Sentence examples for barrage of figures from inspiring English sources

Her remarks initially ruffled diplomatic feathers, and government officials fired back with a barrage of figures they contended showed how much worse Colombia was then in terms of violence and political infiltration.

Given that, perhaps the most worrying of the barrage of figures released yesterday is this one: at least 19,000 of the households evicted by bailiffs – not far off half – were evicted from social housing.

They will exchange barrages of fantastical figures measured in hundreds of billions.

The headteacher of one of the country's top private schools has accused the Daily Mail of setting an appalling example to young people as the paper faces a barrage of fresh criticism from leading figures in education, the church and media over its attack on the late father of Labour leader Ed Miliband.

In Tuesday's debate, Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore threw at each other -- and viewers -- a barrage of claims and counterclaims, facts and figures and jargon.

Even the barrage of bullets fired at unarmed chanting figures in the early morning of June 4 , 1989 though shocking and tragic, did not quiet my concern at the awards dinner over the contradiction of racism and democracy.

While pronouncements on the private mind of an individual are off limits, this is not the case with the barrage of views and interactions of public figures on issues that directly impinge on the national sense of security and well-being, or tensions and insecurities that can lead either to apathy or panic.

By the end of the meeting — an unrelenting barrage of gloom — it was hard to figure out why Mr. Brown wanted this job in the first place.

It's made up of a lurching barrage of industrial pounding, an ominous organ figure, what sounds like gunfire, and distant screaming.

Brennan recalls a barrage of complaints when Playmobil produced a female figure bottle-feeding a baby in a hospital.

But it is a problem for ordinary readers, because the barrage of attacks actually makes it difficult to figure out exactly what went wrong.