Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | SparcWare is driven by the need to lower the support costs that eat up 50% of every software engineering dollar and expand the market for independent software vendors . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |
10 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
11 | The long-end Treasury 113/4 p.c. 2003–07s ended the session at £1121532 , up £2532 on a yield of 9.8 p.c . |
12 | Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The company said fourth quarter orders were up 20% to a record $4,420m and highlighted excellent order growth for printers and mass-storage products . |
15 | In France , where substantial remedial action has still to take effect , there was a deficit of $7.4m ( 1992 : $7.8m loss ) on premium income up 20% as a result of substantial rate increases in a market which is now much more receptive to rating action . |
16 | Persistent and casual truants — so categorised by headteachers — made up 4% of the school roll in November and 5% in June . |
17 | Earnings — up 4% in the year to March — are still rising faster than underlying inflation . |
18 | Might come up trumps. on the night but nobody do on . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Net earnings per share , up 73% in the quarter , were $0.63 in the nine months . |
22 | Where was the best place for bringing up fish on the river ? |
23 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Overseas , where the high yen threatens to be most damaging , Keyence is booming , with exports up 30% in the year to March . |
26 | 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% . |
27 | That 's one every 11 days and already up 15% on the whole of last year . |
28 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
29 | In the Union Territory of Nagaland , Christians make up 85% of the population . |
30 | Ransomes shares yesterday closed at 31p , up 3p on the day . |