Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now up a quarter on what it was 10 years ago , investments are up a third , productivity is up by a half and exports are up by three quarters . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
| 4 | Going against the trend of static or falling sales by other newspapers , our October circulation was up a fabulous 57,403 on the same month last year . |
| 5 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 6 | The tap-room of the tiny inn was down a deep step and he nearly sprawled on the tiled floor , coming abruptly into the cool darkness . |
| 7 | Sales of replica kits are up a staggering 30pc this season as the designers hit the button in creative styles . |
| 8 | Léonie and Thérèse were down the other end , putting on their boots . |
| 9 | Hewlett-Packard Co — shares up $5.125 on those sterling second quarter figures ( CI No 2,171 ) — may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
| 10 | HP may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
| 11 | Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way . |
| 12 | Sir Ralph 's quarters were up a polished wooden staircase in one of the turrets of the White Tower a pleasant , sweet-smelling chamber in sharp contrast to the grim cell over in the North Bastion . |
| 13 | But the Inter City Firm from West Ham were around a long time before the Service Crew . |
| 14 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 15 | Some of them are rather like cave paintings are n't they and have they 've got this from my a sort of tedious association of the drawings and pictures and er Catherine 's it seems to be suggesting that animals were around , animals and other creatures were around a long time before human beings and that human beings are in some ways intruders therefore in their in their world . |
| 16 | Well , I was at the hospital a month ago and my blood pressure 's up a wee bit . |
| 17 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 18 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
| 19 | Larkins Farm at Chiddingstone in Kent is up a narrow , highhedged lane and over two bridges from the Tonbridge road . |
| 20 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 21 | Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm . |