Example sentences of "[noun sg] up on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |
| 2 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 3 | It was right through the window , the second pane up on the left hand side . |
| 4 | Turn lining to the wrong side by folding the valance up on the creased hemline , re-folding the mitres so that 2.5cm ( 1in ) of valance fabric shows below the lining , and the top edges are level . |
| 5 | Almost all the attractive parts of the house could remain operative : the extensive servants ' quarters — including the back corridor , the two still rooms and the old laundry — and the guest corridor up on the second floor would be dust-sheeted , leaving all the main ground-floor rooms and a generous number of guest rooms . |
| 6 | The café-cum-shop up on the ravishing Col du Soul or in particular has been a wondrous mess on my two ascents there : very dark , immensely cluttered , low ceilinged and lit as much as warmed by a large log fire . |
| 7 | A famous lintel example is the Porta Saracena at Segni , originally part of the city wall , but now about a mile outside the modern town up on the steep hillside . |
| 8 | That year saw England 's famous World Cup victory , and James Cossins recalled ‘ the difficulty of getting us all out of the wardrobe at the Duke of York 's — the only room with a TV set — in time for curtain up on the second house on the Saturday night that England won , and the fact that the cast were almost too hoarse to get to the end of the play . |
| 9 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 10 | How much is the mark up on the whole box ? |
| 11 | He picked the ball up on the halfway line and strode to the edge of the area , where a mix-up between Richard Hall and Ken Monkou allowed him to run on and beat Tim Flowers . |
| 12 | By the time you get all the crew up on the windward rail , which would be in true wind of 10 – 12 knots , you should be flattening the bottom of the main and opening up the leech . |
| 13 | Well you 've probably seen , we 've put a notice up on the front door to say when we 're open and when we 're shut over |
| 14 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 15 | I 'll sling that tonic water thing up on the next shelf . |
| 16 | DAVID BRABHAM took his Ralt Spiess VW to victory in the penultimate round of the British Formula Three championship at Silverstone yesterday in a race shortened by four laps after a four-car pile up on the first lap . |
| 17 | A little way up on the left hand side is the Museum Dr Frederico Freitas where can be seen a large exhibition of engravings and porcelain . |
| 18 | The cottage next door to this on the right , it 's got a ghastly fake wishing well in the front garden , belongs to the chap who runs the garage up on the main road , Joe Fenniwick and his wife . |