Example sentences of "and [verb] up [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , sales here increased 133% to £5.6m , and made up 45% of all new licence sales . |
| 2 | Rory had been able to leave his car when he thought he was getting warm , and walk up people 's drives until he found the pea-green Polo Fox . |
| 3 | Leading members of the Ramblers Association ( RA ) are on whistle stop tour to highlight access disputes around the country and whip up media attention before a series of protest walks on Forbidden Britain Day ( September 27 ) . |
| 4 | Accounting software house Sage Plc has finally launched the Macintosh version of its mid-range Sterling +2 package software , along with a revamped version of its MainLan peer-to-peer networking system and enhanced version of its Sovereign high end accounting system : the announcements were accompanied by the news that Sage Sterling +2 has now been included in the IT Recommended Product Scheme run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ; the Bookkeeper version of Sterling +2 for the Mac , available now , is £150 , the Accountant version is £350 ; MainLan 4.0 for MS-DOS and for Windows said to be faster and takes up 20% less memory than its predecessor is either £400 for the 16-bit starter kit boards or £200 with 8-bit boards ; the ‘ super enhanced ’ Sovereign 4.7 now has full EuroVAT reporting and improved profit and loss , stock take and help facilities and costs £350 for single users or £600 for multiple users . |
| 5 | Mansfeld , a metal products and processing group , has ruthlessly cut its staff in half , to 23,000 , chopped unprofitable businesses and signed up sales partners in the west . |
| 6 | T V , on the whole , generates material for itself , and makes little forays out into your territory and picks up people . |
| 7 | LET'S KNIFE ( Creation ) is the most bizarre thing you 'll hear all year : Nirvana meet the Shangri-Las for a dozen high energy throwaway thrash tunes with titles such as Flying Jelly Attack , Cycling Is Fun , I Am A Cat and Bear Up Bison . |
| 8 | Some form of short-term stabilisation programme is needed to eliminate shortages of goods , and soak up people 's cash . |
| 9 | What should make the situation even more galling for you , is the fact that a great deal of Scottish money has recently been invested in Scotland 's salmon streams in buying-off river nets and setting up fish hatcheries . |
| 10 | HOLT ‘ S Farnborough staff brushed aside all opposition in a Royal Scottish Assurance leaders referral competition — and ended up £500 the richer ! |
| 11 | A BUNGLING bandit botched three hold-ups in an hour — and ended up £200 worse off than when he started . |
| 12 | After a bit he got a job in a brick works and picked up £80 a week on day shift and £100 on night shift . |
| 13 | Official sources claimed that John Garang , the commander of the " Torit faction " of the Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) , and other leaders had escaped from the town and set up headquarters in Kajokaji , in the border region . |
| 14 | Photography completed , I climbed to 3400 ft and set up 75% power ( 2300 rpm/23 ’ manifold pressure ) . |
| 15 | To that end , many firms ( including , last month , Fiat ) have implemented ethical codes of conduct and set up ethics ombudsmen , ethics committees and the like . |
| 16 | Going round the major electronic subsidiaries , the company says that Macro , selling National Semiconductor Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and Philips Electronics NV parts , saw sales up 35% and profits up 75% as real demand starts to be overtaken by excessive ordering and manufacturers seeing shortages and extended lead times . |