Sentence examples for figure mostly from inspiring English sources
Each has for a title the name of a celebrated ancient or modern figure, mostly philosophers; virtually none of them have a perceptible relation to what follows.
In standard histories of world cinema, the Inuit people of northern Canada figure mostly in connection with Robert J. Flaherty's "Nanook of the North," an epochal silent documentary made in 1922.
Energy The average monthly cost of "energy" in Puerto Rico, which includes electricity and natural gas, among other energy sources, is $438.21, compared to $169.49 in the US – a staggering figure, mostly because of the high price of electricity.
Ukip's deputy leader, Paul Nuttall, is emerging as the figure mostly likely to be able to fill the void created by leadership frontrunner Steven Woolfe's sudden departure, senior figures within the party have told the Guardian.
In 1976 Ms. Jamison had the leading role in "Caravan" and Dudley Williams was the work's mysterious figure, mostly observing the action behind transparent abstract panels by William Katz.
The throngs who come dressed like Alvin the Chipmunk or a suicide bomber (clutching fake dynamite sticks and harnessed in strap-on "explosives"; go figure) mostly appear to be in their teens and 20s.
They are spirit figures mostly, hewn from metal sheets cut from discarded oil drums.
Waif-like figures, mostly young men from Morocco and Algeria, rushed to grab the polystyrene cups.
Gerhaert's portraits and religious figures, mostly male, are unusually sensitive and emotive for the period.
Well-known figures, mostly on the left, demanded Mr. Sobell's release; they included the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bertrand Russell.
The effort has so far cost "somewhere in six figures — less than seven figures — mostly in faculty time," she said.
