Example sentences of "figures were [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures were for the cold season ; the second half will be much better . |
| 2 | Lloyds ' figures were at the top end of market expectations and , combined with an inflation-beating 11 per cent rise in the final dividend to 12.5p , helped the shares firm 6p to 534p yesterday . |
| 3 | Though the figures were at the top end of City expectations while the company is in the middle of a four-year business plan , the shares fell 2p to 168p . |
| 4 | The figures were at the top end of expectations and Bunzl 's shares firmed 2p to 132p . |
| 5 | In the early years , when the portfolio was being constituted , the performance figures were of a basket of securities , united in having a common involvement in books , whether through publishing , manufacturing or retailing . |
| 6 | It is hard enough to tell how characteristic these figures were in the twelfth century ; impossible to tell how they compared with earlier centuries . |
| 7 | Sportsmen , journalists , newspaper photographers and local political figures were among the many walking in the cortege . |
| 8 | Turnover figures were among the lowest of the year with just 578 million shares changing hands and the FT-SE 100-Share Index closed just 6.5 better on the day at 2,922.4 . |