Sentence examples for far higher figures from inspiring English sources

The government says 14% of the workforce are unemployed; independent estimates suggest far higher figures.

But unemployment – the official figure of 9.8% masks a huge grey economy and far higher figures for youth – remains a serious problem.

But unemployment – the official figure of 9.8% masks a huge grey economy and far higher figures among young people – remains a serious problem.

In contrast, far higher figures come from places such as Thailand, Indonesia and China, all above 20%, as well as among key audiences such as frequent business travellers – 30% of whom say they're accessing content via VPNs.

More than 70 women and girls in Britain seek treatment every month after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), with the actual number subjected to the illegal practice likely to be far higher, figures reveal.

This tweet – which is said to have gone down badly at the tabloid, ironically because it was so unbland and forthright, ie so Mail-like - scored 3,430 retweets and 1,291 favourites, far higher figures than those won by 140-worders offering the usual diet of corporate and programme publicity.

The study by Professor Le Quéré and her team, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, envisages a far higher figure.

That report was working from a far higher figure of the number of singletons in China: 190 million.

But in October, the Tory MP Crispin Blunt, a Trident sceptic, used information contained in a parliamentary reply from a junior defence minister, Philip Dunne, to estimate a far higher figure.

Swarovski, the crystal-maker, has discovered that over three-quarters of Chinese customers are eager to try new brands, a far higher figure than elsewhere.

A staggering 5.5bn household plastic bottles are not recycled each year – a far higher figure than the number of bottles recycled – while plastic-recycling plants are closing because they're not financially sustainable.