Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " 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 | The long-end Treasury 113/4 p.c. 2003–07s ended the session at £1121532 , up £2532 on a yield of 9.8 p.c . |
| 4 | In France , where substantial remedial action has still to take effect , there was a deficit of $7.4m ( 1992 : $7.8m loss ) on premium income up 20% as a result of substantial rate increases in a market which is now much more receptive to rating action . |
| 5 | Earnings — up 4% in the year to March — are still rising faster than underlying inflation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
| 8 | Overseas , where the high yen threatens to be most damaging , Keyence is booming , with exports up 30% in the year to March . |
| 9 | That 's one every 11 days and already up 15% on the whole of last year . |
| 10 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The professional and managerial classes made up 18% of the population in 1971 : their children formed 51% of university entrants in 1975 and 54% in 1979 . |
| 15 | Orders rose 24% , up 18% in the US to $2,100m , foreign by 28% to $3,100m . |
| 16 | Referrals from general practice made up 40% of the workload of the district 's radiology service . |