Example sentences of "be up [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Holiday bookings are up 20% on last year and the stresses and strains of the recession and high interest rates are forcing smaller travel operators out of business . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a massive drop in demand , but so far this year registrations are up 10pc on last year . |
| 3 | Earnings per share fell from 24.4p to 17½p but dividends are up 0.2p to 10.2p with a final of 6.2p payable June 10 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Company failures in the first quarter of 1991 were up 77% on the same period last year . |
| 6 | Revenues from this were up 77% to £37.2m , while pre-tax profits grew 92% to £7.8 . |
| 7 | Exports were up 4% at $2,787 . |
| 8 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 9 | Although overall revenues here were up 11% to £172.3m , after adjustment for exchange rates , they remained virtually unchanged . |
| 10 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc , reporting second quarter net profits of $3.0m against a loss last time of $19.8m , on sales up 44.1% at $72.2m , says that in the UK , sales were up 90% on the year-ago period , and rose 89% in the quarter , 87% in the half , across Europe as a whole . |
| 11 | The European operation reached only 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 12 | D&B 's European operation only reached 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 13 | Pre-tax profits were up 54% to £8m , further helped by the interest charge halved at £2.2m . |
| 14 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 15 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 16 | Operating system revenues were up $1.8m to $61.7m , though revenue growth has not increased at the same rate as unit volumes shipped because of volume discount schedules . |
| 17 | The Samara 1300SL 3 door is up £154 to £1549 and the Niva 4wd now costs £7049 . |
| 18 | Figures released yesterday for the first four months of the year show total crime in the county is up 12pc on this time last year , with the detection rate down by 3pc . |
| 19 | BR says annual revenue on the TransPennine service is up 120pc since 1986 and passengers by 60pc or nearly 7pc a year . |
| 20 | BR says annual revenue on the TransPennine service is up 120pc since 1986 and passengers by 60pc or nearly 7pc a year . |
| 21 | The French figure is up 13% to 1,751 . |
| 22 | The 2.4 litre diesel Landcruiser and Corollas are up one per cent , while the Starlet , ( the GL is the only model available ) is up £260 to £7860 . |
| 23 | The 60% that said ‘ rather well ’ was up 1% from 1991 and 5% from 1989 , while the number that said ‘ really well ’ was up 1% from 1991 , but down 1% from 1989 . |
| 24 | The 60% that said ‘ rather well ’ was up 1% from 1991 and 5% from 1989 , while the number that said ‘ really well ’ was up 1% from 1991 , but down 1% from 1989 . |
| 25 | The volume of semiconductor business was up 8% on last year after product line pruning . |
| 26 | Sunward Technologies Inc has turned in third quarter net up 112.7% at $3.5m , on turnover that rose 56.9% at $33.4m ; net profit for the nine months was up 505% at $10.8m , after $1.2m gains from the sale of stock and $617,000 gains from payment of debt this time , on turnover that rose 89% to $94.1m . |
| 27 | Wolseley was up 16p at 600p , and AMEC added 13p to 94p . |
| 28 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 29 | Plant and machinery , for example , was up 12% to £3bn and computers and other office equipment was up 11% to £2.5bn . |
| 30 | In the last year , trade was up 30% in Belfast 's main shops . |