Example sentences of "[be] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is now up a quarter on what it was 10 years ago , investments are up a third , productivity is up by a half and exports are up by three quarters . |
2 | Sales of replica kits are up a staggering 30pc this season as the designers hit the button in creative styles . |
3 | You see , these up here 's been up a long time . |
4 | So it means it 's not Ah so it means it 's got to be up the top end . |
5 | Hewlett-Packard Co — shares up $5.125 on those sterling second quarter figures ( CI No 2,171 ) — may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
6 | HP may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
7 | Sir Ralph 's quarters were up a polished wooden staircase in one of the turrets of the White Tower a pleasant , sweet-smelling chamber in sharp contrast to the grim cell over in the North Bastion . |
8 | Well , I was at the hospital a month ago and my blood pressure 's up a wee bit . |
9 | It 's up a wee lane so it is , you have to go . |
10 | That 's up a third on last year and represents an amazing reward for just 15 miles of special stage driving . |
11 | Larkins Farm at Chiddingstone in Kent is up a narrow , highhedged lane and over two bridges from the Tonbridge road . |
12 | Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
15 | So you be up the second division next year ? |
16 | Against a depressed market trend , ECC , paying a 13.4p final , rose 3 to 517p , Ladbroke ( 6.23p final ) added 3 to 214p , MB-Caradon ( 53/4p final ) put on 2 to 263p , while Redland ( 16¾p final ) was up a heady 14 at 481p . |
17 | Going against the trend of static or falling sales by other newspapers , our October circulation was up a fabulous 57,403 on the same month last year . |
18 | I was up a six this morning does that |
19 | The FTSE which at one stage had been more than six points ahead was up a mere 0.2 at 2817 . |
20 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
21 | Geographically , Oracle says its domestic US business improved on a strong second quarter — fuelled by Oracle7 sales , it was up a remarkable 65% on a weak fiscal third quarter 1992 , but that the strong dollar limited revenue growth at Oracle Europe to just 4% — but the currency translation was unfavourable by 11% . |
22 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
23 | ‘ Last time I went ter the pictures it was up the Grand picture 'ouse in Grange Road . |
24 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |