Sentence examples for a head for figures from inspiring English sources

Ants may not be very bright, but it seems they have a head for figures.

Each is a longtime political insider with a head for figures.

Those with a head for figures stand the best chance of getting on to a board, according to Sally Springbett, director of headhunting firm Sapphire Partners.

My guide had a head for figures; the interiors, I was told, were made using 17 exotic woods in the hands of 10 master carpenters.

But at least the former credit controller in a local call centre had a head for figures — although this did not seem to impress the council's former chief executive, Brian Dinsdale.

To deduce whether the fish have a head for figures, the team made use of the fact that females who are being harassed by a male will bolt for the largest nearby shoal for cover.

Like her, the construction worker, a rail-thin 45-year-old with a head for numbers, figured that private enterprise was his family's only salvation.

Niederhoffer's grandfather Martie, who had a good head for figures, became an accountant.

A. Alfred Taubman A. Alfred Taubman, former chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, had such a poor head for figures that he rarely even asked about his company's finances.

He had no interest in being a brand, although he had a surprisingly good head for figures: "he could tell his income in a heartbeat".

Later, the health commissioner said graciously, "He has more of a head for facts and figures, not so much names".