Example sentences of "up [prep] the [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the new financing structure collapsed under them and , as the cultural energy build up during the 1939–45 period became depleted , these filmmakers were only occasionally to work again at the same level of intensity . |
| 2 | With a low-start , low-cost with-profits endowment , payments are reduced in the first few years , and the difference has to be made up in the remaining period . |
| 3 | Hence public debt , irrespective of whether it is domestic or foreign owned , involves a cost-influencing choice : at the time the decision is made ‘ forgone opportunities are experienced ’ ( p. 182 ) , but this has ‘ no connection with the fact that resources are used up in the initial period ’ ( p. 182 ) . |
| 4 | The company 's co-brokers , Hoare Govett , had hoped for £12m before tax ; in the event the figure was £9.54m , still 89 per cent up on the corresponding period 's £5.04m . |
| 5 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |
| 6 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 7 | In the first three months of 1992 , a further 6,631 cases were reported ( 50 per cent up on the equivalent period last year ) . |
| 8 | Despite the fall in September sales , the figures produced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that total sales in the first nine months , at 1,919,338 , are still 5 per cent up on the same period last year . |
| 9 | In Britain , around £1.2 billion ( $1.9 billion ) is likely to be raised through IPOs in the second quarter , well up on the same period in 1992 . |
| 10 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 11 | Figures released at yesterday 's meeting of the station 's Local Community Liaison Council show that so far this year more than 8,000 visitors have visited the station , 70pc up on the same period last year . |
| 12 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21pc higher than the previous quarter and 20pc up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 13 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21% higher than the previous quarter and 20% up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 14 | That is why we offer a special Protection Plan which ensures that the repayments are made for up to 12 months in the case of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan for accident and sickness . |
| 15 | The benefit is payable monthly after 15 consecutive days absence from work , during the continued period of absence , for up to 12 months in respect of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan in respect of disability . |
| 16 | The benefit is payable monthly after fifteen days absence from work , during the continued period of absence , for up to twelve months in respect of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan in respect of disability . |
| 17 | The riots demonstrated the ease with which public opinion in Japan was moved to chauvinism and nationalism where foreign policy was concerned , as well as highlighting a gap between reality and what the public was led to believe , which was recurrent up to the postwar period . |
| 18 | He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period . |
| 19 | In the following section we shall examine the changes that have occurred in the UK economy in the decades leading up to the latest period of structural change , the changes over the post-war period culminating in what is often called the deindustrialization of the UK . |
| 20 | Conversely , where employers ' associations remained weak and underdeveloped — as in France up to the inter-war period — collective bargaining played a negligible role in setting the terms and conditions of employment , with the result that legislative provisions assumed relatively greater importance . |
| 21 | In the south-east , it shot up over the same period from 4 to 9.7pc . |