Example sentences of "cent up on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total UK car sales , at 266,072 , were 7 per cent up on the 1991 figure . |
| 2 | In the first three months of 1992 , a further 6,631 cases were reported ( 50 per cent up on the equivalent period last year ) . |
| 3 | The 1990 budget , presented by the government and approved by the National Assembly on Feb. 21 , 1990 , set spending at £Syr61,875 million , 8.5 per cent up on the 1989 budget [ for which see p. 37100 ] . |
| 4 | At £2,077 million it was just over 26 per cent up on April , and 52 per cent up on the corresponding month in 1992 . |
| 5 | The company 's co-brokers , Hoare Govett , had hoped for £12m before tax ; in the event the figure was £9.54m , still 89 per cent up on the corresponding period 's £5.04m . |
| 6 | The British Sub Aqua Club ( BSAC ) has just reported a record-breaking year , with the number of dives off the UK coast estimated at about two million — 100 per cent up on the previous year . |
| 7 | These show an accelerating rate of growth , not only in the rate of increase in VAT registered businesses , to a net average of 1,200 a week in the past year — 50 per cent up on the previous year — but also in the self-employed , who rose from just under two million to more than three million . |
| 8 | The company made a £670 million profit last year — six per cent up on the previous year . |
| 9 | I ran CPAV past my library of 3,000-plus viruses and the success rate is a reflection of the package 's US origins — it detected 66 per cent of the infected files , 5 per cent up on the previous version , 1.3 . |
| 10 | Despite the fall in September sales , the figures produced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that total sales in the first nine months , at 1,919,338 , are still 5 per cent up on the same period last year . |