Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a Scottish Partner Centre has also been set up to attract companies that are interested in either expanding or setting up headquarters in the region . |
| 2 | General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 3 | But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ? |
| 4 | Even though the government picks up 80% of the cost of the huge security operation needed to guard the airline against terrorism , that still leaves El Al with a large bill . |
| 5 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 6 | Welsh Secretary John Redwood promised to pick up 85pc of the bill after Gwynedd County Council has spent £400,000 and Aberconwy Council £21,000 of their own money . |
| 7 | By this means we build up data on the quality of a raw material , its variability and the reliance of a supplier in the quality concept . |
| 8 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
| 9 | Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me . |
| 10 | In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large . |
| 11 | Persistent and casual truants — so categorised by headteachers — made up 4% of the school roll in November and 5% in June . |
| 12 | Earnings — up 4% in the year to March — are still rising faster than underlying inflation . |
| 13 | Might come up trumps. on the night but nobody do on . |
| 14 | In the USA , black Americans , who make up 12% of the population , have traditionally formed a distinct social stratum at the base of the stratification system . |
| 15 | Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 13% at the equivalent of $832.2m on turnover that rose 18% to $2,801m . |
| 16 | Net earnings per share , up 73% in the quarter , were $0.63 in the nine months . |
| 17 | Where was the best place for bringing up fish on the river ? |
| 18 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
| 19 | Take delivery as an example : each of the requirements of material , quantity , time , location and documents is marked and when added together these make up 30% of the total . |
| 20 | Overseas , where the high yen threatens to be most damaging , Keyence is booming , with exports up 30% in the year to March . |
| 21 | NWD snaps up 15% of the market , Hewlett-Packard and DEC have 17% apiece , IBM lags behind at 14% , while Network Computing Devices Inc leads the field with 25% . |
| 22 | That 's one every 11 days and already up 15% on the whole of last year . |
| 23 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
| 24 | In the Union Territory of Nagaland , Christians make up 85% of the population . |
| 25 | Ransomes shares yesterday closed at 31p , up 3p on the day . |
| 26 | Their rural cousins , who still make up 75% of the population , scratch a living from the soil . |
| 27 | ‘ They were training up people for the university , teaching me Latin . |
| 28 | The conspiracy theory of racism makes sense of a particular social reality : it is because the police force , which is supposed to uphold justice and protect ethnic minorities from racist attacks , is itself responsible for so much of the violence and injustice suffered by black communities that it is experienced as being part of the same oppressive system as the gang of white unemployed youth who are beating up people on the street . |
| 29 | Nintendo Co Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 2% to the equivalent of $750.9m on turnover that climbed 13% to $5,471m . |
| 30 | Such a client pool could best be exploited by setting up sales within the country rather than wooing clients to bid at international level , which is currently their approach in Korea , another target area in their long-term world-wide strategy . |