Example sentences of "[was/were] up [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Company failures in the first quarter of 1991 were up 77% on the same period last year . |
| 3 | Revenues from this were up 77% to £37.2m , while pre-tax profits grew 92% to £7.8 . |
| 4 | Exports were up 4% at $2,787 . |
| 5 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 6 | Although overall revenues here were up 11% to £172.3m , after adjustment for exchange rates , they remained virtually unchanged . |
| 7 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc , reporting second quarter net profits of $3.0m against a loss last time of $19.8m , on sales up 44.1% at $72.2m , says that in the UK , sales were up 90% on the year-ago period , and rose 89% in the quarter , 87% in the half , across Europe as a whole . |
| 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 | Pre-tax profits were up 54% to £8m , further helped by the interest charge halved at £2.2m . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The 60% that said ‘ rather well ’ was up 1% from 1991 and 5% from 1989 , while the number that said ‘ really well ’ was up 1% from 1991 , but down 1% from 1989 . |
| 15 | The 60% that said ‘ rather well ’ was up 1% from 1991 and 5% from 1989 , while the number that said ‘ really well ’ was up 1% from 1991 , but down 1% from 1989 . |
| 16 | The volume of semiconductor business was up 8% on last year after product line pruning . |
| 17 | Sunward Technologies Inc has turned in third quarter net up 112.7% at $3.5m , on turnover that rose 56.9% at $33.4m ; net profit for the nine months was up 505% at $10.8m , after $1.2m gains from the sale of stock and $617,000 gains from payment of debt this time , on turnover that rose 89% to $94.1m . |
| 18 | Wolseley was up 16p at 600p , and AMEC added 13p to 94p . |
| 19 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 20 | Plant and machinery , for example , was up 12% to £3bn and computers and other office equipment was up 11% to £2.5bn . |
| 21 | In the last year , trade was up 30% in Belfast 's main shops . |
| 22 | Plant and machinery , for example , was up 12% to £3bn and computers and other office equipment was up 11% to £2.5bn . |
| 23 | IIS Intelligent Information Systems Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 44.9% at $2.3m , on turnover that rose 3.1% to $12.8m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 22% at $7m , on turnover that rose 2.7% to $45.1m . |
| 24 | BAT Industries , which exports most of its cigarettes , was up 17p to 973p . |
| 25 | Fisons was up 28 at 366p , Smith & Nephew rose 41/2 to 158p , Racal Electronics stood 62p before settling 21/2 better at 601/2p , Grand Metropolitan was up 56p at 943p , while Tarmac , which reports year-end figures next week , jumped from 117p to 137p . |
| 26 | Siliconix Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 17% at $2m , after $1.7m restructuring charges this time and $675,000 last time , as well as $1.7m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover down 1.7% at $41m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 3,242% at $4.6m , after $950,000 restructuring charges , $2.2m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover that rose 11.4% to $156.2m . |
| 27 | Compucom Systems Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 87.5% at $3m , on turnover up 13.9% at $205m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 44% at $7.2m , on turnover that rose 34.8% to $713m . |
| 28 | Defense Software & Systems Inc saw net profit for the year to December 31 was up 478% at $4.3m , on turnover up 44.7% to $16m . |
| 29 | Micros Systems Inc has turned in third quarter net profits up 183.6% at $1.1m , on turnover up 25.7% at $12.3m ; net profit for the nine months was up 60% at $3.5m , on turnover that rose 22.7% to $36.8m . |
| 30 | Attendance for the show 's 25 February to 1 March run was up 27% over last year . |