Example sentences of "[noun pl] were up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 2 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 3 | Operating system revenues were up $1.8m to $61.7m , though revenue growth has not increased at the same rate as unit volumes shipped because of volume discount schedules . |
| 4 | US revenues were up 16% ; European by 22% . |
| 5 | The company said fourth quarter orders were up 20% to a record $4,420m and highlighted excellent order growth for printers and mass-storage products . |
| 6 | Pub trade was reported to be quiet , though stronger trade was reported at W&D 's Milestone Restaurants and Taverns where profits were up 23% . |
| 7 | Pre-tax profits were up 54% to £8m , further helped by the interest charge halved at £2.2m . |
| 8 | The European operation reached only 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 9 | D&B 's European operation only reached 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 10 | South-west England recorded a 38pc drop , Wales and south-east England each dropped 22pc while in Scotland where the recession began later failures were up 16pc and there was a 3pc increase in north and north-west England . |
| 11 | Exports were up 4% at $2,787 . |
| 12 | Looking at telecommunications alone , it gets worse still : the production figure is down 27% and the market figure down 30% ; however , exports were up 19% here . |
| 13 | Advanced Micro shares were up $3.125 or 13.5% , at $27.375 . |
| 14 | Advanced Micro shares were up $3.125 or 13.5% , at $27.375 . |
| 15 | Analysts were mildly bullish following Storage Technology Corp 's first quarter report — figures , page five — and after an order imbalance on the New York Stock Exchange , the shares were up $1.125 or 4.7% at $25.125 in early trading on Friday : the numbers beat Wall Street expectations , and the company said that operating performance exceeded its expectations , largely as a result of the strengthening in the US enterprise-related business ; Europe remained slow as a result of weak economies , but the mid-range business has begun to benefit from new products ; cash grew to $325m from $118m at the end of 1992 ; it studiously avoided saying anything about the late Iceberg disk array . |