Example sentences of "was up [num] [no cls] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Turnover was up 10 per cent , to £1.5 billion , with 19,000 employees currently undergoing formal training — another record figure . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Turnover was up 37 per cent to £9.6m . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The half-year interest bill was up 77 per cent at £8.5m . |
| 8 | Turnover was up 10.1 per cent to £125m . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Compared with 1988 , gross national product ( GNP ) was up 3 per cent in 1989 , national income 2 per cent , industrial output 1.7 per cent and labour productivity 3 per cent ( all at " comparable prices " ) . |
| 11 | By 1984 the number of airlines had risen from 36 to 120 , fares were down 30 per cent , and passengers use was up 50 per cent . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Retail turnover was up 28 per cent , and in some branches , such as vehicles and electrical goods , by more than half . |
| 14 | Export production , at 16,567 , was up 78 per cent . |
| 15 | During the full nine months period , pre-tax profits rose 5.8 per cent to $47.4m and turnover was up 17.7 per cent to $533.5m . |
| 16 | Turnover was up 2 per cent to £23163m . |
| 17 | Turnover was up ten per cent a t£2.1 billion and pre-tax profits increased 21 per cent to £256m … = ’ |
| 18 | Serious crime was up 42.4 per cent , with violent armed crime against individuals especially prevalent . |