Example sentences of "figures were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures were for the cold season ; the second half will be much better . |
| 2 | In order further to investigate this implied relationship between heroin use and social deprivation , we employed 1981 Census statistics to examine correlations between the rate of known opioid use and levels of social deprivation in each of Wirral 's 48 townships ( unemployment figures were for May 1985 , and included temporarily sick residents ) . |
| 3 | A refugee from the Colette-Willy ménage of the early nineteen hundreds , from what promised to be a long stint of sterile work as Willy 's secretary and as yet another among the throng of that extraordinary man 's unacknowledged collaborators , the young Marcel Boulestin fled the malicious gossip , the dramas and scandals in which these two now legendary figures were for ever involving each other and their friends . |
| 4 | The latest official figures were for 1984 when about one in four eligible claimants failed to register for a rebate . |
| 5 | The figures were for regional preferential assistance and were provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in response to a written question , as I explained to the hon. Member for Stockton , South ( Mr. Devlin ) . |
| 6 | Yesterday 's figures were for February and did not include recent huge job losses at Rolls-Royce . |
| 7 | Two figures were at its eaves with torches . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The figures were at the top end of expectations and Bunzl 's shares firmed 2p to 132p . |
| 11 | The pottery figures show the smiths wearing the conical cap ( pilleus ) , also worn by Dolichenus , and this may have given Richmond the idea that the Corbridge figures were of this eastern god . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As events turned out , such figures were to be totally dwarfed by later calculations ( see Fig . |
| 14 | Many other well-known figures were to be seen . |
| 15 | The Labour Department said the figures were in line with economists ' forecasts , but many were looking for a modest reduction . |
| 16 | The pre-tax figures were in line with City expectations , but estimated net assets , which had been expected to dip from 720p to nearer 700p a share , rose to 731p , following a partial valuation by directors . |
| 17 | The figures were in line with market expectations but show no halt to the continuing inflation trend in Germany . |
| 18 | It is hard enough to tell how characteristic these figures were in the twelfth century ; impossible to tell how they compared with earlier centuries . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the current pupil-teacher ratio ; what the comparable figures were in May 1979 ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 20 | He said the worst figures were in ophthalmology where patients had to wait between 48 and 71 weeks just to see a consultant for a diagnosis . |
| 21 | Sportsmen , journalists , newspaper photographers and local political figures were among the many walking in the cortege . |
| 22 | 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 . |