Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun sg] figure " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Army figures released on Jan. 3 , 1990 , a total of 1,079 soldiers and 3,697 guerrillas had been killed since the beginning of 1989 in the war against the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional — FMLN ) . |
| 2 | BRITONS have become a lonelier nation in the last 10 years , according to Census figures . |
| 3 | FARMERS have grown 8pc less of arable crops this year , according to census figures just released by the Department of Agriculture . |
| 4 | According to casualty figures for the conflict in 1991 issued by Nagorny Karabakh 270 Armenians , 216 Azerbaijanis and 15 servicemen of various nationalities had died ; 400 Armenians , 180 Azerbaijanis and 34 servicemen had been wounded ; and 599 Armenians had been taken hostage , of whom 226 had not yet returned . |
| 5 | According to government figures , almost 60 per cent of all displaced persons in 1987 were concentrated in four departments : San Salvador , Morazán , Usulután and San Miguel . |
| 6 | FEAR of debt seems to be delaying a recovery on the high street , according to government figures . |
| 7 | According to government figures released in March 1990 , gross national product ( GNP ) growth fell sharply to 1.7 per cent in 1989 compared with 3.4 per cent in the previous year . |
| 8 | According to government figures in December 1989 , for the first time since 1946 Melanesians outnumbered Fijian Indians . |
| 9 | According to government figures in the first nine months of 1991 the number of immigrants of German origin ( Aussiedler ) fell to 166,786 from 337,394 for the same period of 1990 , but the number of asylum-seekers rose from 143,826 to 169,785 . |
| 10 | ( According to government figures , Eastern bloc countries accounted for 68 per cent of the total foreign trade turnover in 1986/87 , of which the Soviet Union accounted for 60 per cent . ) |
| 11 | According to government figures issued on Dec. 1 more than 270 people were killed in several simultaneous attacks by rebels on Nov. 23 and in fighting over the succeeding days in the capital Bujumbura and in the north-western provinces of Cibitoke and Kayanza . |
| 12 | The import of hazardous waste into the UK increased by around one-third to 44,000 tonnes in 1991 , according to government figures . |
| 13 | * Exports by the US of banned and hazardous pesticides rose by 12 per cent in 1991 , compared to 1990 , according to government figures analysed by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education . |
| 14 | The machines are air-cooled , taking up one tenth of the power and physical space needed by an equivalent IBM mainframe , for around 1/5th of the overall cost of ownership over three years , or a third of the price of a VAX 9000 , according to HP figures . |
| 15 | People are paying about the same this year as they did in 1991 , according to industry figures . |