Example sentences of "up on [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's something I want to check up on first . |
| 2 | Last month the artist never one to think small showed ‘ The Olate Paintings ’ up on 57th Street and , simultaneously downtown to Greene , ‘ The End of Summer ’ . |
| 3 | While many brewers are bemoaning over-capacity and falling sales , Wood 's are trading 33 per cent up on last year 's summer figures on their Parish , Special and Wonderful brews . |
| 4 | The Wings Appeal total divided by the number of members gives an average of £21.56 per member , well up on last year . |
| 5 | ‘ Fifty up on last year ? |
| 6 | The final dividend should be 10 per cent up on last year 's payment . |
| 7 | ‘ Trade has been keeping up well , ’ said GUS 's deputy chairman Richard Pugh , with the average spend of its eight million UK customers up on last year . |
| 8 | ‘ Holidays are now becoming essential purchases and in 1992 summer bookings were 12 per cent up on last year . |
| 9 | ‘ Sales are up on last year . |
| 10 | In the seven days before Christmas , customers collected £271 million from hole-in-the-wall machines , 11 per cent up on last year . |
| 11 | Attendance figures reached 6,700 , some 10% up on last year . |
| 12 | Not even a relentless IRA bombing campaign in the major English cities could dampen spirits , and most booksellers reported that December sales were significantly up on last year . |
| 13 | A number of them were about 10% up on last year , and several were as much as 20% up . |
| 14 | Although they showed a monetary loss , the number of members recruited was up on last year . |
| 15 | ‘ Overall our four shops were about 17% up on last year ’ , though even with this boost , trading in the calendar year will be down on ‘ 91 . |
| 16 | up on last year 's figure . |
| 17 | Reported car crimes in Oxford are running at 600 per month ; car crime has doubled in the past four years , constituting one third of all crime reported in the city , and this year 's figures are one third up on last year 's . |
| 18 | Entries are up on last year but they come mainly from ‘ middle of the road ’ competitors whose goal will be finishing rather than winning this marathon . |
| 19 | Some magnificent results have come in so far with Badenoch and Strathspey being 71% , Nithsdale 99% and East Lothian 100% up on last year . |
| 20 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 21 | Totals for the past six months , which is since the TV campaign started , are more than 15,000 up on last year . |
| 22 | Sales into Germany are good , while in France , although well up on last year , business is quieter than expected . |
| 23 | A £60,000 tufting machine was installed in January , again increasing the production which is approaching 60% up on last year . |
| 24 | She was exhausted , she was close to tears or laughter , she was probably getting drunk , topping up on last night 's alcohol . |
| 25 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 26 | This averages out at £369 per person 2pc up on last year . |
| 27 | Sales of Gateacre-made Spam are already 7% up on last year and the new campaign is aimed at increasing them even further . |
| 28 | The figure included for non-payment £28.04 is 50p up on last year . |
| 29 | ‘ Takings are up on last year and we have n't had a price rise in over twelve months . ’ |
| 30 | Durham are hoping for a quality entry and with £350 £50 up on last year waiting for the champion , they wo n't be disappointed . |