Example sentences of "figure for the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure for the former was 17% and for the latter 13% . |
| 2 | Between January and February 1991 , 38,200 tourists visited the country — just 20% of the figure for the same period in 1991 . |
| 3 | Its profits were 36 per cent down on the figure for the same period last year , thanks mainly to a huge voluntary redundancy scheme under which 28,000 staff left . |
| 4 | NEW car sales in February totalled 126,984 — 16.06 per cent ahead of the 109,414 figure for the same month last year , according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ) . |
| 5 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the most recent monthly figure for output in the manufacturing industry ; and what is the comparable figure for the same month 18 years ago . |
| 6 | So far this year , drugs officers have made more than 130 seizures — twice the figure for the same time last year . |