Sentence examples for figure supported from inspiring English sources

And the stooped, broad-backed, white-haired figure, supported by invisible minions, that you are asked to follow down an undulating, fleshlike corridor certainly looks like Ms. Nagrin.

Dr. Wicklund, 53, said that at current rates almost 40percentt of American women have an abortion during their child-bearing years, a figure supported by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches reproductive health policy.

The news media often report that 81 million families, or 30 percent of China's 270 million families, live with domestic violence, a figure supported by a 2006 survey in Society, a scholarly journal, that also found a 30 percent abuse rate.

This authority figure supported what the media and society were already telling me.

One of the first to lay a wreath was Margaret Smith, described in the newspaper report as a "pathetic figure", supported by her surviving son.

Census data indicate approximately 9% of the children in the current study were likely to be of Asian origin [ 32], a figure supported by our interpretation of family name for each child [ 30].

The Figure supports several conclusions.

Figures supported the concerns.

Other political figures supported the coup attempt and tried to encourage educated Afghan refugees to return home to rebuild their country once the Taliban fall.

Ari Fleischer, a Bush spokesman, said the new figures supported the president-elect's belief that a tax cut was affordable and timely.

RANDI WEINGARTEN, the union president, said the figures supported her prediction that 6,000 to 7,000 teachers would retire in this calendar year.