The phrase "a more precise number" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need for a specific or exact numerical value in a context where estimates or vague figures have been provided.
Example: "In order to finalize the budget, we need a more precise number for the projected expenses."
Alternatives: "a more exact figure" or "a clearer statistic".
Representative Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts and a member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, said that a more precise number was impossible to obtain.
Defining a more precise number, however, is difficult because so many of the companies were subtenants whose occupancy did not appear on official lists.
But the visitors' log that would have given a more precise number was lost in the sweeping tide, a spokesman for the Ouachita National Forest said.
The agency said 1,973 families met the criteria for a possible error, but a more precise number was not available because there was often more than one reason a nonpayment-of-rent case was filed.
Last week, Toyota reported its global sales of 9.37 million, but released a more precise number Thursday after G.M. broke from its typical practice of rounding global sales to the nearest 10,000.
"We think that is the most prudent and sensible way to be, to tell all of our customers that now, so that they can protect themselves rather than wait to do the analysis and give a more precise number and cause more concern to people over the long term".
That requires a more precise bit.
"Hair snaring has given us a much more precise number," said Katherine C. Kendall, a research ecologist with the United States Geological Survey who designed and implemented the study.
The number of questions intuitively corresponds to the perceived relative importance of each factor, although not enough evidence exists for a more precise question number and weight assignment, and can thus be subject to future modification according to quantitative and qualitative evidence.
At a U.S. Senate hearing, meanwhile, officials from the Interior Department expressed confidence that more precise numbers on the flow rate would be available from a special task force of scientists, which was nearing completion of a review of earlier flow data.
Phillips has more precise numbers concerning Perez's salary.
