Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv prt] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earnings are down 19 p.c. to 26.7p a share , but with the benefits of its expansion programme expected to show through , the dividend is being lifted 12 p.c. to 8.7p , with the payment of a 5.8p final . |
| 2 | Compared with the peak year of 1989 , volumes are down 35 p.c . |
| 3 | Dividends are up 10 p.c. to 5½p after a final of 3.8p payable on May 30 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Earnings are up 22 p.c. to 55p a share , but the dividend increase is being kept to 8 p.c. with a 14p final on June 8 , making 21p for the year . |
| 6 | Cider sales are up seven percent this year … and the makers say that despite a bumper crop , they need all the fruit they can get . |
| 7 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |