Sentence examples for figure is smaller from inspiring English sources
EY's figure is smaller but stark nonetheless: general retailers issued 36 profit warnings during the year, more than any other sector on the London Stock Exchange.
For example, although £1.2bn in benefits was overpaid due to fraud in the last year, this figure is smaller than the amount of money underpaid to those entitled to it (£1.3bn).
Never mind that this figure is smaller than the amount of money underpaid to those entitled to it (£1.3bn), so that if we wiped out benefit fraud tomorrow – but also eliminated the errors that deprive people of money to which they are entitled – the welfare bill would grow, not shrink.
If his cap figure is smaller than his Expected Salary, he is being underpaid.
This figure is smaller than estimates put forward by campaigners and in line with those of industry analysts.
In its report, Symantec says its figure is smaller than "other estimates on the scope of the mobile threat landscape" owing to other companies' estimates counting overall threats (rather than new unique threats).
That figure is small compared with the million or so irregular entries into Europe last year, but the journey is made more difficult by the harsh conditions crossing the desert.
Update: A PCC spokesman tells me there have been a number of complaints about B2B publications over the years (though the figure is small when compared to complaints about national and regional/local newspapers).
While the ad spending figure is small, Facebook's findings raise questions about the extent of Russian involvement in the U.S. election and how misinformation on social media may have affected voters.
In perspective, the figure is small in comparison to the earlier report this week of PirateBay having over 10 million users, and yet unlocking an iPhone isn't as easy as downloading a pirated movie or album.
Either way, the figure is small: 10 million represents a mere drop of Twitter's 310 million total active users — it counts 65 million of those in the U.S., its largest single market, with the remaining 245 million overseas.
