Sentence examples for appalling figure from inspiring English sources

This is an appalling figure.

This appalling figure represents the most liberal use of the death penalty in British legal history and is double the number of those executed by the French during the war of liberation in Algeria 10 years later.

One of the most effective reactions to this appalling figure was by The Association for Supporting Contemporary Life (or Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, CYDD).

As the centennial of International Women's Day nears, it is worth noting that 101 million children around the world do not attend primary school, and girls are disproportionately represented in this appalling figure.

Deborah Coles, of Inquest, a charity that supports bereaved families, said: "The depressing reality of prison life is reflected in these appalling figures.

The appalling figures highlight the disparity between the percentage of black players on the pitch – about a quarter at the last survey – and the paucity of black faces in the dugout.

"I recognise that there were a large amount of calls in March with difficult weather conditions, but there really is no excuse for these appalling figures," she said.

Angela Burns, Conservative shadow education minister in the assembly, said: "These truly appalling figures show Wales' educational performance has at best stagnated, and at worst declined, and that in educational terms, Labour ministers have wasted the past three years".

Once again that leviathan of the high street, Tesco, reported appalling sales figures, down 3.1% from a year earlier.

His long partnership with Bird included The Long Johns, in which one interviewed the other in a series of guises as appalling establishment figures, all called George Parr – using the formula to lambaste targets including bankers, armchair generals in the Iraq war and faithless Tory MP husbands.

Under pressure from appalling polling figures which showed his Lib Dem party fourth nationwide behind Ukip, Clegg's commitment to protect the poorest in society from "wild Tory demands" could not prevent a surprisingly pointed attack from his own side on the first full day of his party's conference in Brighton.