Sentence examples for a positive figure from inspiring English sources

Boys recorded a negative progress score overall while girls had a positive figure.

For the majority of Russians, Mr. Putin will enter history as a positive figure.

More than half of the Russian people still view Lenin as a positive figure.

Even Greece posted a positive figure, that first time that had happened in four years.

South Korea said yesterday that it had a trade surplus of $1.6 billion in January, the third consecutive month with a positive figure.

So I tried to run and chase down the ball and be a positive figure for the team.

The image of the powerful autocrat is, to this effect, transformed into a potentially positive figure, a forward-thinking political leader who can guide their country on the correct market path in the face of "irrational" opposition.

He was thus, however exacting his standards, a most positive figure as a mentor, giving of himself in discussion in a manner that could be opinionated but was also self-forgetful.

"For Romanians, Dracula is a totally positive figure," says Cristina Dinu, a 25-year-old computer programmer.

Asgharzadeh says this has given him a real respect for the man he once took captive: "John Limbert is a very positive figure in the US.

Despite the violent imagery associated with them, early Scandinavians regarded the raven as a largely positive figure; battle and harsh justice were viewed favorably in Norse culture.