Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] up [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In often busy trading Scottish shares frothed up 20p to 389p with stories flowing that the French BSN foods and drinks group or the giant US brewer Anheuser-Busch was about to pounce . |
| 2 | Pupils classified as unauthorised absentees made up 11% ( June ) and 7% ( November ) of the total surveyed . |
| 3 | In 1992 , VAX-related revenues made up 70% of total group turnover , but Turner expects this to drop to 60% in 1993 as AS/400 business continues to grow . |
| 4 | SICKLY Britons coughed up £438 million on health remedies last year — including £152 million on cold cures and £45 million on indigestion tablets , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 5 | The professional and managerial classes made up 18% of the population in 1971 : their children formed 51% of university entrants in 1975 and 54% in 1979 . |
| 6 | Major M&S supplier Northern Foods gave up 4p to 273p , AB Foods dipped 1p to 505p , and Cadbury Schweppes fell 5p to 448p . |
| 7 | News of the disposal and the £75m profit BAT will reap from the deal sent shares in the tobacco and financial services conglomerate up 9p to 745p . |
| 8 | Of the $1.7 billion shifted from losers to gainers in workouts , senior creditors gave up $1.3 billion . |