Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv prt] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total cattle slaughterings in the province were 3pc down on last year but there were increased slaughterings of young bulls and steers . |
| 2 | Attendance figures reached 6,700 , some 10% up on last year . |
| 3 | A number of them were about 10% up on last year , and several were as much as 20% up . |
| 4 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 5 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 6 | Some magnificent results have come in so far with Badenoch and Strathspey being 71% , Nithsdale 99% and East Lothian 100% up on last year . |
| 7 | ‘ Overall our four shops were about 17% up on last year ’ , though even with this boost , trading in the calendar year will be down on ‘ 91 . |
| 8 | HAMILTON Park , due to launch the Flat season in Scotland on Monday , yesterday revealed record prize money of just under half-a-million pounds for the months ahead — £105,000 up on last year . |
| 9 | Yet the fact is that Poland 's industrial production figures for March 1990 are 30% down on last year and the minister of labour , Jacek Kuron , forecasts 1.7m unemployed by the end of the year . |
| 10 | A Beginner 's Guide To Adventures costs a mere £3.00 , though regular readers can get it at 50p off with last month 's coupon . |
| 11 | The figure included for non-payment £28.04 is 50p up on last year . |
| 12 | Almost 120,000 people went through the turnstiles at Cheltenham this week ; that 's 7% down on last year . |
| 13 | Sales of Gateacre-made Spam are already 7% up on last year and the new campaign is aimed at increasing them even further . |
| 14 | This averages out at £369 per person 2pc up on last year . |
| 15 | Durham are hoping for a quality entry and with £350 £50 up on last year waiting for the champion , they wo n't be disappointed . |
| 16 | A £60,000 tufting machine was installed in January , again increasing the production which is approaching 60% up on last year . |