as tips on the best places to go .
5 Vulcanologists said Mayon had erupted 26 times during yesterday 's 11 daylight hours — well up on the 15 eruptions in the previous 13 hours .
6 At 31 December , Shirescot 's fully-diluted net asset value stood at 109.58p ; well up on the initial NAV , after issue costs , of 95.07p .
7 The long middle claw on her foot tore a gash in Rima 's arm and spots of blood began to well up on the brown skin .
8 Quite a few old ones up there there was , even up on the left-hand side .
9 High up on the other side of the square is a sign on which words pass rapidly from right to left across a bank of lights .
10 Mistakenly , he thought that the figures he saw high up on the furthest rocks were working the rich secrets of the plumbago or wadd mine .
11 Artemis had been busy drawing , sitting on the window seat of the nursery , high up on the third floor of the family wing .
12 It is a large castle , strongly fortified and with small window openings high up on the massive walls .
13 I leave the motor road high up on the open Wolds , and take the chalk and flint surfaced green lane .
14 Twenty fi I mean last week there was a hundred sixty in and that was actually up on the previous couple of weeks , just
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