Sentence examples for figures challenge from inspiring English sources

In any case the figures challenge the conventional wisdom that music fans no longer have an affinity for plastic.

Contrary to the popular claim that China's TFP growth has slowed, the authors find that it has accelerated from a pace of 3.6% in 1978-93.These figures challenge the conventional wisdom that China's growth is more dependent than India's on investment than on efficiency gains.

The new figures challenge that idea, the researchers say.

The figures challenge the idea that pupils from poorer backgrounds will perform less well at school than their wealthier counterparts.

Often taking the bizarre form of Sphinxes, the hybrid figures challenge perceptions of dolls and beauty.

The ragged figures challenge our modes of categorization, lingering on the border between human and not, alive and dead, contained and oozing out.

But while PwC called the figures "challenging", it warned against overreacting to deficits that are largely hypothetical.

The row over the directive came as new figures challenged the claim by law enforcement agencies that they are cracking down on criminal gangs which have forced an estimated 2,600 foreign women into prostitution in brothels in England and Wales.

This provided hard figures challenging the alleged "mass enforced exodus" of Serbs from the still autonomous province, a favourite complaint of Serb nationalists seeking to roll back the gains Kosovo had made under the 1974 federal constitution.

But here is a thoughtful figure challenging conventional thinking with imaginative ideas.

Lawyers for Clint Reilly, a businessman and political figure challenging the paper's sale, noted that no denial had come in court under oath and that Hearst lawyers did not call Mr. White back to the stand today.