Sentence examples for close figures from inspiring English sources

The only country (the UK) with two incidence rate estimates, which were about 30 years apart, provided two close figures: 3.40/1 000 people in 1975 vs. 3.73/1 000 people in 2000 [ 38, 40].

'When the gate is closed, figures are calculated about the weight of the aircraft to determine how much fuel is needed.

But the closing figures may tend to obscure the reality of how the markets actually behaved on the first trading day of the week.

Stock prices and earnings estimates were based on May 29 closing figures and were converted to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on that date.

L1 TAD boundaries show a striking loss of boundary strength ("opening"), whereas H2 and H3 TAD boundaries appear to strengthen slightly ("closing"; Figures 2B and 2C).

Djalu is an enigmatic character – perhaps the closest figure Australia has to a guru.

He lifted the gun and, resting it on the back of the chair, levelled it at the closest figure.

The domestic stocks table in World Business yesterday carried an erroneous closing figure in some copies for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index on Thursday.

Above: Pedestrians are reflected as they walk past an electronic stock board showing the closing figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average.

The closing figure for the stockpile of finished cars at 31 December 2001 had been 34,000, but the opening stock on 1 January 2002 fell to 23,000.

Correction: January 22 , 2001 Monday The domestic stocks table in World Business on Thursday carried an erroneous closing figure in some copies for the Nasdaq composite index on Wednesday.