Example sentences of "figures [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the radical criminologists ' assumptions are correct , then the figures for the second half of the 19th century might probably show the opposite from that which they do ’ ( Emsley , 1988 , p. 42 ) . |
| 2 | You then ask the second child to write down any figures for the second row and you immediately write the third row . |
| 3 | United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time . |
| 4 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 5 | Figures for the first half of the year from the Building Societies Association showed that only around 54,360 people were in arrears with their mortgages . |
| 6 | The interim p&l account , balance sheet and cash flow statement therefore do not include comparative figures for the first half of 1991 ; the full year 1991 figures are shown , however . |
| 7 | HGCA figures for the first half of the 1992–93 season show Ipswich exporting ten per cent of all British wheat . |
| 8 | In July 1991 the SSB released economic figures for the first half of 1991 [ see p. 38340 ] . |
| 9 | Figures for the first half of 1990 showed that the trade gap had grown by 62 per cent to $1,870 million . |
| 10 | Leeds-based CST Distribution , the Acer Group Altos arm of CST Group Ltd has reported booming sales figures for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 11 | UK , Leeds-based CST Distribution , the Acer Group Altos arm of CST Group Ltd has reported booming sales figures for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 12 | The figures for the first quarter of 1990 showed an increase of 15 per cent on the corresponding period of 1989 , the largest rise in crime since records began in 1857 . |
| 13 | Evidence that the Chinese economy was entering a period of growth emerged on April 7 with the publication of economic figures for the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 14 | Figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed a 7 per cent increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) as compared with the same period in 1990 ; 42 per cent of this increase was accounted for by the manufacturing sector . |
| 15 | Official figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed industrial production declining by only 0.6 per cent compared with the same period of 1990 — a lesser decline than might have been expected in view of the Gulf crisis . |
| 16 | Provisional figures for the first part of 1990 suggested a lack of progress in combating inflation , which remained over twice the European average . |
| 17 | Figures for the first pregnancies conceived before marriage show the same trend , falling from around the 40 per cent in the early nineteenth century to under 20 per cent in the early twentieth century . |
| 18 | While finance director Henry Elstone said that the company grew by approximately 6.5% organically , the figures for the first time also include a full year 's contribution from ESD Distribution Ltd , which Farnell acquired in July 1991 for £61m . |
| 19 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 20 | Monthly PC sales have topped six figures for the first time , with 100,165 computers worth £111.6 million shipped in the UK during November 1992 . |
| 21 | Figures for the last week in November — the latest available — show about 30 cases per 100,000 population . |
| 22 | Figures for the last week in November — the latest available — show about 30 cases per 100,000 population . |
| 23 | This hall has seen some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century locked in heated debate . |
| 24 | Time Portrait encompasses a series of essays and articles , on prominent public figures of the 20th Century such as Albert Einstein , Martin Luther King , and Henry Ford . |
| 25 | Finally , it has been claimed ( as much by statisticians from developing countries as by Western commentators ) that official figures from the Third World are often considerably manipulated by the governments producing them . |
| 26 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 27 | Examine the figures in the second column of Table 3.1 and then attempt the following activity : |
| 28 | Right , er , that , the , the earnings figures , and the unemployment figures in the next paper illustrate a labour market situation in Shropshire in which workers are in a very weak and unenviable position . |
| 29 | This blanket condemnation brought an outcry of popular protest and a compromise was reached whereby all the naked figures in The Last Judgement were to have clothes painted on them . |
| 30 | It went into double figures on the first page . |