Example sentences of "[be] up [num] [unc] cent on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tour operator Thomson said bookings are up five per cent on last year , with more than 80,000 people travelling in the last week of the year . |
| 2 | New car sales last month were up 6.3 per cent on last year . |
| 3 | The volume of exports in the four months to November was up 4 per cent on the previous four months , while imports rose 1 per cent . |
| 4 | However , in volume terms , exports were up seven per cent in the last three months compared with the previous three months and was up 13 per cent on a year ago . |
| 5 | Mr MacGregor will be told that during the first 12 of the 13 four-week periods of the 1992-93 financial year — which ends in a fortnight — fare income was up 9 per cent on the equivalent periods a year earlier . |