Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while products make up 28% of turnover , the group also has a strong recurring revenue stream , and is keen to exploit it further — 28% of income comes from maintenance , 44% from services : consultancy , technical support and training . |
| 2 | Parental smoking was dichotomised ( regular or occasional smoker v non-smoker , former smoker or not known ) , and father 's occupation was categorised into four groups : manual , non-manual , unemployed , and not known ( this last category made up 21% ( 943 ) of the 4538 responses ) . |
| 3 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 4 | Accidents and vandalism make up 25pc of claims for loss of use of the vehicle . ’ |
| 5 | Referrals from general practice made up 40% of the workload of the district 's radiology service . |
| 6 | Earlier on you were talking about erm the dredger bringing up fish or you your father |
| 7 | Vaux served up £30.91m ( £34.34m ) profits to October 3 , after pumping out £35m on 270 new pubs and £25m on revamps and new brewing equipment . |
| 8 | NWD snaps up 15% of the market , Hewlett-Packard and DEC have 17% apiece , IBM lags behind at 14% , while Network Computing Devices Inc leads the field with 25% . |
| 9 | For example , today 's Daily Mail decided to have on its front page — coincidence I am certain — to go with the Bill : ’ Cheating Refugee Rang Up £117,000 Phone Bill ’ . |
| 10 | Later on I worked on the twilight shift in a components factory and as our kids grew up people moved out and others moved in . |
| 11 | Stephenson also sends Durham Edition down for the Food Brokers Ferrero Rocher Handicap Chase but due to defections the weights go up 14lb and he is topweight with 11st 10lb . |
| 12 | Stephenson also sends Durham Edition down for the Food Brokers Ferrero Rocher Handicap Chase but due to defections the weights go up 14lb and he is topweight with 11st 10lb . |
| 13 | A punter at Pontefract races collected £24,843 for a 10p investment while another customer at a Tote betting shop in Paddington picked up £12,421 for a 5p outlay . |
| 14 | Teesside operations put up £2,000 — half the cost of the special portable pump and generator — and provided technical advice . |
| 15 | As with TA , unless you are fond of playing with computer programmes ask someone more expert to set up CC for you . |
| 16 | They will offer package programmes at minimal cost , in the hope of recovering their outlay and , most importantly , providing an inducement for a sponsor to put up £6 million for world-wide exposure . |
| 17 | More in the PC Tune Up series ! |
| 18 | In the Union Territory of Nagaland , Christians make up 85% of the population . |
| 19 | This is not cheap : housing costs eat up 44% of a typical wage-earner 's income , as opposed to 14% in the 1950s . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In 1992 , VAX-related revenues made up 70% of total group turnover , but Turner expects this to drop to 60% in 1993 as AS/400 business continues to grow . |
| 22 | Former GB tourist Des Foy and fellow centre John Henderson are also on their way to Fartown , with Oldham picking up £10,000 for the pair . |
| 23 | This might be explained by WIRS s failure to pick up data on casual workers , the form of temporary worker employed in low skill service occupations . |
| 24 | Business rates up 30% , VAT increases and a statutory minimum wage increase of 10% , when most of us are on a pay freeze . |
| 25 | Laming claimed he knew nothing about the drugs ring and said Black put up £10,000 towards development of the stun gun . |
| 26 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 27 | ( b ) finishers case up lavatories. ( c ) inside ceilings painted third and fourth coats of white , and outside body the second coat lead colour and first coat of filling . |
| 28 | In 1953–54 nearly 40% of all male students were classified as manual workers ; men as a whole made up 45% of the total number of students . |
| 29 | Those who get housing benefit , but not income support , will find a single person 's rent rebate goes up £1.63 a week . |
| 30 | If the price goes up 9% and his costs stay about the same maybe up 5% or so , er his actual bottom line is his income at the end of the year will in fact increase by about 60% . |