Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the government picks up 80% of the cost of the huge security operation needed to guard the airline against terrorism , that still leaves El Al with a large bill . |
| 2 | By this means we build up data on the quality of a raw material , its variability and the reliance of a supplier in the quality concept . |
| 3 | Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 13% at the equivalent of $832.2m on turnover that rose 18% to $2,801m . |
| 4 | That 's one every 11 days and already up 15% on the whole of last year . |
| 5 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
| 6 | Nintendo Co Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 2% to the equivalent of $750.9m on turnover that climbed 13% to $5,471m . |
| 7 | Xionics had an easier birth than most small companies : it managed to persuade BP , its first customer , to put up £80000 toward the cost of developing Xinet . |
| 8 | Paris-based software and computer services company Generale de Service Informatique SA , or GSI , as it is better known , reported 1992 revenues up 8% to the equivalent of $460m , a rate of increase only half of that registered that year . |
| 9 | Referrals from general practice made up 40% of the workload of the district 's radiology service . |