Example sentences of "[noun] up [prep] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 2 | At present every tenant makes as much hay as supports his stock in winter ; and has not only potatoes , cabbages , and meal in abundance for his family , but also frequently sells corn and potatoes , and feeds his cattle up to a third more weight than his predecessors were wont to do . |
| 3 | That was the unspoken alternative ( or at least unspoken by all except the red crow , who cheerily brought the subject up on every third or fourth visit ) , that was the easy way out . |
| 4 | wedding ceremony , they all troop up to the third storey |
| 5 | In Rowntree 's examples of typical streets in 1900 , in the poorest streets up to a third of the householders were widows , in contrast to less than 5 per cent in the best working-class districts . |
| 6 | Sammy by now had wormed his way up to the third rung where he was floundering and panting breathlessly . |