Example sentences of "[n mass] up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sunday , for the first time since the Gulf war , Iraq flew combat aircraft up to the 36th parallel in violation of UN resolutions . |
| 2 | In sum : heads Fleet/Norstar wins , tails the taxpayer loses , on top of the $2.5 billion ( 10% up from the previous estimate ) that is already down the drain . |
| 3 | 16,000ft up in the Bolivian Andes the miners of the Cerro Rico chew coca leaves , they 're preparing for another day in the tin mines . |
| 4 | We 've found that own brands are from thirty five pence up to the top quality brands are something like eighty five pence and we feel we 've hit the market in the middle there . |
| 5 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21% higher than the previous quarter and 20% up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 6 | In 1990 nearly a million homes were burgled , almost 20% up on the previous year . |
| 7 | Bulmers ' £17.1 million profit is nearly 20% up on the previous year . |
| 8 | Tomorrow night we move away from the Chilean coast and travel 13,500ft up into the Bolivian Andes , where Oxfam is helping the indigenous Indian people who are struggling to make a living now that their mines have closed down and their farmland been destroyed by drought . |
| 9 | But er what we say is that we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles away from home |
| 10 | Now if I point out that it 's in bold erm and it preempts a question that generally comes up and that is if we er we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles one way away from home and er if we had to send you , and it 's a big if I have to say it 's a big if in especially in the medical practice side , if we had to send you more than a hundred miles we will pay another five percent . |
| 11 | ‘ Just play your normal game , ’ Patrick counselled , as he and Stevie followed Buck up to the 18th tee . |
| 12 | Mairi Ban would grudge them a bowl of oatmeal sowens , and then tell Ranald to see to the pig , and the sheep up on the grazing land . |
| 13 | The indications between the centre-line and full scale deflection are marked by the inner circle and 4 dots , each representing 2° up to the full scale deflection of 10° each side of the centreline . |
| 14 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 15 | Michael Ryder , reporting for Easons in NI , said that sales in existing shops were ‘ static ’ but about 15% up in the newer branches . |
| 16 | The company 's total UK car sales in 1992 were 266,072 7pc up on the 1991 figure . |
| 17 | Taking the more favourable contracted out rate the employee 's National Insurance contribution is 2% up on the lower earnings limit of £2,704 and 7% up on the difference between the lower earnings limit and the upper earnings limit of £20,280 . |
| 18 | The waste from basins will normally be 32mm up to a maximum length of 1.7m ( 5ft 6in ) with a slope of 1¼° to 1½° . |
| 19 | Ratagan stiffened and Isay brought his staff up into the ready position with a small , bleak smile adorning his face . |
| 20 | At Petworth , Lord Egremont instituted a ‘ voluntary ’ emigration policy , ‘ shovelling out paupers ’ which set people up in a new life in Canada , 1456 of them in five years . |
| 21 | and we 've just rung these people up from the Yellow Pages , I mean this does suggest does n't it that there 's quite a f quite a a big market out there for this stuff ? |
| 22 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |
| 23 | Platies and other livebearers do n't pair up in the same way as cichlids do — keeping them in pairs would be a waste of time , as they 're unfussy about which partner they choose to breed with . |
| 24 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21pc higher than the previous quarter and 20pc up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 25 | Figures released at yesterday 's meeting of the station 's Local Community Liaison Council show that so far this year more than 8,000 visitors have visited the station , 70pc up on the same period last year . |