Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the year ending Mar 31 , 1991 , we have made mainly useful progress with the herd average moving up 770kg to 7320kg a cow of standard milk ( ie corrected to 3.8% butterfat and 3.2% protein ) or 7400kg at 3.89BF and 3.03 protein uncorrected .
2 Informix Corp had a good one , reporting fourth quarter net profits up 166% at $22.2m on turnover that rose 78.5% at $96.0m .
3 Hammerson shot up 45p to 855p in sympathy .
4 Pre-tax profits jumped to £15.5 million against £13.9 million last time with turnover up 16pc from £168.3 million to £195.3 million .
5 Teleglobe Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 50% at $14.1m , on turnover up 11% at $111.9m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $39.7m , after $71.5m charges related to restructuring and the write-down of assets , against profits of $20.2m , on turnover that rose 11.6% to $383.2m .
6 Net earnings per share , up 67% to $0.20 in the quarter , slipped 13% to $0.20 in the nine months .
7 Net earnings per share , up 67% to $0.20 in the quarter , slipped 13% to $0.20 in the nine months .
8 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 .
9 Profits edged up £59,000 to £2.12m before tax .
10 On the date on which the dividend was declared , a resolution was passed to call up £40 per preference share .
11 Shares closed up 1p at 235p .
12 ICI was 5p better at £12.65 , Reuters shot ahead 17p to £12.93 while BT edged up 1p to 408p .
13 Other supermarket groups were marginally firmer , with Sainsbury a penny better at 468p and Tesco also up 1p to 214p .
14 Shares in Morgan edged up 1p to 469p last night .
15 Gilts lost around £3/4 Goal Petroleum was among the oils to improve , up 1p to 85p .
16 Superconductor Technologies Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $207,000 down from losses of $656,000 last time , on turnover up 83% to $1.5m .
17 Tesco gave up 15½p to 242p on the week , even though profits for last year are expected to be £123 million up at £540 million .
18 Among water groups look for good figures from Yorkshire Water , up 17% to £75m helped by a one-off asset sale .
19 Others enjoyed an extraordinary jump in the 1985–90 period Fernandez Arman up 430% to average £17,500 , Jean Arp up 460% to £89,000 and Alberto Giacometti up 660% to £402,000 .
20 Aspect Telecommunications Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 90% at $1.9m , after $365,000 tax credits last time , on turnover up 40.2% to $21.8m .
21 Under the letter of intent , StorageTek agreed to issue 1.3m new shares Amperif shareholders and will set aside about 600,000 shares for warrants and employee stock options , valuing the company at $75.3m at the time of the announcement — but that valuation quickly improved to $83.6m as Storage shares shot up $4.375 to $44 even in after-hours trading on the news , and hovered round there on Friday .
22 Intel Corp shares were bouncing late Tuesday , closing up $4.375 at $101.375 on excitement generated by a suggestion from Alex Brown & Sons analyst Erik Jansen that he believed Intel was negotiating to use an IBM Corp chip plant in order to boost production of 80486 and Pentium computer .
23 Standard Microsystems Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 63% at $4.7m , on turnover up 19.4% at $69.1m ; net profit for the year to February 28 was up 2,561.8% at $15.8m , on turnover that rose 88.7% to $250.5m .
24 QVC Network Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 109% at $18.9m , after $1.1m losses from payment of debt this time and $868,000 last time , on turnover up 21.4% at $341.8m ; net profit for the year to January 31 was up 180.7% at $55.1m , after $1.5m losses from payment of debt this time and $2.1m last time , on turnover that rose 16.1% to $1,070.6m .
25 Wolseley was up 16p at 600p , and AMEC added 13p to 94p .
26 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 .
27 For the year ending September 30 , UK turnover was up 14% to £122m .
28 A 9% increase for the year to £111m is expected with the divi up 14% to 16.7p .
29 Analog Devices Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 160.6% at $10.2m , on turnover up 14% at $162.9m ; mid-term net rose 525.4% to $18.3m , on sales up 14.6% at $314.2m .
30 Penril Datacommunications Network Inc has reported second quarter net profits down 87.4% at $102,000 , on turnover up 12.4% at $13.3m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $694,000 against profits of $1.6m last time , on turnover up 3% at $24.6m .
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