Example sentences of "[be] up [num] per [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition never mention manufacturing exports , which are up 75 per cent . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Ten years later , after a 17 per cent drop in the secondary school population of the area , suspensions are up 230 per cent , the centres admit suspended as well as pre-suspension pupils and a fourth centre has been opened . |
| 4 | The 2.4 litre diesel Landcruiser and Corollas are up one per cent , while the Starlet , ( the GL is the only model available ) is up £260 to £7860 . |
| 5 | Amongst them bankruptcies are up 100 per cent . |
| 6 | The plastic sector is expected to reflect its depressed market with a decline in production of 4 per cent , while fibres will be up 1 per cent . |
| 7 | UK GDP in 1992 is expected to be up 1.25 per cent , while chemical production growth is likely to be 2 per cent according to the CIA panel . |
| 8 | In very difficult trading circumstances , footwear exports in the past 12 months were up 11 per cent . |
| 9 | Tesco 's profits in the 24 weeks to August were up nine per cent at £253 million . |
| 10 | New car sales last month were up 6.3 per cent on last year . |
| 11 | Animal health profits rose 5 per cent on a 4 per cent higher turnover , and consumer brands ' profits were up 1 per cent , on a 12 per cent higher turnover . |
| 12 | Sales in the year to August grew by 19 per cent to £131m , while operating profits were up 17 per cent at £22.1m . |
| 13 | By sector , pharmaceutical sales were up 4 per cent to £2470m , while trading profits in the sector rose 13 per cent to £694m . |
| 14 | Profits and earnings per share rose 17 per cent and dividends to shareholders were up 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Pre-tax profits were up 7.5 per cent at £1.48million on turnover marginally ahead at £29.5million . |
| 16 | Excluding the volatile transportation sector , bookings were up 0.7 per cent . |
| 17 | Imports of consumer goods were up 19 per cent . |
| 18 | Unveiling a three-year growth plan to raise sales progressively from an expected 5,000 houses this year to an eventual figure of 8,000 , he said reservations were up 15 per cent in the first three months of the year . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Nationalists were up seven per cent but ceded two of their five strongholds . |
| 21 | up on 1979 , and business investment is up 27 per cent . |
| 22 | In less than three years , output is up 25 per cent to record levels , productivity is up 50 per cent , unit costs are down by almost a third , and Sizewell B is ahead of schedule and within budget . |
| 23 | In less than three years , output is up 25 per cent to record levels , productivity is up 50 per cent , unit costs are down by almost a third , and Sizewell B is ahead of schedule and within budget . |
| 24 | But the half-time dividend is up 15 per cent to 1.95p . |
| 25 | Teachers ' pay is up 30 per cent in real terms since 1979 . |
| 26 | more in-patients are being treated in Wales , and the number of day cases is up 227 per cent . |
| 27 | Total turnover in the fourth quarter was up 5 per cent and profits up 13 per cent to £522 million , beating all three preceding quarters . |
| 28 | Turnover was up 10 per cent , to £1.5 billion , with 19,000 employees currently undergoing formal training — another record figure . |
| 29 | After a flat opening beers perked up when it became known that August beer production was up 8 per cent and the year 's output had edged 0.6 per cent ahead of last year 's corresponding performance . |
| 30 | Foreign trade turnover was up 4.7 per cent overall ; that with socialist countries fell slightly but exports to and imports from the industrialized West rose 7.6 per cent and 23.6 per cent respectively , to 26,000 million and 26,800 million roubles . |