Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters . |
| 2 | Despite the Labour party 's smears about what has been happening recently , manufacturing exports are up this year , notwithstanding the recession . |
| 3 | Jackie 's ears are down all the time . |
| 4 | So scenario , clients been off sick for the last six months with a back problem . |
| 5 | First of all , has your employee been off sick for four or more days in a row ? |
| 6 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 7 | The Second Division side were down 7-3 at half-time — a Brian Laidlaw try for Melrose , converted by Gary Parker , to a penalty for Peebles by Graham Mutch . |
| 8 | And I think where where youngsters were away from school that was a greater reason for them to be at home , to look after home , whilst their parents were ill or if probably one of the other kids were off ill or something like that you see , because in most families there was what three and four children . |
| 9 | In very difficult trading circumstances , footwear exports in the past 12 months were up 11 per cent . |
| 10 | However , my contract with the club is up next May and then I will have more time on my hands , but I will still need help with the Irish job . |
| 11 | ‘ Our staff turnover is down 50 per cent and that is not entirely due to the effects of the recession , ’ says general manager of the Holiday Inn Bristol , a Scotts ' hotel which recently completed a £10 million refurbishment and emerged as the Bristol Marriott . |
| 12 | In Liverpool drink-related crime is down 22 per cent and in the Thames Valley it has dropped 13 per cent so far this year . |
| 13 | The pound is up more than a cent at one dollar , eighty-eight but down at two marks , ninety-one . |
| 14 | The pound is down one dollar , eighty four and down at two marks , seventy seven eighty four . |
| 15 | The pound is down four cents at $.1*75 ) one dollar seventy-five , and down at DM2.84 two marks eighty-four . |
| 16 | The pound is down two cents at one dollar eighty , and down at two marks eighty-six . |
| 17 | up on 1979 , and business investment is up 27 per cent . |
| 18 | The figure is down seven on last year . |
| 19 | What should I do if an employee is off sick ? |
| 20 | What should I do if an employee is off sick ? |
| 21 | Renault 's out that 's on there the cars he 's got that |
| 22 | While figures for the year showed an increase in real growth of 2.9 per cent , business investment was down 3 per cent , consumer spending down 0.1 per cent and the growth elements appeared only to be in home purchases and government spending . |
| 23 | Circulation was down four percent , but overseas we increased our circulation by five percent and again in the U K in , in newspaper sales we held our market share . |
| 24 | Turnover was up 10 per cent , to £1.5 billion , with 19,000 employees currently undergoing formal training — another record figure . |
| 25 | Turnover was up 10.1 per cent to £125m . |
| 26 | Turnover was up 37 per cent to £9.6m . |
| 27 | Foreign trade turnover was up 4.7 per cent overall ; that with socialist countries fell slightly but exports to and imports from the industrialized West rose 7.6 per cent and 23.6 per cent respectively , to 26,000 million and 26,800 million roubles . |
| 28 | Turnover was up 16 p.c. to £1.87 billion and Nokia Data , the Finnish company bought for £230m in September , made a modest contribution to profits . |
| 29 | During the full nine months period , pre-tax profits rose 5.8 per cent to $47.4m and turnover was up 17.7 per cent to $533.5m . |
| 30 | Average overseas turnover was up 3.3 p.c. to £1.2 billion after a surge of trading in American shares . |