Example sentences of "up on the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The most useful contribution he could make was to turn up on the right day in the right uniform , cut ribbons , and make cosy speeches . |
| 3 | RESIDENTS in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead will be able to check up on the latest developments in health care at a special health awareness day . |
| 4 | Vulcanologists said Mayon had erupted 26 times during yesterday 's 11 daylight hours — well up on the 15 eruptions in the previous 13 hours . |
| 5 | The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life . |
| 6 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
| 7 | In Britain , around £1.2 billion ( $1.9 billion ) is likely to be raised through IPOs in the second quarter , well up on the same period in 1992 . |