Example sentences of "[be] up [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | He had been up seventeen hours . |
| 3 | The police have been up several times , you know that attache case I said the dustman found that time ? |
| 4 | The mast had been up three months and Kaptan still had one week of his vacation left when Osvaldo made his move . |
| 5 | ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain . |
| 6 | The immediate effect of the announcement was to lift the shares a smidgen , and they were up 25 cents at $49.50 at the opening . |
| 7 | The immediate effect of the announcement was to lift the shares a smidgen , and they were up 25 cents at $49.50 at the opening . |
| 8 | The first important point , however , is that compared with the same point on the economic cycle 10 years ago , manufacturing volume is up three quarters , productivity is up half and output is up one third . |
| 9 | ‘ The delivery room was up two flights of stairs , so Tony picked me up and ran up the two flights with me . |
| 10 | By 2 am the pound was up two pfennigs against Wednesday 's price for the German mark to stand at DM 2.87 . |
| 11 | During the final three months , group capital and reserves rose by £16 million to £1,480 million and the group 's solvency margin at the end of the year was up two points to 42 per cent . |
| 12 | By the close it was up 2.47 points at 2,773.56 . |
| 13 | By the close it was up 11.96 points at 2,785.52 . |
| 14 | At one time it was up 10.0 points . |