Example sentences of "figures [vb base] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such research is indicative of UK research effort in geology as a whole , then the figures suggest that in the early 1970's , the numbers of students entering the field increased substantially . |
| 2 | If such research is indicative of UK research effort in geology as a whole , then the figures suggest that in the early 1970's , the numbers of students entering the field increased substantially , whilst at the same time , the universities were able and willing to support such an increase . |
| 3 | And some argue that the underlying position is worse than the figures suggest because of the eight changes made to the method of recording unemployment during the period . |
| 4 | Incomplete figures reveal that between the third ( 1762 ) and fourth ( 1782 ) censuses , the number of exiled serfs almost quadrupled from around 2,500 to over 10,000 in the Tobolsk , Kolyvan and Irkutsk provinces alone , that is , not counting those condemned to hard labour in the mines at Nerchinsk . |
| 5 | Using the same analysis as Government statisticians , the figures show that over the period 1979 to 1988 , real disposable incomes rose by over 30 per cent . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , Mori figures show that between the second half of 1991 and 9 April 1992 , the swing to the Tories was 9 per cent among Sun readers and 6 per cent among Star readers , compared to just 1 per cent among Mirror readers — evidence that the press influenced its readers in 1992 as in 1987 . |
| 7 | Overwhelmingly the most important things is that these figures show that across the economy as a whole , er economic activity is on a path of steady but unspectacular growth . |
| 8 | Latest figures show that during the first two months of this year more than 14,000 took up the Company 's invitation to find out more about nuclear power by visiting Sellafield . |
| 9 | New figures show that in the 20 constituencies represented by the Cabinet , nearly 69,000 people are on the dole — an increase of more than 38,000 in two years . |
| 10 | In the North-East region , figures show that in the York area there had been 2,311 complaints , 33 rescues , 49 convictions , and 743 inspections ; in the Middlesbrough area , 1,364 complaints , 38 rescues , 563 inspections and 46 convictions ; and Newcastle 2,565 complaints , 40 rescues , 232 inspections and 78 convictions . |
| 11 | But latest figures show that after a two-month slide , it is on the way up again . |