Example sentences of "[noun pl] went up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | House sales over the six months went up from 357 units for the previous comparable period to 409 . |
| 2 | There was a dramatic fall in light industrial output , while savings went up by 133,400 million yuan , the largest rise ever . |
| 3 | A niece of the former Labour minister Douglas Jay and first cousin of Peter Jay , the former British ambassador in Washington who is now the BBC 's economics editor , her ratings went up in certain quarters when she once said of Mrs Thatcher : ‘ She is not the sort of person one would invite to dinner . ’ |
| 4 | President Clinton 's ratings went up by nine percent . |
| 5 | The main tax rates remained unchanged , while most tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation ( 7.7 per cent over the 12 months to December 1989 ) , although some duties went up by 10 per cent . |
| 6 | The news media learned of the arrests next morning and over a number of days outraged protests went up from loyalist spokesmen , including leaders of loyalist political parties and Andrew Beattie 's colleagues on the Constitutional Stoppage Central Co-ordinating Committee . |
| 7 | As it got closer , its lights went up to full beam . |
| 8 | Nationwide , unemployment figures went up by 41,000 , making the total 2,908,900 million . |
| 9 | The Guardian/ICM poll , taken last week when interest rates went up to 15 per cent , also found that Labour had maintained its 10 per cent lead over the Conservatives . |
| 10 | The price of petrol was increased by 47 per cent , domestic butane gas by 60 per cent and electricity by 71 per cent , and telephone and postal rates went up by 58 per cent and 81 per cent respectively . |
| 11 | According to the General Household Survey , the proportion of one-person households went up from 17 per cent in 1971 to 26 per cent in 1988 , while that of households with six or more people fell from 6 to 2 per cent . |
| 12 | Profits went up by ten per cent last month and your stepfather got the credit . |
| 13 | All they broke all the windows went up to all the shops do n't you remember ? |
| 14 | As both polyester and polyamide are ultimately derived from oil , the industry suffered a major trauma ; raw material prices went up between three and four times — and that led to a rapid revision of growth rate potential . |
| 15 | Seasonal food prices went up by 2.1 per cent in February , and average prices of clothing and footwear rose by 1.8 per cent , after falling 4.6 per cent in January . |
| 16 | There had been no improvement in productivity , retail prices went up by 1.5 per cent ( although the real level of inflation was widely thought to be at least double that ) , and wages remained static in real terms . |
| 17 | At the same time the price of leaded petrol was increased by 55 per cent , compared with a 25 per cent rise for unleaded , and electricity prices went up by 15 per cent . |
| 18 | Lada prices went up by three per cent on 1 October making their cheapest car , the Riva 1300SEL saloon , £3275 . |
| 19 | The number of arrests went up to 46 when the partners of those arrested were also taken in by police . |
| 20 | Wages edged up to an average of £19.58 , and the bank rate came down to 6 per cent , but mortgages went up from 6 to 6&1/4% . |
| 21 | When the train crossing time was increased to 30 seconds the mean delays went up to 0.52 , 0.75 and 3.0 seconds for the three vehicle separation times , and the maximum queue lengths became 2 , 4 and 10 respectively . |
| 22 | Alcoholic drinks went up by 6 per cent . |
| 23 | Civilian workers employed by the police went up by 12 per cent between 1979 and 1988 ( 34,630 to 41,800 ) . |
| 24 | Jane had never seen him so depressed , his anger frequently spilling over into words to her , as the dwellings went up with hideous and indecent haste , flaunting a flag : ‘ Waterloo Homes ’ right next to his drive . |
| 25 | Theatre attendances went up from eight million in 1981 to nearly 11 million in 1988 . |
| 26 | At the Crown Street Art Gallery attendances went up from 24,000 in 1990 to 31,200 in 1991 . |