"a decent figure" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to someone's physical appearance, particularly their body shape or size. Example: She was self-conscious about her weight, but in reality, she had a decent figure that most people would envy.
A decent figure for job growth — close to two hundred thousand, say — would calm some nerves in the Obama campaign.
But it's a decent figure, and it gives lie to the suggestion that the economy is no longer creating jobs.
That may be a decent figure in the West, but not for a developing country with rapid population growth and widespread poverty.
You may have been raped; you may have lost your house to a conman: but, it seems, your story only counts if you have nice hair and a decent figure.
That may sound a decent figure but it means less than 2 per cent of us switch bank account each year, leaving 98 per cent of people probably paying more than they need for an account.
The Will Smith-led drama Concussion, based on the true story of a forensic pathologist who helped highlight cases of progressive degenerative brain disease in American football players, opened to $14.5m over its first five days, a decent figure given it only screened in 1,585 cinemas.
We observe from Figure 2 that a decent number of feedback symbols is necessary to achieve good performance, which means that we need to choose a small value of or (less than 0.4 in Figure 2).
Valkyrie has been test-screening since August, and is now said to be receiving 80 per cent positive responses from audiences, a surprisingly decent figure for the tale of a one-armed, one-eyed colonel who was killed for attempting to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb.
Good for that tho April 4, 2014 2.25pm BST Rob Carnell of ING says the 192,000 increase in the non-farm payroll is a "pretty decent figure".
Gabe is an uncommonly strong, decent figure at first, stepping into his father's role and trying to keep Marie's teenage waywardness in check.
