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 . |