Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal computers up 40% |
| 2 | Personal computers up 40% |
| 3 | The Italian army yesterday detonated nearly 400 lb of dynamite 3,500 feet up Mount Etna 's slopes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As mentioned , GTI turned in pre-tax profits up 104% to £8.1m , while sales grew 37% to £60.9m . |
| 6 | Diploma Plc , holding company for a portfolio of electronic and construction products businesses , reporting pre-tax profits up 225% at £8.1m , says that industry may be broadly much weaker following a long and debilitating recession , but Diploma has maintained a good level of investment in people as well as plant , and has generally considered the recent years as an opportunity . |
| 7 | A supplier of accounting software and related products for personal computers , Sage saw pre-tax profits up 24% to £5.4m , while turnover rose 44.8% to £21m . |
| 8 | Accountancy software supplier Systems Union Ltd , has turned in a record result for its 1992 fiscal year , with pre-tax profits up 280% to £1.5m , on turnover that increased 47.6% to £12.1m : the privately-owned London-based company has operations in Europe , the US and the Asia-Pacific region , and opened a new office in Hong Kong in November , with the aim of addressing the expanding South East Asian market and supporting the existing network of local distributors and agents ; it now boasts more than 100 agents , value-added resellers and distributors worldwide ; chairman John Pemberton aims to expand this network further during 1993 ; the group also launched version 4.0 of its SunSystems product line at the end of last year ; SunSystems comprises two main elements — SunAccount , a fully-integrated ledger accounting package , and SunBusiness , or sales purchase order entry , invoicing and inventory and control software . |
| 9 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |
| 10 | The prospectus was issued to coincide with results for the year to May 1 which showed pre-tax profits up 178pc at £7.8m from £2.8m on turnover of £78.6m . |
| 11 | HARDANGER , the retail property developer , posted pre-tax profits up £1.3million to £8.37million . |
| 12 | Seeq Technology Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 209% at $482,000 , on turnover down 10.8% at $8.9m ; mid-term net amounted to $587,000 against losses of $6m last time , after $6.2m pre-tax restructuring charges last time , on turnover down 14.9% at $17.6m . |
| 13 | California Amplifier Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 34% at $840,000 , on turnover up 50.2% at $10.4m ; net profit for the year to February 27 was up 92.9% at $3.1m , on turnover that rose 73.4% to $35.8m . |
| 14 | Informix Corp had a good one , reporting fourth quarter net profits up 166% at $22.2m on turnover that rose 78.5% at $96.0m . |
| 15 | Standard Microsystems Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 63% at $4.7m , on turnover up 19.4% at $69.1m ; net profit for the year to February 28 was up 2,561.8% at $15.8m , on turnover that rose 88.7% to $250.5m . |
| 16 | Trident Microsystems Inc saw second quarter net profits up 22% at $4.2m , on sales up 44.3% at $25.6m ; mid-term net rose 16.9% to $7.3m , on turnover up 38.1% at $44.5m . |
| 17 | Storage Technology Corp has reported first quarter net profits up 271% at $46.4m after a $40m gain from a change in accounting for tax , on turnover flat at $333.4m . |
| 18 | QVC Network Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 109% at $18.9m , after $1.1m losses from payment of debt this time and $868,000 last time , on turnover up 21.4% at $341.8m ; net profit for the year to January 31 was up 180.7% at $55.1m , after $1.5m losses from payment of debt this time and $2.1m last time , on turnover that rose 16.1% to $1,070.6m . |
| 19 | Data Race Inc has turned in third quarter net profits up 153% at $1.3m , on turnover up 101.2% at $11.1m ; net profit for the nine months was up 158.2% at $3.6m , on turnover that rose 125.6% to $31.3m . |
| 20 | IQ Software Corp has turned in third quarter net profits up 96% at $717,824 , after $25,342 gains from the disposal of discontinued operations this time and $1,758 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover up 55% at $4m ; net profit for the nine months was up 93.7% at $1.7m , after $28,850 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 56.3% to $10.8m . |
| 21 | Mitel Corp saw fourth quarter net profits up 138% at $9.5m , on turnover down 3% at $94.3m ; net profit for the year to March 28 stood at $2.1m against losses of $4.6m , on turnover up 4.3% to $338.2m . |
| 22 | Teleglobe Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 50% at $14.1m , on turnover up 11% at $111.9m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $39.7m , after $71.5m charges related to restructuring and the write-down of assets , against profits of $20.2m , on turnover that rose 11.6% to $383.2m . |
| 23 | ALC Communications Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits up 1,072% at $7.2m , after $2.3m tax credits this time and $700,000 last time , on turnover up 10.9% at $95.7m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 289.5% at $20.8m , after $7m tax credits this time and $2.6m last time , on turnover that rose 8.4% to $376.1m . |
| 24 | Silicon Valley Group Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 215% at $441,000 , on turnover up 7.1% at $51.6m ; mid-term net amounted to $1.1m against losses of $1.1m last time , on turnover up 15.1% at $105.7m . |
| 25 | NetFrame Systems Inc has reported first quarter net profits up 359% at $1.8m on turnover that rose 71.1% at $13.6m . |
| 26 | Lam Research Corp has turned in third quarter net profits up 124% at $5.5m , on turnover up 72.7% at $69.2m ; net profit for the nine months was up 83.5% at $12.6m , on turnover that rose 46.6% to $177.7m . |
| 27 | Alpha Microsystems Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 900% at $260,000 , on turnover down 23.1% at $9.5m ; net losses for the year to February 28 stood at $3.7m , after $2.7m restructuring charges , against profits of $304,000 last time , on turnover that fell by 8.7% to $45m . |
| 28 | Lam Research Corp has reported second quarter net profits up 71% at $4m , on turnover up 42.5% at $59.4m ; mid-term net rose 61.1% to $7.1m , on sales up 33.8% at $108.5m . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard Co came out with fiscal second quarter figures showing net profits up 40% at $326m on turnover up 12% at $4,183m , and reported that orders grew by 11% over the second quarter of fiscal 1991 at $4,183m . |
| 30 | Superior Teletec Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 180% at $2.4m , on turnover up 9.6% at $35.2m ; mid-term net rose 129.4% to $4m , on turnover that rose 4.5% at $71.1m . |