The phrase "a steep number" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could potentially be used in contexts discussing numerical values that are significantly high or difficult to manage, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The project budget was a steep number, making it challenging to secure funding."
Alternatives: "a high figure" or "a large amount".
Internet use had begun a steep rise the number of Chinese users quadrupled that year and a climate of openness prevailed as the country prepared to join the World Trade Organization.
This explains the aforementioned steep number drop, as well.
Internet use had begun a steep rise — the number of Chinese users quadrupled that year — and a climate of openness prevailed as the country prepared to join the World Trade Organization.
Although it is possible that additional therapies beyond the first regimen may have impacted overall outcome, a steep decrease in number of patients who received more than an initial regimen precluded such an analysis.
Traditional methods of TB detection and anti tB drug susceptibility assays are time consuming and with a steep rise in number of MDR tB cases the need of the hour is rapid diagnostic methods like direct drug susceptibility testing in liquid medium, molecular hybridization methods and RealTime PCR.
Analysts had expected the rate, which fell to its steepest number in nearly a year, to increase 0.1percentt.
Unlike the cinema, which thanks to television had seen a steep fall in numbers, dancing had no obvious rival.
After raising fares a half-dozen times last year, airlines have seen a steep drop in numbers among their bread-and-butter business passengers as the economy has cooled.
This was the policy the funding council followed with languages in the 1990s, when there was a steep fall in numbers.
The relentless demographics indicate not only a steep rise in numbers of, and demands on, unpaid carers but an associated reduction in the tax revenues as these carers cease contributing to it.
